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MIDI - 2
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Subject
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engineering
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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Tells analog oscillators to 'tune up'
MIDI Sync
Request
10
Tune Request
2. Direct; Request; Handshake
MIDI Event
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
32 - 63
MIDI Sync
3. High Resolution (LSB)
Channel Mode Message 120
Start of Exclusive
32 - 63
MIDI Sync
4. Using handshake wiring - requests for data are continuously sent between devices
Tune Request
System Messages
Handshake
VCF
5. (MIDI Beat Clock) - Keeps devices locked to the same tempo (24 PPQN)
Running Status
Timing Clock
SPP
Registered Parameter Numbers
6. The parameters that make up an operating system; Think of it like the 'stuff a band would need to do before actually making music during practice'
Start
Types of Location Sync
LSB
System Messages
7. SPP with added tempo information; Relative
Controller Categories
ReWire
VITC
MIDI Sync
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
Mirroring Requirements
Channel Mode Message 120
Controller Categories
VCO
9. Model number (functions similar to MAN ID but happens after the MAN ID is validated)
Channel Mode Message 127
Product ID
Quarter Frame
System Realtime Messages
10. Controller that will commonly change banks on most MIDI devices (sometimes 0 & 32 are necessary)
MIDI Show Control
Most Common Controllers
MIDI Sync
Controller #0
11. POLY
Channel Mode Message 127
Request
Active Sensing
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
12. Using a key - button - pad - slider - knob - etc. to generate a MIDI message; 80% - 90% of MIDI controllers use this method for MIDI conversion
Mirroring Requirements
Hexadecimal
Trigger- to- MIDI
Quarter Frame
13. MIDI's version of SMPTE; Contains two types of messages (full frame & quarter frame)
MIDI Time Code
Location
Synchronization
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
14. Container that carries all MIDI events in a sequence; Method of grouping MIDI events to make editing and arranging easier
MIDI Region
SPP
System Common Messages
Channel Mode Message 120
15. Stops the sequence or pattern
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
Controller #0
Stop
MTC
16. All Notes OFF (Release Time) ~ Does not guarantee a complete sound loss
Synchronization
MTC Full Frame Message
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
Channel Mode Message 123
17. How high resolution is achieved in MIDI Controllers
Most Common Controllers
System Realtime Messages
Channel Mode Message 122
Mirroring
18. Storage Media or Sequence Track
Trigger- to- MIDI
Where to Save SysEx Data
Offset
System Exclusive Protocol
19. Locks devices to the same location (in increments of 16th notes)
VITC
System Common Messages
ReWire
Song Position Pointer
20. (Controller + Channel) + Controller # + Amount
Event Chasing
Absolute Location Synchronization
Control Change Data Train
MIDI Region
21. Base 10
Decimal
High Resolution Bank Total
System Messages
MTC
22. Starts a sequence or pattern
120 - 127
32 - 63
Start
MIDI Event
23. Relative & Absolute
Types of Location Sync
Examples of Location Sync
96 - 119
Low Resolution
24. MONO
VCF
VCO
64 - 95
Channel Mode Message 126
25. Low Resolution (MSB)
00 - 31
120 - 127
System Exclusive Protocol
64 - 95
26. Synchronization to the timing or speed of a pattern or song
MSB
Types of Location Sync
0 - 32
Tempo
27. Synchronization to a point in time or a direct address
Control Change Data Train
Location
Hexadecimal
MTC
28. Switches between songs or patterns on a sequence
Full Frame Message
MIDI Time Code
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
Song Select
29. Actual bulk of data; Easily up to 100 parameters (Patch Name - Filters - LFO - Oscillator Settings - and all other data)
96 - 119
Program Data
End of Exclusive (EOX)
MIDI Show Control
30. MIDI Clock; MIDI Sync
Tempo Sync Types
0 - 32
Timing Clock
System Realtime Messages
31. Voltage signal changes HARMONIC CONTENT (TIMBRE)
Where to Save SysEx Data
VCF
Manufacturer's ID
MIDI Implementation Chart
32. Pan
Registered Parameter Numbers
System Messages
10
Controller #0
33. 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.
Bank Select
Pitch- to- MIDI
MIDI Implementation Chart
MIDI Event
34. Designed for the Theatrical and Staging Industries; Allows MIDI to control over audio and video playback systems - lighting & effects - pyrotechnics - machinery - and robotics
Location
Control Change Data Train
MTC Full Frame Message
MIDI Show Control
35. Guitar - Bass - Strings - & Monophonic Audio- to-Video Conversion; More Expressive
Tune Request
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
Start
ReWire
36. Controls some aspect of sound on a channel; 128 Different controllers available (1 -127); Give us the ability to automate changes when recorded
MIDI Implementation Chart
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
Control Change (Controllers)
Location
37. Timing Clock; Start; Continue; Stop; Active Sensing; System Reset
System Exclusive Protocol
96 - 119
System Realtime Messages
MIDI Beat Clock
38. 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
System Message Format
End of Exclusive (EOX)
MIDI Sync
MIDI Beat Clock
39. 16 -384 available Banks; Most common mirrored controller; Each bank contains 128 Programs (0 - 127); 2 -097 -152 possible Program Changes for MIDI
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
Bank Select
Song Select
Trigger- to- MIDI
40. Most Significant Byte; Controller #0
MSB
System Exclusive
Most Common Controllers
Absolute Location Synchronization
41. Local ON/OFF
Control Change Data Train
Program Data
Pitch- to- MIDI
Channel Mode Message 122
42. Modulation
Bank Select
MIDI Time Code
1
Channel Mode Message 121
43. Converting an analog signal or sound into a MIDI message
Pitch- to- MIDI
Tempo
Active Sensing
MTC Full Frame Message
44. Single MIDI message; Status Byte + associated Data Bytes; Can be edited individually allowing complete control over every minute detail of the MIDI sequence
96 - 119
Relative Location Synchronization
MIDI Event
MSB
45. A way to save or change complete settings
System Exclusive
64
System Exclusive Protocol
Start
46. 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
Request
Running Status
Device ID
Timing Clock
47. Voltage signal changes PITCH
Mirroring Requirements
MIDI Time Code
VCO
10
48. A pulse is sent out every 300 ms; If a slave device receives them it will function normally
MIDI Event
64 - 95
64
Active Sensing
49. Base 16 (0 - F); The numbers 0 - 9 are still the same but the numbers 10 - 15 are represented by the letters A - F
64
Channel Mode Message 125
System Message Format
Hexadecimal
50. Volume
Song Select
7
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
32 - 63