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Subject : engineering
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1. Main file loaded into sampler; Contains all settings used to create the instrument; Usually DOES NOT contain the audio files themselves but references them while they are stored somewhere else






2. MIDI Message sent when key is released






3. Sample Dump Standard; Signal starts to degrade






4. Physical sound waveform system that has repeating cycles






5. Device allowing for the capture of sound and allowing it to be played back using MIDI messages; Hardware and software modules available






6. Filter Type & Slope; Cutoff Frequency; Resonance (Emphasis); Key Tracking






7. Determines how much effect an envelope generator has on a particular circuit






8. How accurate the timing of a MIDI performance is recorded;






9. Record with highest input level possible - without clipping; Record more than you need; Adjust sample start and end times; Truncate unwanted material






10. 'Father of the Synthesizer'; Created a voltage controlled music synthesizer (Moog Modular Synth); Used by Stevie Wonder in 70's






11. Visual editor for MIDI notes with a piano keyboard running low to high on the left; Also called a Key Editor






12. MIDI message used to change sound patches on a remote module or the effects patch on a MIDI effects unit






13. Defines the instrument's response to voice messages






14. Stack the next pass as a new region over the previous data; Multiple regions on one track






15. Debuted in 1980; First sampling based instrument by Small Australian company






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






17. Note On + Channel (S) => Note # (D1) => On Velocity (D2)

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18. Ability to play MORE than one note at a time; Often used for drums; sections






19. Complete sample(s) are loaded into RAM






20. In MIDI - a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information






21. Same as square; Odd numbered multiples of harmonics - but the amplitude is decreasing more rapidly






22. Series of tempo- related electronic timing markers embedded in the MIDI data stream; Revolves around BPM; Advances one step each 1/24 of a beat






23. Advantage: Higher stability; Disadvantages: Lower memory (RAM) amount & separate media for samples






24. Sampler that comes packaged with Logic Pro






25. Digital sample playback; Natural waveform is digitally recorded and stored as a series of binary code; Near perfect reproduction of original sound; More realistic starting point for the sound






26. Ground






27. 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)






28. Note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it






29. Software sequencer that eventually developed into Apple's Logic Pro; Released in 1988






30. Device which splits the MIDI Out signal of a master instrument or sequencer to avoid daisy chaining; Has special powered circuitry that routes MIDI data arriving at its IN Ports to ALL of the OUT (THRU) Ports simultaneously; Often seen as a 'mode' an






31. Device receives on any and all channels but merges all the data together to one specific channel and then plays all notes received on the one sound assigned to that channel; Ability to play ONLY one note at a time






32. Devices that receive MIDI data (must be capable of making sounds and have audio outs)






33. Multi Mode; Performance (Perf) Mode; Sequence Mode






34. One of the first affordable samplers; Contained only 2 samples; Very limited functionality






35. POLY Pressure + Channel (S) => Note # (D1) => Amount (D2)






36. Rise and fall of pitch created when LFO is routed to the oscillator






37. Receive






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






39. 31.25 Kilobaud (31 -250 baud)






40. Two or more sounds play simultaneously on the same channel






41. Controller message sent by pressure on an INDIVIDUAL key after initial touch (release PRESSURE measurement)






42. Allows bidirectional communication between MIDI device and computer






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






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






45. 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)






46. Note ON; Note OFF; Program Change; MONO Pressure; POLY Pressure; Pitch Bend; Control Change






47. Smallest increments between beats; Coincide with the resolution in PPQN; MIDI data locks to these for start






48. Each pass will overwrite the pass before it permanently erasing previous MIDI data






49. MIDI Note #60 (Roland Standard)






50. Determines the layout of MIDI channels for each of the multitimbral parts