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Subject : engineering
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1. 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






2. Tells analog oscillators to 'tune up'






3. Controller that will commonly change banks on most MIDI devices (sometimes 0 & 32 are necessary)






4. Base 16 (0 - F); The numbers 0 - 9 are still the same but the numbers 10 - 15 are represented by the letters A - F






5. MIDI Time Code; Sub- format of SMPTE; Absolute






6. MIDI's version of SMPTE; Contains two types of messages (full frame & quarter frame)






7. Resets to default power up state






8. Modulation






9. Stops the sequence or pattern






10. Least Significant Byte; Controller #32






11. Beats Per Minute






12. MIDI Clock; MIDI Sync






13. Channel Mode Messages






14. 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'






15. Voltage signal changes AMPLITUDE






16. 0 - 32 - Bank Select 1 - Modulation 7 - Volume 10 - Pan 64 - Sustain Pedal






17. Guitar - Bass - Strings - & Monophonic Audio- to-Video Conversion; More Expressive






18. Manually initiate transfer from device






19. Sometimes called a USER ID; Can be changed on two pieces of the same equipment






20. F0h (One of the highest priority system message)






21. Storage Media or Sequence Track






22. 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






23. Controls some aspect of sound on a channel; 128 Different controllers available (1 -127); Give us the ability to automate changes when recorded






24. Continues the sequence or pattern from where it was last stopped






25. POLY






26. Longitudinal Time Code; When SMPTE time code is encoded as an audio signal on audio track; Audio version of SMPTE; Absolute






27. Voltage signal changes PITCH






28. Container that carries all MIDI events in a sequence; Method of grouping MIDI events to make editing and arranging easier






29. (Controller + Channel) + Controller # + Amount






30. Most Significant Byte; Controller #0






31. Pan






32. Tune Request; Song Select; Song Position Pointer; MIDI Time Code






33. 16 -384






34. Designed for the Theatrical and Staging Industries; Allows MIDI to control over audio and video playback systems - lighting & effects - pyrotechnics - machinery - and robotics






35. Switches between songs or patterns on a sequence






36. Reset All Controllers






37. MIDI Time Code message only sent on start - stop or continue






38. The process of locking two or more devices together in time and/or tempo






39. Divide the number by 16 and convert remainder to hexadecimal value






40. Local ON/OFF






41. 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






42. Preferred; Not referenced from the beginning of the song; Slave always identifies with location of bar






43. Direct; Request; Handshake






44. 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






45. Base 10






46. 1 (msb) ---> 110 (System Message) ---> 0100 (Which Message)






47. Synchronization to a point in time or a direct address






48. OMNI OFF






49. Model number (functions similar to MAN ID but happens after the MAN ID is validated)






50. MONO