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MIDI - 2
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1. (Vertical Interval Time Code); Popular method for recording time code onto videotape; Video version of SMPTE; Absolute
Offset
Tempo
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VITC
2. MIDI's version of SMPTE; Contains two types of messages (full frame & quarter frame)
MIDI Time Code
High Resolution Bank Total
Low Resolution
Examples of Location Sync
3. Longitudinal Time Code; When SMPTE time code is encoded as an audio signal on audio track; Audio version of SMPTE; Absolute
Mirroring
Synchronization Types
Manufacturer's ID
LTC
4. 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
Types of Location Sync
Synchronization
Quarter Frame Message
Start of Exclusive
5. 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
SMPTE
Event Chasing
VCA
LTC
6. Switches between songs or patterns on a sequence
Bank Select
32 - 63
Channel Mode Message 122
Song Select
7. High Resolution (LSB)
32 - 63
Channel Mode Message 126
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
Program Data
8. Local ON/OFF
Channel Mode Message 122
Channel Mode Message 120
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7
9. Modulation
1
7
Pitch- to- MIDI
Start
10. Status Byte = Controller + Channel Data Byte 1 = Controller Number Data Byte 2 = 0 - 127 (Value/Range)
Types of Location Sync
Low Resolution
32 - 63
Mirroring Requirements
11. Tune Request; Song Select; Song Position Pointer; MIDI Time Code
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
VCF
System Common Messages
System Realtime Messages
12. Voltage signal changes HARMONIC CONTENT (TIMBRE)
MIDI Event
Control Change (Controllers)
Song Select
VCF
13. Using handshake wiring - requests for data are continuously sent between devices
Channel Mode Message 121
MIDI Event
Mirroring
Handshake
14. 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
Mirroring Requirements
Tempo Sync Types
Where to Save SysEx Data
SMPTE
15. POLY
SMPTE
Event Chasing
Channel Mode Message 127
ReWire
16. Least Significant Byte; Controller #32
System Common Messages
Channel Mode Message 120
LSB
Product ID
17. Channel Mode Messages
MIDI Time Code
Product ID
120 - 127
SMPTE
18. Resets to default power up state
MTC
MIDI Time Code
System Reset
Full Frame Message
19. 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
Channel Mode Message 126
Types of Location Sync
MTC Full Frame Message
Timing Clock
20. 16 -384
MTC Full Frame Message
Relative Location Synchronization
System Reset
High Resolution Bank Total
21. Guitar - Bass - Strings - & Monophonic Audio- to-Video Conversion; More Expressive
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
7
Synchronization Types
System Message Format
22. (Controller + Channel) + Controller # + Amount
Channel Mode Message 125
Control Change Data Train
System Exclusive Protocol
Handshake
23. Model number (functions similar to MAN ID but happens after the MAN ID is validated)
Product ID
Control Change Data Train
Mirroring
ReWire
24. Always referenced from the beginning of the song
Active Sensing
VCA
Relative Location Synchronization
Offset
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
Synchronization Types
Channel Mode Message 127
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
System Common Messages
26. All Notes OFF (Release Time) ~ Does not guarantee a complete sound loss
Channel Mode Message 123
Examples of Location Sync
Mirroring Requirements
Running Status
27. MIDI Time Code message only sent on start - stop or continue
Bank Select
Timing Clock
Quarter Frame
Full Frame
28. MIDI Time Code message sent during playback
Channel Mode Message 127
Channel Mode Message 120
Bank Select
Quarter Frame
29. Voltage signal changes PITCH
Hexadecimal
MIDI Region
VCO
0 - 32
30. Bank Select
0 - 32
VITC
Binary
Product ID
31. How high resolution is achieved in MIDI Controllers
Mirroring
System Messages
Channel Mode Message 123
Examples of Location Sync
32. Tempo & Location
Synchronization Types
MIDI Implementation Chart
Where to Save SysEx Data
32 - 63
33. Reset All Controllers
MSB
System Exclusive
Start
Channel Mode Message 121
34. SPP with added tempo information; Relative
10
MIDI Time Code
System Exclusive Protocol
MIDI Sync
35. Sustain Pedal
64
Handshake
VITC
Control Change Data Train
36. Controller that will commonly change banks on most MIDI devices (sometimes 0 & 32 are necessary)
Offset
0 - 32
Controller #0
Binary
37. OMNI OFF
Channel Mode Message 124
High Resolution Bank Total
Channel Mode Message 120
Tune Request
38. ( 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 Common Messages
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
1
Full Frame Message
39. Switches
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64 - 95
Product ID
Registered Parameter Numbers
40. Volume
7
Timing Clock
High Resolution Bank Total
Most Common Controllers
41. Preferred; Not referenced from the beginning of the song; Slave always identifies with location of bar
Absolute Location Synchronization
Bank Select
System Messages
64
42. A way to save or change complete settings
Product ID
VITC
System Exclusive
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
43. F0h (One of the highest priority system message)
SMPTE
Start of Exclusive
Song Position Pointer
VCO
44. 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
7
Mirroring Requirements
VCA
Types of Location Sync
45. Synchronization to the timing or speed of a pattern or song
Examples of Location Sync
System Common Messages
Tempo
Channel Mode Message 120
46. Most Significant Byte; Controller #0
Synchronization
MSB
VITC
Tune Request
47. Tells analog oscillators to 'tune up'
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
Bank Select
Device ID
Tune Request
48. Divide the number by 16 and convert remainder to hexadecimal value
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System Message Format
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
Offset
49. Stops the sequence or pattern
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
Most Common Controllers
Stop
ReWire
50. Keyboards - Wind Controllers - Brass Controllers - Electronic Drums - and Control Surfaces; Significantly less latency
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
Mirroring
Location
Channel Mode Message 120