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MIDI - 2
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1. A pulse is sent out every 300 ms; If a slave device receives them it will function normally
Control Change (Controllers)
Active Sensing
ReWire
VCF
2. Longitudinal Time Code; When SMPTE time code is encoded as an audio signal on audio track; Audio version of SMPTE; Absolute
VITC
Channel Mode Message 124
Tempo
LTC
3. Controls some aspect of sound on a channel; 128 Different controllers available (1 -127); Give us the ability to automate changes when recorded
Where to Save SysEx Data
Control Change (Controllers)
Active Sensing
Tempo Sync Types
4. Status Byte = Controller + Channel Data Byte 1 = Controller Number Data Byte 2 = 0 - 127 (Value/Range)
Low Resolution
MIDI Beat Clock
Timing Clock
System Reset
5. Propellerhead Software's standard for timing - audio channels - and transport control available on most DAW's & Sequencers; Designed to control multiple applications within the same computer
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
MIDI Show Control
Timing Clock
ReWire
6. Direct; Request; Handshake
Start of Exclusive
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
Mirroring Requirements
Event Chasing
7. Starts a sequence or pattern
Start
Examples of Location Sync
Full Frame
Bank Select
8. Base 16 (0 - F); The numbers 0 - 9 are still the same but the numbers 10 - 15 are represented by the letters A - F
7
Hexadecimal
VITC
Absolute Location Synchronization
9. 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
Offset
Binary
System Exclusive Protocol
Song Select
10. Used to represent sound or performance parameters (must be used by all manufacturers)
Most Common Controllers
64
0 - 32
Registered Parameter Numbers
11. Timing Clock; Start; Continue; Stop; Active Sensing; System Reset
Tune Request
Stop
ReWire
System Realtime Messages
12. Always referenced from the beginning of the song
Examples of Location Sync
00 - 31
Absolute Location Synchronization
Relative Location Synchronization
13. 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
Controller #0
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
MIDI Implementation Chart
14. Voltage signal changes HARMONIC CONTENT (TIMBRE)
Control Change Data Train
Examples of Location Sync
Controller #0
VCF
15. Controller that will commonly change banks on most MIDI devices (sometimes 0 & 32 are necessary)
Controller #0
Full Frame
End of Exclusive (EOX)
MIDI Implementation Chart
16. Container that carries all MIDI events in a sequence; Method of grouping MIDI events to make editing and arranging easier
MIDI Region
Channel Mode Message 123
LSB
VITC
17. Beats Per Minute
BPM
Request
Product ID
MIDI Region
18. Resets to default power up state
System Reset
ReWire
Synchronization
SMPTE
19. POLY
Channel Mode Message 127
High Resolution Bank Total
Handshake
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
20. 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
Event Chasing
Manufacturer's ID
System Exclusive
Tempo
21. Voltage signal changes AMPLITUDE
64
System Messages
VCA
Synchronization Types
22. Single MIDI message; Status Byte + associated Data Bytes; Can be edited individually allowing complete control over every minute detail of the MIDI sequence
System Message Format
64 - 95
MIDI Event
Running Status
23. 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
Decimal
SMPTE
32 - 63
Direct
24. SPP with added tempo information; Relative
Full Frame
Direct
MIDI Sync
Timing Clock
25. Synchronization to the timing or speed of a pattern or song
Channel Mode Message 121
Tempo
Manufacturer's ID
BPM
26. MONO
System Exclusive
120 - 127
Channel Mode Message 121
Channel Mode Message 126
27. 16 -384 available Banks; Most common mirrored controller; Each bank contains 128 Programs (0 - 127); 2 -097 -152 possible Program Changes for MIDI
Relative Location Synchronization
System Realtime Messages
Bank Select
MIDI Region
28. Base 10
Decimal
Low Resolution
Channel Mode Message 121
Hexadecimal
29. Voltage signal changes PITCH
System Common Messages
Tempo Sync Types
Absolute Location Synchronization
VCO
30. MIDI Time Code message sent during playback
Control Change (Controllers)
Hexadecimal
Quarter Frame
Quarter Frame Message
31. (MIDI Beat Clock) - Keeps devices locked to the same tempo (24 PPQN)
Timing Clock
00 - 31
Program Data
Full Frame Message
32. Least Significant Byte; Controller #32
Channel Mode Message 120
Device ID
VCA
LSB
33. The process of locking two or more devices together in time and/or tempo
VCF
32 - 63
System Common Messages
Synchronization
34. Switches between songs or patterns on a sequence
Channel Mode Message 122
Song Select
Trigger- to- MIDI
Channel Mode Message 127
35. Synchronization to a point in time or a direct address
64 - 95
Location
7
Active Sensing
36. Stops the sequence or pattern
Stop
MIDI Event
High Resolution Bank Total
Timing Clock
37. Switches
64 - 95
Full Frame Message
Manufacturer's ID
Request
38. 16 -384
High Resolution Bank Total
Tempo Sync Types
MIDI Show Control
Channel Mode Message 121
39. 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
Channel Mode Message 127
Full Frame
Running Status
Request
40. Designed for the Theatrical and Staging Industries; Allows MIDI to control over audio and video playback systems - lighting & effects - pyrotechnics - machinery - and robotics
Tempo
1
ReWire
MIDI Show Control
41. Sometimes called a USER ID; Can be changed on two pieces of the same equipment
System Exclusive
Tune Request
Relative Location Synchronization
Device ID
42. (Controller + Channel) + Controller # + Amount
Product ID
Control Change Data Train
Program Data
SMPTE
43. Divide the number by 16 and convert remainder to hexadecimal value
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
Program Data
Channel Mode Message 125
System Message Format
44. Model number (functions similar to MAN ID but happens after the MAN ID is validated)
Control Change Data Train
Quarter Frame
Active Sensing
Product ID
45. MIDI Clock; MIDI Sync
Most Common Controllers
Tempo Sync Types
Request
ReWire
46. MIDI's version of SMPTE; Contains two types of messages (full frame & quarter frame)
System Realtime Messages
Program Data
MIDI Time Code
Song Select
47. SMPTE; MTC; LTC; VITC; SPP
MIDI Region
Stop
Examples of Location Sync
System Realtime Messages
48. Locks devices to the same location (in increments of 16th notes)
BPM
64 - 95
System Common Messages
Song Position Pointer
49. Converting an analog signal or sound into a MIDI message
Synchronization Types
Channel Mode Message 123
Tune Request
Pitch- to- MIDI
50. Contains entire SMPTE address plus the last issued transport command (Start - Stop - Continue); 10 bytes long
System Messages
MTC Full Frame Message
32 - 63
Decimal