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MIDI
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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
Serial Port
Master Tracks Pro
Preset/Patch/Instrument/Bank
Slave Devices
2. MIDI Message sent when key is released
ProTools
Polyphonic
OMNI (Off) POLY
Notes OFF MIDI
3. Sample Dump Standard; Signal starts to degrade
MIDI Octaves
Filter Slopes
JMSC
SDS
4. Physical sound waveform system that has repeating cycles
'Note Off' Data Train
Tx (Abbv.)
Oscillator
Split
5. Device allowing for the capture of sound and allowing it to be played back using MIDI messages; Hardware and software modules available
Ring Modulation
MMA
Channel Pressure
Sampler
6. Filter Type & Slope; Cutoff Frequency; Resonance (Emphasis); Key Tracking
Zone/Key Group/Multi-Sample
KORG Triton Rack
Preset/Patch/Instrument/Bank
Filter Parameters
7. Determines how much effect an envelope generator has on a particular circuit
Release Time
MIDI Octaves
Depth/Amount Parameter
THRU Port
8. How accurate the timing of a MIDI performance is recorded;
Resolution
Ultrabeat Import File Types
Modulates Cutoff Frequency
Envelope
9. Record with highest input level possible - without clipping; Record more than you need; Adjust sample start and end times; Truncate unwanted material
Disk Streaming
Tempest
Recording Samples (Guidelines)
Roland Fantom X6
10. 'Father of the Synthesizer'; Created a voltage controlled music synthesizer (Moog Modular Synth); Used by Stevie Wonder in 70's
Bob Moog
Resolution
LFO Parameters
VCF
11. Visual editor for MIDI notes with a piano keyboard running low to high on the left; Also called a Key Editor
Piano Roll
Oscillator
Additive Synthesis
Envelope Generator Parameters
12. MIDI message used to change sound patches on a remote module or the effects patch on a MIDI effects unit
MIDI Program Change
Capture Last Take as Recording
Synclavier
Basic Sequencer Signal Flow
13. Defines the instrument's response to voice messages
Binary
Note Ranges
Channel Mode Message
Modulates Pitch
14. Stack the next pass as a new region over the previous data; Multiple regions on one track
Key Note
Ring Modulation
Slave Devices
Note Mode
15. Debuted in 1980; First sampling based instrument by Small Australian company
Channel Enable/Disable
Fairlight CMI
SMDI
Local ON
16. Operating system made sense to most musicians; Became very popular because of its accessibility
Additive Synthesis
Capture Last Take as Recording
Akai S900
Replace - Overwrite - or Destructive Record Mode
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
Attack Time
MIDI Clock
Volume
Polyphonic
19. Complete sample(s) are loaded into RAM
Aftertouch
Triangle Wave
Static
DIN Pin 5
20. In MIDI - a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information
Byte
Pitch Bend Data Train
Patch Mapping
Mix - Merge - or Overdub Mode
21. Same as square; Odd numbered multiples of harmonics - but the amplitude is decreasing more rapidly
Velocity Switching
Accessibility
Triangle Wave
Ring Modulation
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
MIDI Clock
E- Mu Emulator
DIN Pin 4
Channel Voice Message
23. Advantage: Higher stability; Disadvantages: Lower memory (RAM) amount & separate media for samples
Hardware Sampler
IN Port
Physical Modeling Synthesis
Serial Port
24. Sampler that comes packaged with Logic Pro
EXS
Modulates Cutoff Frequency
A/D Converter
Patch Mapping
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
VCF
Key Range
Pulse Code Modulation
Coarse Tuning
26. Ground
Oscillator
Piano Roll
Filter Slopes
DIN Pin 2
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)
Multitimbral Mode
SDS
Recording Samples (Guidelines)
Fairlight CMI
28. Note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
Beats
Trill
MIDI Program Change
Note Mode
29. Software sequencer that eventually developed into Apple's Logic Pro; Released in 1988
MIDI Octaves
C-Lab Notator
Dual Serial Connection
Resynthesis
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
Receive Modes
OMNI (On) MONO
Midi Thru Box
E- mu Proteus 2000
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
Sample Rate
Resonance
OMNI (On) MONO
Sine Wave
32. Devices that receive MIDI data (must be capable of making sounds and have audio outs)
Subtractive Synthesis...
Quantization Values
Velocity Switching
Slave Devices
33. Multi Mode; Performance (Perf) Mode; Sequence Mode
Resynthesis
Note Mode
Key Tracking
Manufacturer Terms for Multitimbral Mode
34. One of the first affordable samplers; Contained only 2 samples; Very limited functionality
Zone/Key Group/Multi-Sample
Streaming
MIDI
E- Mu Emulator
35. POLY Pressure + Channel (S) => Note # (D1) => Amount (D2)
MIDI Acronym
POLY Pressure Data Train
Score Editor
OMNI (On) POLY
36. Rise and fall of pitch created when LFO is routed to the oscillator
Vibrato...
Release Time
MIDI Interface Setup
Phase Distortion Synthesis
37. Receive
Rx (Abbv.)
Noise
Timbre
Basic Sequencer Signal Flow
38. Program Change + Channel (S) => Patch # (D1) => N/A
Piano Roll
MOTU Digital Performer
List Editor
Program Change Data Train
39. 31.25 Kilobaud (31 -250 baud)
Sawtooth Wave
Hardware Sampler
MIDI Data Transmission Rate
Filter Parameters
40. Two or more sounds play simultaneously on the same channel
Layer
Capture Last Take as Recording
Resonance
Pitch Bend Data Train
41. Controller message sent by pressure on an INDIVIDUAL key after initial touch (release PRESSURE measurement)
ProTools
Master Devices
C4
Aftertouch
42. Allows bidirectional communication between MIDI device and computer
Akai MPC 60
Dual Serial Connection
Data Byte Breakdown for MIDI
Aftertouch
43. Starts from 1 at the very beginning of a sequence
Zones
Bars
Handshake Wiring
Analog Modeling Synthesis...
44. Subtractive; Additive; Resynthesis; Frequency Modulation; Phase Distortion; Wavetable; Pulse Code Modulation; Granular; Graintable Synthesis; Physical Modeling; Analog Modeling
Synthesis Types
EMagic AMT-8 MIDI Interface
Filter Parameters
MIDI Octaves
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)
Patch Mapping
Circle Machine
Note Mode
8-Bit Breakdown of MIDI Code
46. Note ON; Note OFF; Program Change; MONO Pressure; POLY Pressure; Pitch Bend; Control Change
Disk Streaming
'Note On' Data Train
Types of Channel Voice Messages
VCF
47. Smallest increments between beats; Coincide with the resolution in PPQN; MIDI data locks to these for start
Pulse Wave
MMA
Ring Modulation
Ticks
48. Each pass will overwrite the pass before it permanently erasing previous MIDI data
Manufacturer Terms for Multitimbral Mode
lsb
Replace - Overwrite - or Destructive Record Mode
PPQN
49. MIDI Note #60 (Roland Standard)
C4
MIDI Connection Ports
Velocity Mapping
Bob Moog
50. Determines the layout of MIDI channels for each of the multitimbral parts
Channel Assignment
Linn LM-1
5-Pin DIN Protocol
Vibrato...