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MIDI
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1. Determines the layout of MIDI channels for each of the multitimbral parts
Output Assignment
System Messages
MIDI Protocol Type
Channel Assignment
2. Poly Mode; Patch or Program (Prog) Mode
Manufacturer Terms for Mode 3
Resynthesis
RAM (Memory)
DIN Pin 2
3. How quickly sound reaches its peak volume when key is pressed
Attack Time
Akai S900
List Editor
Step Record
4. Standard for transferring data between devices on internal and external computer; Most commonly used for tape storage devices and hard disks
Sampler
Additive Synthesis
3 Main MIDI Circuits
SCSI
5. Windows only based digital audio workstation platform
Slave Devices
Sample Rate
Cakewalk Sonar
Sustain Level
6. Electronic tape- based keyboard instrument featuring prerecorded sounds; Tape bank could be removed and loaded with different sounds
SCSI
Mellotron
Attack Time
Velocity Switching
7. Changes the sound envelope based on how high or low the pitch of the note
Key Tracking
Binary
RAM (Memory)
Types of Channel Voice Messages
8. Same as square; Odd numbered multiples of harmonics - but the amplitude is decreasing more rapidly
C-Lab Notator
Triangle Wave
SCSI
Midi Thru Box
9. The first drum machine to use digital samples of acoustic drums
Triangle Wave
Linn LM-1
Modulates Pitch
RAM (Memory)
10. Attack Time; Decay Time; Sustain Level; Release Time
Envelope Generator Parameters
RAM (Memory)
SDS
MIDI Module
11. Most commonly used MIDI receive mode; Device receives only on an assigned selectable data; Ability to play MORE than one note at a time
OMNI (Off) POLY
Wah Wah
Play
Click Track
12. Ability of audio equipment to reproduce fast changes in amplitude; Measured in volts per microsecond; Low slew rate 'softens' the attack of a signal; High frequencies change in amplitude the fastest so slew rate is critical
Slew Rate
C4
M-Audio ProFire 2626 Audio Interface
Triangle Wave
13. Pitch - Amplitude - Timbre
Click Track
3 Main MIDI Circuits
Disk Streaming
Slave Devices
14. Serial
Note ON MIDI
Modulates Cutoff Frequency
MIDI Protocol Type
Basic Sequencer Signal Flow
15. Circuits on a synth that determine the character of the attack and release of a tone can be controlled; Controls how sound changes over time; Most commonly on amplifier circuit
Envelope Generator
msb
Roland Fantom X6
Slave Devices
16. Buzz in audio or hum bar in video signal caused by slightly different grounds that are interconnected by a wire (interconnecting equipment that's plugged into different power sources)
Volume
Note Mode
Ground Loop
Synthesis Types
17. Voltage Controlled Amplifier; Controls Amplitude
Sequencer
Sustain Level
'Note Off' Data Train
VCA
18. Define whether an instrument will respond to one or more channels and how many notes it will play back at once
3 Main MIDI Circuits
Receive Modes
Phase Distortion Synthesis
M-Audio ProFire 2626 Audio Interface
19. Record with highest input level possible - without clipping; Record more than you need; Adjust sample start and end times; Truncate unwanted material
Recording Samples (Guidelines)
Pitch
Sample Looping
Physical Modeling Synthesis
20. The first sequencer developed for custom- built electronic instruments; Developed by Raymond Scott in 1950's
System Messages
FM Synthesis
Filter Parameters
Circle Machine
21. Conveys the amount of overall (average) pressure on ALL the keys at a given point
JMSC
Bob Moog
MIDI Interface Setup
Channel Pressure
22. Device receives only on an assigned selectable data; Ability to play ONLY one note at a time
Zone/Key Group/Multi-Sample
Mellotron
OMNI (Off) MONO
Score Editor
23. In MIDI - a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information
Bars
Tempest
Byte
DIN Pin 5
24. A male 9- pin or 25- pin port on a computer system used by slower I/O devices such as a mouse or modem; Data travels serially - one bit at a time - through the port
Channel Enable/Disable
Bit Depth
Serial Port
OUT Port
25. Determined by time signature; Added together to form the full bar
Byte
Sustain Level
Beats
Pan
26. Enables the subtraction of frequencies from a basic waveform allowing shaping of desired content
Filter
Pulse Code Modulation
S/PDif...
