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MIDI
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1. Advantage: Higher stability; Disadvantages: Lower memory (RAM) amount & separate media for samples
Daisy Chaining
Patch Mapping
Hardware Sampler
Pulse Code Modulation
2. Wave that consists of a single traveling pulse
Output Assignment
Zones
Sample Rate
Pulse Wave
3. The transmission of an audio signal by using it to vary a carrier wave (amplitude of frequency)
Subtractive Synthesis...
Modulation
Noise
LFO Parameters
4. Sample Dump Standard; Signal starts to degrade
Local OFF
SDS
Capture Last Take as Recording
Types of Channel Voice Messages
5. 16 Independent Channel; Serial Transmission Protocol; One- Directional
E- mu Proteus 2000
Release Time
Depth/Amount Parameter
MIDI Cable Specs
6. Receive
Rx (Abbv.)
C4
Handshake Wiring
Destructive Quantize
7. 12 notes; Change between B & C
Amplitude Modulation
Channel Enable/Disable
MIDI Octaves
Zone/Key Group/Multi-Sample
8. Visual editor for MIDI notes with a piano keyboard running low to high on the left; Also called a Key Editor
Polyphonic
Aftertouch
Bob Moog
Piano Roll
9. Two or more instruments with note ranges that do not overlap
Split
Pitch Bend
Polyphonic
Master Devices
10. Record with highest input level possible - without clipping; Record more than you need; Adjust sample start and end times; Truncate unwanted material
OMNI (Off) MONO
Recording Samples (Guidelines)
C-Lab Notator
VCA
11. L ->R === msb (1) - MIDI Message (3) - MIDI Channel (4)
Notes OFF MIDI
8-Bit Breakdown of MIDI Code
Patch Mapping
Dual Serial Connection
12. Used in the Reason software package; Combination of the features of Wavetable and Granular synthesis; Allows selection of particular wavetables that have been broken down into grain clouds for further manipulation
Resonance
Mix - Merge - or Overdub Mode
Graintable Synthesis
'Note On' Data Train
13. Basic Waveform; Source vibrates with simple harmonic motion
Audio Samples
Bars
Sine Wave
'Note On' Data Train
14. Transmit
Tuning
Zero Crossing Point
Tx (Abbv.)
EMagic AMT-8 MIDI Interface
15. Another term for 'Channel Enable/Disable'
Sustain Level
Receive Switch
Pitch Bend
Sampler
16. Deal with the set- up and operating parameters for a MIDI device - Acknowledged by all devices in a MIDI system
System Messages
Save
Audio Samples
Local ON
17. Actual data; 'Note #'; Provides information and data the status byte uses to do its job; Uses an 8- bit system; Represented by msb = 0
Beats
Akai MPC 60
Data Byte
DIN Pin 4
18. Allows using a pencil tool to input notes - define note value - and manually enter notes; Useful for parts too complex to play at desired tempo or due to a lack of performance ability
KORG Triton Rack
DIN Pin 4
Step Record
IN Port
19. Smallest increments between beats; Coincide with the resolution in PPQN; MIDI data locks to these for start
Recording Samples (Guidelines)
Ticks
Monophonic
MIDI Connection Ports
20. MIDI Message sent when key is released
List Editor
PPQN
Notes OFF MIDI
Receive Modes
21. Contains harmoics and all odd and even harmonics; 6dB roll off between octaves; Same starting phases
Sawtooth Wave
Resynthesis
Amplitude Modulation
POLY Pressure Data Train
22. Height (or loudness) of a waveform
Sustain Level
Local OFF
Status Byte
Amplitude
23. 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
Preset/Patch/Instrument/Bank
Grid Editor
lsb
MIDI Data Transmission Rate
24. Connects computer to MIDI device; All MIDI routing and communication is handled by the computer
Receive Switch
MIDI Interface Setup
Zero Crossing Point
Ensoniq Mirage
25. Very common technique; Utilizes initial attack and loops a small part of remaining audio file
Split
