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Subject : engineering
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1. The most commonly accepted means of encoding digital audio data so it can be stored within a digital medium with a maximum degree of data density






2. +5 Bias Voltage; Provides +5V to 1's in binary code data






3. Define whether an instrument will respond to one or more channels and how many notes it will play back at once






4. Complete sample(s) are loaded into RAM






5. Very popular and affordable 8- bit sampler






6. Voltage Controlled Oscillator; Controls pitch






7. Operating system made sense to most musicians; Became very popular because of its accessibility






8. Program Change + Channel (S) => Patch # (D1) => N/A






9. Allows you to capture anything you play on keys while sequencer is playing back (but not actively recording); Exclusive to Logic Pro






10. Voltage Controlled Filter; Voltage amount changes harmonic content






11. 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






12. Change internally to a program number that is different than the one received; ONLY a function of a slave device; Programmable slave device responses (loading presets for MIDI program changes)






13. Multitimbral device that automatically assigns notes of polyphony to individual parts as they are required in real time; Helps to eliminate lost notes or 'note stealing' during playback






14. 31.25 Kilobaud (31 -250 baud)






15. Controls an instruments voices or 'sounds'






16. Subtractive; Additive; Resynthesis; Frequency Modulation; Phase Distortion; Wavetable; Pulse Code Modulation; Granular; Graintable Synthesis; Physical Modeling; Analog Modeling






17. Serial






18. The extent to which schemas and concepts are at the forefront of people's minds and are therefore likely to be used






19. Used with very large sampled instruments on a software based system; Initial transient of a sample loaded into RAM and audio file is streamed from hard drive in real time






20. Actual data; 'Note #'; Provides information and data the status byte uses to do its job; Uses an 8- bit system; Represented by msb = 0






21. Space






22. Device receives only on an assigned selectable data; Ability to play ONLY one note at a time






23. Changes the sound envelope based on how high or low the pitch of the note






24. Positional numbering system represents numerical values using only two symbols - 0 and 1






25. This changes when keys are pressed above or below the key note; Alters the playback speed of the sample






26. Alters the phase angle of a waveform 'bending' the shape to create a unique character or tone






27. MIDI Note #60 (Roland Standard)






28. Powerful feature of MIDI editing that fixes timing issues; Moves notes to a predetermined grid by dividing the PPQN into common note value divisions






29. Where a master device transmits (or sends) MIDI data; Only the master is plugged into this port






30. How long it takes for volume of sound to drop to Sustain Level






31. Define the attenuation of high pass and low pass filters; Sound will slowly dissipate in a filter at a predetermined interval (usually 12 or 24dB)






32. Boosts frequencies at and around the cutoff frequency; Emphasizes effect of filter






33. Specifically designed to emulate the nuances and characteristics of analog synthesizers; AKA => Virtual Analogs; Reduced cost over real analog - zero maintenance - and tuning stability; Increasing in popularity






34. Metronome; Prerecorded track of electronic metronomic clicks used to ensure proper timing of music to be recorded; Essential in music scoring sessions; Sets composition tempo






35. Transmit






36. Measurement of how fast a note was pressed that enables samplers to be more dynamically expressive; Incoming note velocities are the player's variations in dynamics and they trigger different sets of samples






37. 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






38. .PST & .EXS






39. Only recording the performance and not the actual sounds; Completely editable and changeable post- recording






40. 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)






41. MIDI Out (Master) --> MIDI In (MIDI Interface) --> Travels via Dual Serial (USB) both to and from interface --> MIDI Out (MIDI Interface) --> MIDI In (Slave) --> Audio Out (Slave) --> Audio In (Mixer or Audio Interface) --> Audio Out (Speakers)






42. Combination of layers and splits (Ex. => Assigning a piano sound across the entire length of the keyboard - but adding a string part only on upper octaves)






43. Least Significant Bit - the right- most bit in a binary whole number or code






44. Rate (Speed) & Depth (Intensity)






45. Message sent when note is played (key pressed)






46. Voltage Controlled Amplifier; Controls Amplitude






47. The industry benchmark for beat production; Features a 32- voice drum/phrase sampler with up to 128MB RAM and extensive editing capabilities; 100 -000- note - 64- track sequencer; 4 MIDI Outputs; Internal sounds reside in flash memory and can easily






48. Changes some aspect of sound depending on how FAST you strike the keys; Commonly called 'Velocity Sensitivity;' Volume - Filter & Layers are typical examples






49. Ground






50. Starts from 1 at the very beginning of a sequence