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Subject : engineering
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1. Musical Instrument Digital Interface






2. 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






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






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






5. Overall sound quality defined by harmonic content






6. CRedited with being the first to create and transmit music electronically; 'Singing Telegraph' (1867)






7. 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)






8. Rackmount version of the Triton used as a sound module rather than a complete workstation; Able to store up to eight EXB boards containing additional sounds; Features a built- in S/PDIF digital output






9. The process of combining waveforms with their own respective amplitude envelopes to create a sound that changes over time; Adding multiple tones to one sound






10. Contains harmoics and all odd and even harmonics; 6dB roll off between octaves; Same starting phases






11. Sampler that comes packaged with Logic Pro






12. A curve or surface






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






14. Actual audio files (.WAV - .AIFF - etc.) that we hear when playing a sampled instrument






15. Ability to play ONLY one note at a time; Often used for solo instruments (horns) - bass - portamento - slides - and trills






16. Receive






17. Where a slave device receives MIDI data; Can receive data from an OUT or THRU port






18. Communications language based on the Master Device/Slave Device protocol used in synchronization systems; MIDI is NOT audio...it is performance data only






19. 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






20. Both the IN Port and OUT Port of two devices are connected together; Allows total communication between devices (BIDIRECTIONAL); Smartest MIDI wiring procedure






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






22. Chooses which channels a multitimbral MIDI device will respond






23. Music production software that offers a great array of tools for mashup production - including tempo beatmapping and real time manipulation






24. Very common technique; Utilizes initial attack and loops a small part of remaining audio file






25. 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






26. Determines the highest frequency to be captured






27. Serial






28. Connects computer to MIDI device; All MIDI routing and communication is handled by the computer






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






30. 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






31. Ground






32. Transmit






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






34. 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






35. Voltage Controlled Filter; Voltage amount changes harmonic content






36. VCO -> VCF -> VCA -> Speakers; (LFO and Envelope Generator run to all of the 3 circuits)






37. Enables the subtraction of frequencies from a basic waveform allowing shaping of desired content






38. MIDI sound source capable of producing several different sounds at the same time - controlled on different MIDI channels






39. Added subtractive synthesis to the E- Mu Emulator






40. Most Significant Bit; the left- most bit in a binary whole number or code






41. Changes an analog audio signal to a digital format (binary data) that can be stored or manipulated on a computer






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






43. Mark of the Unicorn; Runs on Mac only; Used for film scoring or sound design






44. Parts Per Quarter Note; Measurement of timing resolution of a sequencer; Points on a sequencer grid that lie between quarter notes; Higher the PPQN the better its timing; Referred to as ticks






45. Self contained computerized synthesizer developed in 1975; Playback system records patterns that you play on keyboard






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






47. Categorically grouping of samples; Grouped by instrument type or dynamics; Provides for easier programming when multiple instrument are involved






48. Software; Computer- based MIDI recorders that can be used for other functions (word processing - web browsing - etc.); Offers high resolution (480+ PPQN) and expanded editing facilities - but have lower stability and lack portability






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






50. Initial few hundred milliseconds of samples are loaded into RAM & remaining sample length is streamed from the hard drive