Channel Enable/Disable
27. Direct copy of any MIDI data arriving at the MIDI IN Port; Device without a MIDI thru connector must be placed at the end of a MIDI chain
Filter
Akai MPC2500
Tremolo
THRU Port
28. Drum- style pattern recording in grid format with each horizontal line representing a different tone and each vertical line representing a beat of a predetermined bar
Tx (Abbv.)
Binary
Grid Editor
Channel Voice Message
29. Incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant harmonic information
Channel Messages
DIN Pin 2
Noise
Data Byte Breakdown for MIDI
30. Sound generating device with no integral keyboard
MIDI Module
Disk Streaming
Polyphonic
E- Mu Emulator
31. 31.25 Kilobaud (31 -250 baud)
Note Ranges
Patch Mapping
MIDI Data Transmission Rate
Polyphony
32. Modulation technique in which the amplitude of the carrier signal is modified by the application of a data signal
Portamento...
Sustain Level
Sampler
Amplitude Modulation
33. +5 Bias Voltage; Provides +5V to 1's in binary code data
Attack Time
Key Note
DIN Pin 4
SMDI
34. Note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
C-Lab Notator
Trill
DIN Pin 4
Note Ranges
35. Only recording the performance and not the actual sounds; Completely editable and changeable post- recording
FM Synthesis
Recording with MIDI Sequencer
Daisy Chain Limitations
Streaming
36. Technology advanced allowing for multiple tone generators in one keyboard or module; Revolutionized MIDI and sequencing; First appeared in 1985; Each channel is independent of the others; Equivalent to Omni Poly Off (x 16 channels)
Multitimbral Mode
MMA
Release Time
Recording Samples (Guidelines)
37. Transmit
Receive Switch
Triangle Wave
Circle Machine
Tx (Abbv.)
38. Determines the point at which a filter begins altering harmonics or frequencies
Cutoff Frequency
LFO Parameters
Timbre Assignment
Note ON MIDI
39. Voltage Controlled Oscillator; Controls pitch
Amplitude Modulation
Oscillator
VCO
Ticks
40. Contains only the fundamental frequency and all of its odd- numbered harmonics
Max MIDI Cable Length
Square Wave
Preset/Patch/Instrument/Bank
Software Sampler
41. Music production software that offers a great array of tools for mashup production - including tempo beatmapping and real time manipulation
Ableton Live
Ultrabeat Import File Types
lsb
Playback Quantizing
42. The point at which the voltage level from a signal waveform crosses from being positive to negative or vice versa
Local ON
Noise
MIDI Data Transmission Rate
Zero Crossing Point
43. Positional numbering system represents numerical values using only two symbols - 0 and 1
Click Track
DIN Pin 2
Binary
Key Note
44. MIDI interface designed to work with the USB protocol - as well as both Mac and PC serial ports; 8-Input & 8-Output; Uses a clever look- ahead buffering system to improve the timing of MIDI signals at the interface ports.
Local OFF
Graintable Synthesis
EMagic AMT-8 MIDI Interface
Envelope Generator Parameters
45. Subtractive; Additive; Resynthesis; Frequency Modulation; Phase Distortion; Wavetable; Pulse Code Modulation; Granular; Graintable Synthesis; Physical Modeling; Analog Modeling
PPQN
Timbre Assignment
OMNI (On) POLY
Synthesis Types
46. Height (or loudness) of a waveform
8-Bit Breakdown of MIDI Code
Coarse Tuning
Amplitude
Streaming
47. Another term for 'Channel Enable/Disable'
Ensoniq Mirage
Slew Rate
Receive Switch
Channel Messages
48. Method of connecting several devices along a bus and managing the signals for each device; The most basic MIDI connection; Plays multiple sounds with same MIDI data
Daisy Chaining
Power Conditioner
Multitimbral Module
Software Sampler
49. Physical sound waveform system that has repeating cycles
Mix - Merge - or Overdub Mode
Mellotron
Attack Time
Oscillator
50. Chooses which channels a multitimbral MIDI device will respond
Channel Enable/Disable
MIDI Data Transmission Rate
ProTools
SDS