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MIDI - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Keyboards - Wind Controllers - Brass Controllers - Electronic Drums - and Control Surfaces; Significantly less latency
Channel Mode Message 126
Channel Mode Message 120
Song Select
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
2. Pan
System Exclusive Protocol
10
Running Status
VITC
3. Always referenced from the beginning of the song
Control Change Data Train
MIDI Region
Relative Location Synchronization
Synchronization Types
4. Local ON/OFF
Channel Mode Message 122
VCA
Song Select
Device ID
5. Resets to default power up state
System Reset
Examples of Location Sync
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
Song Position Pointer
6. Manually initiate transfer from device
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
Product ID
Direct
MIDI Region
7. Sustain Pedal
Timing Clock
Where to Save SysEx Data
64
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
8. Synchronization to the timing or speed of a pattern or song
LTC
Tempo
System Exclusive Protocol
Binary
9. Start of Exclusive; Manufacturer's ID; Product ID; Device ID; Program Data; End of Exclusive (EOX)
Bank Select
Channel Mode Message 127
System Exclusive Protocol
Timing Clock
10. The process of locking two or more devices together in time and/or tempo
MIDI Time Code
Control Change Data Train
Channel Mode Message 121
Synchronization
11. High Resolution (LSB)
System Reset
32 - 63
Start
Mirroring
12. Low Resolution (MSB)
00 - 31
64 - 95
Timing Clock
System Reset
13. Designed for the Theatrical and Staging Industries; Allows MIDI to control over audio and video playback systems - lighting & effects - pyrotechnics - machinery - and robotics
MIDI Show Control
Channel Mode Message 124
Full Frame
00 - 31
14. 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
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
Timing Clock
Binary
15. Stops the sequence or pattern
Stop
Tempo Sync Types
Absolute Location Synchronization
MIDI Region
16. Continues the sequence or pattern from where it was last stopped
MIDI Event
Continue
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
System Reset
17. Single MIDI message; Status Byte + associated Data Bytes; Can be edited individually allowing complete control over every minute detail of the MIDI sequence
MIDI Event
MIDI Region
0 - 32
Tempo
18. (Vertical Interval Time Code); Popular method for recording time code onto videotape; Video version of SMPTE; Absolute
MIDI Implementation Chart
64
Pitch- to- MIDI
VITC
19. Using handshake wiring - requests for data are continuously sent between devices
Full Frame Message
MIDI Sync
Running Status
Handshake
20. Voltage signal changes PITCH
MIDI Beat Clock
System Messages
LTC
VCO
21. 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
Tempo
VITC
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
ReWire
22. Status Byte = Controller + Channel Data Byte 1 = Controller Number Data Byte 2 = 0 - 127 (Value/Range)
Low Resolution
Location
MIDI Show Control
System Common Messages
23. SPP with added tempo information; Relative
MIDI Sync
Continue
MSB
Types of Location Sync
24. 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
Start
Manufacturer's ID
Tempo
Event Chasing
25. 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
Hexadecimal
Decimal
MIDI Show Control
26. Switches
Hexadecimal
64 - 95
High Resolution Bank Total
Low Resolution
27. OMNI OFF
LTC
Channel Mode Message 124
Song Select
Channel Mode Message 120
28. A way to save or change complete settings
Offset
MIDI Implementation Chart
System Exclusive
Binary
29. A pulse is sent out every 300 ms; If a slave device receives them it will function normally
96 - 119
Synchronization Types
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
Active Sensing
30. Base 10
32 - 63
MIDI Sync
Decimal
Event Chasing
31. Voltage signal changes HARMONIC CONTENT (TIMBRE)
VCF
SPP
Most Common Controllers
MIDI Time Code
32. (Controller + Channel) + Controller # + Amount
96 - 119
Control Change Data Train
64
00 - 31
33. MIDI Clock; MIDI Sync
Control Change Data Train
MSB
Tempo Sync Types
00 - 31
34. 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'
System Messages
Request
ReWire
Tune Request
35. 00 - 31 = Low Resolution (MSB) 32 - 63 = High Resolution (LSB) 64 - 95 = Switches 96 - 119 = Various / FX 120 - 127 = Channel Mode Messages
Controller Categories
Channel Mode Message 122
Offset
64 - 95
36. All Sounds OFF ~ Cuts all outputs of sound ==> SILENCE
Channel Mode Message 120
Full Frame
Absolute Location Synchronization
64 - 95
37. POLY
VITC
Channel Mode Message 125
Product ID
Channel Mode Message 127
38. (MIDI Beat Clock) - Keeps devices locked to the same tempo (24 PPQN)
Device ID
Direct
High Resolution Bank Total
Timing Clock
39. 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
00 - 31
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
MIDI Time Code
Start of Exclusive
40. SMPTE; MTC; LTC; VITC; SPP
MIDI Sync
Channel Mode Message 122
Examples of Location Sync
Quarter Frame
41. ( 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
Full Frame Message
64 - 95
Controller Categories
MIDI Implementation Chart
42. F7h
Controller Categories
1
LTC
End of Exclusive (EOX)
43. Reset All Controllers
VCO
Channel Mode Message 121
LSB
VCF
44. Actual bulk of data; Easily up to 100 parameters (Patch Name - Filters - LFO - Oscillator Settings - and all other data)
Pitch- to- MIDI
Control Change Data Train
Program Data
Low Resolution
45. 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
Binary
Relative Location Synchronization
System Common Messages
MIDI Beat Clock
46. Message sent for the device to send SysEx data - then sends it to the device; Most commonly used by an editor or library program
Channel Mode Message 120
Request
LTC
Channel Mode Message 123
47. Least Significant Byte; Controller #32
LSB
Offset
ReWire
Full Frame Message
48. Base 16 (0 - F); The numbers 0 - 9 are still the same but the numbers 10 - 15 are represented by the letters A - F
Direct
LSB
Hexadecimal
SPP
49. Divide the number by 16 and convert remainder to hexadecimal value
Handshake
1
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
MTC Full Frame Message
50. MIDI Time Code message only sent on start - stop or continue
Full Frame
System Realtime Messages
Control Change (Controllers)
Running Status