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MIDI - 2
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1. Guitar - Bass - Strings - & Monophonic Audio- to-Video Conversion; More Expressive
System Common Messages
ReWire
MIDI Event
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
2. MIDI Time Code message only sent on start - stop or continue
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
Full Frame
Handshake
Channel Mode Message 125
3. Locks devices to the same location (in increments of 16th notes)
Full Frame Message
Song Position Pointer
Tempo
Channel Mode Message 121
4. A pulse is sent out every 300 ms; If a slave device receives them it will function normally
Active Sensing
Channel Mode Message 123
MSB
Channel Mode Message 125
5. Sometimes called a USER ID; Can be changed on two pieces of the same equipment
Quarter Frame Message
Device ID
Start of Exclusive
Channel Mode Message 124
6. Voltage signal changes PITCH
Absolute Location Synchronization
120 - 127
VCO
High Resolution Bank Total
7. MONO
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
Pitch- to- MIDI
Channel Mode Message 126
00 - 31
8. Reset All Controllers
Product ID
MIDI Sync
Channel Mode Message 121
System Exclusive Protocol
9. Designed for the Theatrical and Staging Industries; Allows MIDI to control over audio and video playback systems - lighting & effects - pyrotechnics - machinery - and robotics
Handshake
MIDI Implementation Chart
MIDI Show Control
Start of Exclusive
10. Start of Exclusive; Manufacturer's ID; Product ID; Device ID; Program Data; End of Exclusive (EOX)
System Exclusive
Running Status
Most Common Controllers
System Exclusive Protocol
11. Tune Request; Song Select; Song Position Pointer; MIDI Time Code
System Common Messages
32 - 63
Request
Song Select
12. Increments of 16th notes measured from the beginning of the song; Provides bars - beats - and ticks; Relative
Tune Request
96 - 119
Event Chasing
SPP
13. SPP with added tempo information; Relative
Location
MIDI Sync
LSB
System Realtime Messages
14. Timing Clock; Start; Continue; Stop; Active Sensing; System Reset
1
System Realtime Messages
SMPTE
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
15. Time code developed for the film industry but now extensively used in music and recording; Related to hours - minutes - seconds and film or video frames rather than to musical tempo; Absolute
Program Data
SMPTE
End of Exclusive (EOX)
Where to Save SysEx Data
16. 16 -384 available Banks; Most common mirrored controller; Each bank contains 128 Programs (0 - 127); 2 -097 -152 possible Program Changes for MIDI
00 - 31
BPM
Bank Select
Quarter Frame Message
17. High Resolution (LSB)
Channel Mode Message 126
MIDI Time Code
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
32 - 63
18. Starts a sequence or pattern
32 - 63
Start
Bank Select
00 - 31
19. Modulation
Channel Mode Message 125
120 - 127
1
End of Exclusive (EOX)
20. Looks previous to the play line for any prior MIDI information and updates the sequence accordingly; Most commonly used with Program Change and Controller Messages
SPP
Channel Mode Message 127
7
Event Chasing
21. Voltage signal changes HARMONIC CONTENT (TIMBRE)
VCA
End of Exclusive (EOX)
VCF
BPM
22. Divide the number by 16 and convert remainder to hexadecimal value
VITC
Start
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
Timing Clock
23. Most Significant Byte; Controller #0
MSB
Quarter Frame
96 - 119
VCO
24. SMPTE; MTC; LTC; VITC; SPP
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
Examples of Location Sync
Continue
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
25. Switches
MIDI Sync
End of Exclusive (EOX)
64 - 95
Manufacturer's ID
26. Manually initiate transfer from device
Direct
Timing Clock
Where to Save SysEx Data
Program Data
27. Base 10
Decimal
Channel Mode Message 122
Channel Mode Message 121
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
28. ( S -> 01:01:01:01 -> Transport Method ); 1 for 'System Message' -> 8 for SMPTE -> 1 for Transport Method; Data = 0; 3 numbers = Which column of SMPTE; 4 numbers = Value for the column
