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MIDI - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Synchronization to the timing or speed of a pattern or song
End of Exclusive (EOX)
Hexadecimal
Registered Parameter Numbers
Tempo
2. 00 - 31 = Low Resolution (MSB) 32 - 63 = High Resolution (LSB) 64 - 95 = Switches 96 - 119 = Various / FX 120 - 127 = Channel Mode Messages
ReWire
End of Exclusive (EOX)
96 - 119
Controller Categories
3. Using handshake wiring - requests for data are continuously sent between devices
Handshake
Device ID
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
7
4. Timing Clock; Start; Continue; Stop; Active Sensing; System Reset
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
System Realtime Messages
Start of Exclusive
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
5. Contains entire SMPTE address plus the last issued transport command (Start - Stop - Continue); 10 bytes long
Tempo
MSB
MTC Full Frame Message
Event Chasing
6. Model number (functions similar to MAN ID but happens after the MAN ID is validated)
Synchronization Types
System Messages
Product ID
System Common Messages
7. Voltage signal changes HARMONIC CONTENT (TIMBRE)
System Reset
VCF
Location
System Message Format
8. Multiply the values (2nd Data Bytes) of a Low Resolution and a High Resolution Controller together; Controller numbers (1st Data Bytes) must be 32 digits apart
Stop
Mirroring Requirements
Registered Parameter Numbers
Quarter Frame
9. Most Significant Byte; Controller #0
Manufacturer's ID
System Messages
MSB
Request
10. Least Significant Byte; Controller #32
96 - 119
Quarter Frame
MIDI Show Control
LSB
11. Volume
7
Channel Mode Message 126
64 - 95
Song Position Pointer
12. 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
Channel Mode Message 125
MIDI Beat Clock
End of Exclusive (EOX)
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
13. The process of locking two or more devices together in time and/or tempo
Types of Location Sync
Synchronization
MTC
Decimal
14. Keyboards - Wind Controllers - Brass Controllers - Electronic Drums - and Control Surfaces; Significantly less latency
Location
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
SPP
Handshake
15. 2 Bytes Long; 4 sent per frame of SMPTE; 8 frames needed to make a complete SMPTED address; 2 full frames of SMPTE are needed to visually update the address
Registered Parameter Numbers
MIDI Beat Clock
Quarter Frame Message
System Common Messages
16. Tells analog oscillators to 'tune up'
BPM
Device ID
Product ID
Tune Request
17. Start of Exclusive; Manufacturer's ID; Product ID; Device ID; Program Data; End of Exclusive (EOX)
Examples of Location Sync
Where to Save SysEx Data
System Exclusive Protocol
10
18. Tune Request; Song Select; Song Position Pointer; MIDI Time Code
Handshake
System Common Messages
MIDI Beat Clock
MIDI Implementation Chart
19. Base 2
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
Binary
Tempo Sync Types
Full Frame Message
20. Various / FX
96 - 119
VCA
1
Song Select
21. All Sounds OFF ~ Cuts all outputs of sound ==> SILENCE
Channel Mode Message 120
Channel Mode Message 124
VCF
Mirroring Requirements
22. MONO
Tempo
Examples of Location Sync
Channel Mode Message 126
Program Data
23. 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
Running Status
Low Resolution
Channel Mode Message 121
System Common Messages
24. Storage Media or Sequence Track
Where to Save SysEx Data
Song Position Pointer
VCF
MIDI Show Control
25. Bank Select
Channel Mode Message 127
0 - 32
MIDI Beat Clock
Channel Mode Message 125
26. Direct; Request; Handshake
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
BPM
End of Exclusive (EOX)
Channel Mode Message 123
27. ( 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
Stop
Start of Exclusive
Synchronization
Full Frame Message
28. (Vertical Interval Time Code); Popular method for recording time code onto videotape; Video version of SMPTE; Absolute
Offset
Absolute Location Synchronization
Device ID
VITC
29. All Notes OFF (Release Time) ~ Does not guarantee a complete sound loss
SPP
Channel Mode Message 123
Channel Mode Message 122
Controller Categories
30. 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
96 - 119
Synchronization Types
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
120 - 127
31. A way to save or change complete settings
System Exclusive
System Common Messages
Direct
Start
32. Switches between songs or patterns on a sequence
Control Change Data Train
Stop
Controller #0
Song Select
33. F0h (One of the highest priority system message)
MIDI Time Code
Start of Exclusive
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
Device ID
34. OMNI ON
Channel Mode Message 126
MIDI Sync
SMPTE
Channel Mode Message 125
35. Increments of 16th notes measured from the beginning of the song; Provides bars - beats - and ticks; Relative
SPP
Running Status
10
LSB
36. POLY
Channel Mode Message 127
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
Synchronization Types
Quarter Frame Message
37. MIDI Time Code message only sent on start - stop or continue
Controller Categories
Full Frame
64
Channel Mode Message 127
38. F7h
End of Exclusive (EOX)
Pitch- to- MIDI
Controller #0
Relative Location Synchronization
39. Sometimes called a USER ID; Can be changed on two pieces of the same equipment
System Exclusive
Where to Save SysEx Data
Device ID
Trigger- to- MIDI
40. Internal device expressed in BPM that keeps multiple devices locked at the same tempo; Also known at the MIDI Beat Clock; Setup is generally the same as MTC
Tune Request
Product ID
Timing Clock
Types of Location Sync
41. MIDI Time Code; Sub- format of SMPTE; Absolute
MIDI Event
96 - 119
MTC
Trigger- to- MIDI
42. Relative & Absolute
High Resolution Bank Total
Types of Location Sync
MTC Full Frame Message
Device ID
43. 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
Request
Full Frame
Control Change (Controllers)
SMPTE
44. Converting an analog signal or sound into a MIDI message
Pitch- to- MIDI
Control Change (Controllers)
Manufacturer's ID
Continue
45. Starts a sequence or pattern
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
Start
LTC
Absolute Location Synchronization
46. Continues the sequence or pattern from where it was last stopped
Trigger- to- MIDI
Continue
Tempo Sync Types
Running Status
47. Based on System Exclusive; Allows more control over MIDI devices unlike standard Common or RealTime messages; Fast-Forward - Fast-Rewind - Shuttle Control - Track Arming - Variable Playback - etc.
MIDI Beat Clock
MIDI Implementation Chart
System Message Format
Channel Mode Message 123
48. Base 10
Decimal
Timing Clock
Channel Mode Message 127
System Exclusive
49. OMNI OFF
Channel Mode Message 124
Quarter Frame
Request
MTC
50. High Resolution (LSB)
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
MTC Full Frame Message
MIDI Time Code
32 - 63