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MIDI - 2
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1. Resets to default power up state
System Reset
Tempo Sync Types
LSB
Song Select
2. MONO
System Messages
Location
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
Channel Mode Message 126
3. (Vertical Interval Time Code); Popular method for recording time code onto videotape; Video version of SMPTE; Absolute
MIDI Event
Offset
VITC
SMPTE
4. 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
00 - 31
Running Status
Direct
Registered Parameter Numbers
5. Synchronization to a point in time or a direct address
Location
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
120 - 127
System Reset
6. Longitudinal Time Code; When SMPTE time code is encoded as an audio signal on audio track; Audio version of SMPTE; Absolute
MIDI Show Control
System Messages
1
LTC
7. 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
Song Position Pointer
Channel Mode Message 126
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Quarter Frame Message
8. Sometimes called a USER ID; Can be changed on two pieces of the same equipment
Control Change (Controllers)
Stop
Device ID
Channel Mode Message 120
9. Volume
Control Change Data Train
MIDI Sync
Channel Mode Message 125
7
10. Status Byte = Controller + Channel Data Byte 1 = Controller Number Data Byte 2 = 0 - 127 (Value/Range)
Low Resolution
Pitch- to- MIDI
Channel Mode Message 124
MIDI Show Control
11. Continues the sequence or pattern from where it was last stopped
Running Status
10
Quarter Frame
Continue
12. Voltage signal changes AMPLITUDE
Tune Request
VCA
Registered Parameter Numbers
Trigger- to- MIDI
13. 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
Mirroring Requirements
Channel Mode Message 124
Direct
System Exclusive
14. Manually initiate transfer from device
Channel Mode Message 126
Direct
System Exclusive Protocol
Channel Mode Message 122
15. Contains entire SMPTE address plus the last issued transport command (Start - Stop - Continue); 10 bytes long
Device ID
Song Select
Control Change Data Train
MTC Full Frame Message
16. 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 123
MIDI Beat Clock
Handshake
System Messages
17. Tempo & Location
BPM
Running Status
Synchronization Types
Song Position Pointer
18. Locks devices to the same location (in increments of 16th notes)
Device ID
Song Position Pointer
Where to Save SysEx Data
System Exclusive
19. (Controller + Channel) + Controller # + Amount
Control Change Data Train
Handshake
7
Decimal
20. Controls some aspect of sound on a channel; 128 Different controllers available (1 -127); Give us the ability to automate changes when recorded
Device ID
Control Change (Controllers)
1
Mirroring
21. Beats Per Minute
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120 - 127
BPM
Tempo Sync Types
22. Assigned by MMA and JMSC; These need to be used with all future SysEx messages or they will be ignored (think saved patches)
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23. 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.
Offset
64
SMPTE
MIDI Implementation Chart
24. SPP with added tempo information; Relative
LSB
MIDI Sync
96 - 119
VCO
25. All Notes OFF (Release Time) ~ Does not guarantee a complete sound loss
Channel Mode Message 123
Low Resolution
VITC
Bank Select
26. MIDI's version of SMPTE; Contains two types of messages (full frame & quarter frame)
00 - 31
96 - 119
Synchronization
MIDI Time Code
27. OMNI OFF
Channel Mode Message 120
MIDI Sync
Running Status
Channel Mode Message 124
28. 00 - 31 = Low Resolution (MSB) 32 - 63 = High Resolution (LSB) 64 - 95 = Switches 96 - 119 = Various / FX 120 - 127 = Channel Mode Messages
Controller Categories
System Realtime Messages
Most Common Controllers
Synchronization Types
29. Channel Mode Messages
Synchronization
Absolute Location Synchronization
120 - 127
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30. How high resolution is achieved in MIDI Controllers
Synchronization
Mirroring
MIDI Sync
Continue
31. Base 10
Device ID
Decimal
Tempo
VCA
32. Switches
120 - 127
MIDI Event
Song Select
64 - 95
33. Local ON/OFF
Song Position Pointer
Tempo Sync Types
Channel Mode Message 125
Channel Mode Message 122
34. Preferred; Not referenced from the beginning of the song; Slave always identifies with location of bar
System Realtime Messages
64
Running Status
Absolute Location Synchronization
35. Starts a sequence or pattern
Start
Control Change Data Train
Synchronization Types
Relative Location Synchronization
36. Pan
10
Mirroring
Most Common Controllers
64 - 95
37. Divide the number by 16 and convert remainder to hexadecimal value
10
MIDI Show Control
Device ID
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38. POLY
VCF
Channel Mode Message 127
System Message Format
Device ID
39. Used to represent sound or performance parameters (must be used by all manufacturers)
System Exclusive Protocol
Full Frame Message
System Messages
Registered Parameter Numbers
40. Start of Exclusive; Manufacturer's ID; Product ID; Device ID; Program Data; End of Exclusive (EOX)
Full Frame Message
Tempo
System Exclusive Protocol
Product ID
41. 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
Device ID
Song Position Pointer
Offset
Timing Clock
42. Sustain Pedal
Bank Select
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
64
LTC
43. MIDI Time Code message sent during playback
1
LTC
Trigger- to- MIDI
Quarter Frame
44. Reset All Controllers
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Stop
Channel Mode Message 121
End of Exclusive (EOX)
45. Most Significant Byte; Controller #0
MSB
Synchronization Types
Mirroring Requirements
MIDI Show Control
46. Bank Select
Request
Synchronization Types
0 - 32
Absolute Location Synchronization
47. Low Resolution (MSB)
00 - 31
MTC
VITC
LTC
48. ( 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
Full Frame Message
00 - 31
Control Change Data Train
MIDI Time Code
49. (MIDI Beat Clock) - Keeps devices locked to the same tempo (24 PPQN)
Quarter Frame Message
Most Common Controllers
Timing Clock
Running Status
50. Base 2
Timing Clock
Binary
Start
LSB