System Reset
Manufacturer's ID
Full Frame Message
Quarter Frame Message
29. Always referenced from the beginning of the song
Offset
MTC Full Frame Message
Relative Location Synchronization
Channel Mode Message 125
30. Base 16 (0 - F); The numbers 0 - 9 are still the same but the numbers 10 - 15 are represented by the letters A - F
Hexadecimal
Most Common Controllers
Absolute Location Synchronization
1
31. (MIDI Beat Clock) - Keeps devices locked to the same tempo (24 PPQN)
SMPTE
Timing Clock
VCA
Song Position Pointer
32. Beat Clock does not care where the device's location is (where in the song it is) as long as BPM is the same; Always make sure devices are ALL set to the location value desired for start; (Ex... two devices one set at Bar 1 and the other at Bar 9...M
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
LTC
Synchronization Types
33. OMNI OFF
Channel Mode Message 121
Channel Mode Message 125
Channel Mode Message 124
MIDI Beat Clock
34. Synchronization to a point in time or a direct address
Location
MIDI Show Control
Channel Mode Message 120
Active Sensing
35. Longitudinal Time Code; When SMPTE time code is encoded as an audio signal on audio track; Audio version of SMPTE; Absolute
Channel Mode Message 126
Synchronization Types
Control Change (Controllers)
LTC
36. Setting the SMPTE time to match the desired Bars/Beats/Ticks location; Set by the slave device after frame rate is set; Start of sequence should typically be at the same time as the start of media's MTC address
Channel Mode Message 126
Low Resolution
MSB
Offset
37. Actual bulk of data; Easily up to 100 parameters (Patch Name - Filters - LFO - Oscillator Settings - and all other data)
Channel Mode Message 127
Program Data
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
Timing Clock
38. Keyboards - Wind Controllers - Brass Controllers - Electronic Drums - and Control Surfaces; Significantly less latency
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
MIDI Time Code
Timing Clock
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
39. MIDI Time Code message sent during playback
LSB
Quarter Frame
Hexadecimal
MIDI Implementation Chart
40. Stops the sequence or pattern
Controller Categories
SPP
Stop
Full Frame
41. 1 (msb) ---> 110 (System Message) ---> 0100 (Which Message)
System Message Format
120 - 127
64
Quarter Frame
42. Base 2
Mirroring Requirements
Binary
Full Frame
Channel Mode Message 121
43. (Vertical Interval Time Code); Popular method for recording time code onto videotape; Video version of SMPTE; Absolute
VITC
Trigger- to- MIDI
Channel Mode Message 127
High Resolution Bank Total
44. Controls some aspect of sound on a channel; 128 Different controllers available (1 -127); Give us the ability to automate changes when recorded
0 - 32
Control Change (Controllers)
Song Select
VCF
45. POLY
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
Types of Location Sync
Channel Mode Message 127
Product ID
46. Message sent for the device to send SysEx data - then sends it to the device; Most commonly used by an editor or library program
Request
Full Frame
Full Frame Message
Offset
47. All Sounds OFF ~ Cuts all outputs of sound ==> SILENCE
Channel Mode Message 120
Control Change Data Train
Full Frame Message
Synchronization
48. 00 - 31 = Low Resolution (MSB) 32 - 63 = High Resolution (LSB) 64 - 95 = Switches 96 - 119 = Various / FX 120 - 127 = Channel Mode Messages
Controller Categories
Event Chasing
High Resolution Bank Total
Where to Save SysEx Data
49. Reduces the load by about ? (30 -33%) by removing redundant Status Bytes; Only for Channel Messages; Occurs only on playback; Function of the Sequencer; Basically drops similar status bytes so they don't have to be repeated each time
VCA
Running Status
120 - 127
Tempo
50. Series of tempo- related electronic timing markers embedded in the MIDI data stream; Revolves around BPM; 24 PPQN; Also known as the Timing Clock; Setup is generally the same as MTC
VCF
MIDI Beat Clock
96 - 119
System Common Messages