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MIDI - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. (Controller + Channel) + Controller # + Amount
Channel Mode Message 120
System Messages
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
Control Change Data Train
2. Start of Exclusive; Manufacturer's ID; Product ID; Device ID; Program Data; End of Exclusive (EOX)
Channel Mode Message 123
System Exclusive Protocol
System Realtime Messages
Mirroring
3. Locks devices to the same location (in increments of 16th notes)
Running Status
Song Position Pointer
Synchronization Types
Quarter Frame Message
4. F7h
Continue
Quarter Frame
End of Exclusive (EOX)
Synchronization Types
5. Increments of 16th notes measured from the beginning of the song; Provides bars - beats - and ticks; Relative
SPP
Decimal
Tune Request
32 - 63
6. Manually initiate transfer from device
Pitch- to- MIDI
Direct
Channel Mode Message 124
Running Status
7. 00 - 31 = Low Resolution (MSB) 32 - 63 = High Resolution (LSB) 64 - 95 = Switches 96 - 119 = Various / FX 120 - 127 = Channel Mode Messages
Controller Categories
Tune Request
Channel Mode Message 120
MIDI Event
8. Storage Media or Sequence Track
End of Exclusive (EOX)
Continue
Where to Save SysEx Data
MSB
9. Single MIDI message; Status Byte + associated Data Bytes; Can be edited individually allowing complete control over every minute detail of the MIDI sequence
LTC
Control Change Data Train
MIDI Event
Synchronization Types
10. Container that carries all MIDI events in a sequence; Method of grouping MIDI events to make editing and arranging easier
Channel Mode Message 125
Active Sensing
MIDI Region
Hexadecimal
11. 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
Binary
Manufacturer's ID
Bank Select
Running Status
12. High Resolution (LSB)
MIDI Beat Clock
Program Data
32 - 63
Low Resolution
13. Voltage signal changes HARMONIC CONTENT (TIMBRE)
VCF
Low Resolution
Synchronization
Active Sensing
14. Guitar - Bass - Strings - & Monophonic Audio- to-Video Conversion; More Expressive
00 - 31
LTC
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
Running Status
15. Timing Clock; Start; Continue; Stop; Active Sensing; System Reset
Controller Categories
SMPTE
End of Exclusive (EOX)
System Realtime Messages
16. Reset All Controllers
Tempo
Channel Mode Message 122
Channel Mode Message 121
System Exclusive
17. A way to save or change complete settings
Mirroring
System Exclusive
Binary
System Message Format
18. Tune Request; Song Select; Song Position Pointer; MIDI Time Code
System Common Messages
System Realtime Messages
Absolute Location Synchronization
Timing Clock
19. Base 10
Active Sensing
Binary
Event Chasing
Decimal
20. 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
Device ID
MIDI Event
Quarter Frame Message
Song Position Pointer
21. Using a key - button - pad - slider - knob - etc. to generate a MIDI message; 80% - 90% of MIDI controllers use this method for MIDI conversion
Trigger- to- MIDI
LSB
Handshake
0 - 32
22. Synchronization to the timing or speed of a pattern or song
Synchronization Types
Tempo
MIDI Implementation Chart
MIDI Region
23. Voltage signal changes PITCH
Channel Mode Message 127
VCO
Timing Clock
Decimal
24. Resets to default power up state
System Reset
SPP
ReWire
Channel Mode Message 125
25. 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
End of Exclusive (EOX)
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
Hexadecimal
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
26. 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 Implementation Chart
VCA
Trigger- to- MIDI
MIDI Sync
27. F0h (One of the highest priority system message)
64 - 95
Start of Exclusive
BPM
Channel Mode Message 120
28. Keyboards - Wind Controllers - Brass Controllers - Electronic Drums - and Control Surfaces; Significantly less latency
1
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
VCF
Controller #0
29. Synchronization to a point in time or a direct address
Location
Active Sensing
Request
Registered Parameter Numbers
30. Controls some aspect of sound on a channel; 128 Different controllers available (1 -127); Give us the ability to automate changes when recorded
High Resolution Bank Total
Control Change (Controllers)
10
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
31. Assigned by MMA and JMSC; These need to be used with all future SysEx messages or they will be ignored (think saved patches)
32. Low Resolution (MSB)
Event Chasing
High Resolution Bank Total
00 - 31
ReWire
33. MIDI Time Code; Sub- format of SMPTE; Absolute
System Exclusive
Direct
Product ID
MTC
34. 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
MIDI Sync
Mirroring Requirements
Pitch- to- MIDI
0 - 32
35. Modulation
Timing Clock
Quarter Frame
1
System Reset
36. A pulse is sent out every 300 ms; If a slave device receives them it will function normally
Active Sensing
Quarter Frame
Channel Mode Message 121
Registered Parameter Numbers
37. Converting an analog signal or sound into a MIDI message
Trigger- to- MIDI
Control Change Data Train
Pitch- to- MIDI
Channel Mode Message 120
38. Most Significant Byte; Controller #0
MSB
System Reset
VCF
Tempo
39. Tells analog oscillators to 'tune up'
Tune Request
Controller #0
VCA
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
40. (Vertical Interval Time Code); Popular method for recording time code onto videotape; Video version of SMPTE; Absolute
VITC
Song Select
Bank Select
VCO
41. 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
Controller Categories
MIDI Implementation Chart
Offset
ReWire
42. Sustain Pedal
64
System Messages
Quarter Frame
MIDI Beat Clock
43. 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
MIDI Event
MTC
Timing Clock
Channel Mode Message 120
44. How high resolution is achieved in MIDI Controllers
Full Frame
Mirroring
Program Data
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
45. MIDI Time Code message sent during playback
Controller Categories
Channel Mode Message 125
Most Common Controllers
Quarter Frame
46. Switches between songs or patterns on a sequence
LTC
MTC
Song Select
Channel Mode Message 120
47. 16 -384 available Banks; Most common mirrored controller; Each bank contains 128 Programs (0 - 127); 2 -097 -152 possible Program Changes for MIDI
Mirroring Requirements
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
VCF
Bank Select
48. Continues the sequence or pattern from where it was last stopped
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
120 - 127
Continue
VCA
49. Sometimes called a USER ID; Can be changed on two pieces of the same equipment
Continue
0 - 32
Quarter Frame Message
Device ID
50. Direct; Request; Handshake
Product ID
0 - 32
Stop
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data