Note Ranges
lsb
Sample Looping
26. Software ran on Atari; One of the first software based MIDI synthesizers
Resonance
Ground Loop
Master Tracks Pro
Granular Synthesis
27. Note ON; Note OFF; Program Change; MONO Pressure; POLY Pressure; Pitch Bend; Control Change
Graintable Synthesis
Filter Parameters
Master Tracks Pro
Types of Channel Voice Messages
28. Program Change + Channel (S) => Patch # (D1) => N/A
Program Change Data Train
MOTU Digital Performer
Pitch
Triangle Wave
29. Physical sound waveform system that has repeating cycles
Oscillator
Master Devices
3 Main MIDI Circuits
OMNI (Off) POLY
30. Contains only the fundamental frequency and all of its odd- numbered harmonics
Monophonic
IN Port
Square Wave
Elisha Gray
31. POLY Pressure + Channel (S) => Note # (D1) => Amount (D2)
FM Synthesis
MIDI Connection Ports
Sine Wave
POLY Pressure Data Train
32. SCSI Musical Data Interchange; Better option than SDS
Generator
SMDI
Click Track
Mix - Merge - or Overdub Mode
33. Rate (Speed) & Depth (Intensity)
MIDI
Pan
Controller Editor
LFO Parameters
34. Alters the phase angle of a waveform 'bending' the shape to create a unique character or tone
Handshake Wiring
Phase Distortion Synthesis
Channel Pressure
Notes OFF MIDI
35. Electronic tape- based keyboard instrument featuring prerecorded sounds; Tape bank could be removed and loaded with different sounds
Pulse Code Modulation
Mellotron
3 Main MIDI Circuits
S/PDif...
36. Ability of a musical instrument to play more than one note at a time
Sampler
Pitch
Polyphonic
Elisha Gray
37. Space
Ring Modulation
Master Tracks Pro
Play
List Editor
38. 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)
MOTU Digital Performer
OMNI (On) MONO
Filter Parameters
Zones
39. Determines dynamic range and signal- to- noise ratio
Bit Depth
MIDI Data Transmission Rate
Akai MPC2500
Attack Time
40. Value = 0 - 127 (Variations of the last 7 numbers)
Note Ranges
Recording with MIDI Sequencer
Data Byte Breakdown for MIDI
Amplitude
41. The first drum machine to use digital samples of acoustic drums
Envelope Generator
Linn LM-1
Pan
E- mu Proteus 2000
42. VCO -> VCF -> VCA -> Speakers; (LFO and Envelope Generator run to all of the 3 circuits)
Cakewalk Sonar
Manufacturer Terms for Multitimbral Mode
Synthesizer Audio Flow
Resonance
43. Debuted in 1980; First sampling based instrument by Small Australian company
Aftertouch
Graintable Synthesis
E- Mu Emulator
Fairlight CMI
44. Define whether an instrument will respond to one or more channels and how many notes it will play back at once
Ultrabeat
Pitch Bend
OUT Port
Receive Modes
45. Multi Mode; Performance (Perf) Mode; Sequence Mode
Low Frequency Oscillator (LFO)
Manufacturer Terms for Multitimbral Mode
Zones
Destructive Quantize
46. Japanese MIDI Standards Committee; Defines MIDI specifications & coordinates with manufacturers and users in the Asian and Pacific Rim regions
Portamento...
E- Mu Emulator
JMSC
Ground Loop
47. Storage device that can memorize and playback (often in loops) the sequence of MIDI events generated by the master device.
Step Record
Split
Score Editor
Sequencer
48. Limits the playback of a certain sample to a certain range on the MIDI keyboard; May sample multiple notes per octave to maintain realism of sampled instruments
Filter Parameters
Power Conditioner
Zone/Key Group/Multi-Sample
Key Range
49. 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)
Ground Loop
A/D Converter
Data Byte
Additive Synthesis
50. Communications language based on the Master Device/Slave Device protocol used in synchronization systems; MIDI is NOT audio...it is performance data only
Max MIDI Cable Length
Ground Loop
Oscillator
MIDI
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