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MIDI - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Relative & Absolute
System Common Messages
System Exclusive
Mirroring
Types of Location Sync
2. How high resolution is achieved in MIDI Controllers
MIDI Beat Clock
Control Change (Controllers)
Mirroring
MIDI Event
3. Voltage signal changes PITCH
MIDI Beat Clock
VCO
Handshake
Start of Exclusive
4. Base 2
VCO
Controller Categories
Pitch- to- MIDI
Binary
5. Assigned by MMA and JMSC; These need to be used with all future SysEx messages or they will be ignored (think saved patches)
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6. 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
64
Controller #0
Registered Parameter Numbers
7. Locks devices to the same location (in increments of 16th notes)
Handshake
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
Song Position Pointer
Timing Clock
8. 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
Quarter Frame Message
VCA
Where to Save SysEx Data
SMPTE
9. Modulation
MSB
Most Common Controllers
1
System Reset
10. Model number (functions similar to MAN ID but happens after the MAN ID is validated)
Offset
MIDI Region
Location
Product ID
11. 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
System Common Messages
Program Data
Timing Clock
Registered Parameter Numbers
12. Local ON/OFF
00 - 31
Active Sensing
MIDI Beat Clock
Channel Mode Message 122
13. F7h
Tempo
End of Exclusive (EOX)
MSB
64 - 95
14. Base 16 (0 - F); The numbers 0 - 9 are still the same but the numbers 10 - 15 are represented by the letters A - F
SPP
Hexadecimal
Start
High Resolution Bank Total
15. All Notes OFF (Release Time) ~ Does not guarantee a complete sound loss
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
System Common Messages
Channel Mode Message 123
96 - 119
16. Message sent for the device to send SysEx data - then sends it to the device; Most commonly used by an editor or library program
Request
MIDI Region
Location
Channel Mode Message 127
17. Tempo & Location
System Exclusive
Channel Mode Message 123
SPP
Synchronization Types
18. Controls some aspect of sound on a channel; 128 Different controllers available (1 -127); Give us the ability to automate changes when recorded
Timing Clock
MIDI Time Code
LSB
Control Change (Controllers)
19. Increments of 16th notes measured from the beginning of the song; Provides bars - beats - and ticks; Relative
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7
Song Position Pointer
SPP
20. All Sounds OFF ~ Cuts all outputs of sound ==> SILENCE
High Resolution Bank Total
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
Channel Mode Message 120
Examples of Location Sync
21. 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.
Running Status
MIDI Implementation Chart
0 - 32
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
22. Beats Per Minute
BPM
Channel Mode Message 127
High Resolution Bank Total
VCF
23. Designed for the Theatrical and Staging Industries; Allows MIDI to control over audio and video playback systems - lighting & effects - pyrotechnics - machinery - and robotics
MSB
MIDI Show Control
Channel Mode Message 127
Full Frame Message
24. Sometimes called a USER ID; Can be changed on two pieces of the same equipment
LTC
1
Device ID
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
25. OMNI ON
Manufacturer's ID
Channel Mode Message 125
System Message Format
Channel Mode Message 121
26. Switches
Stop
64 - 95
Start
LSB
27. Stops the sequence or pattern
Channel Mode Message 123
SMPTE
Song Select
Stop
28. High Resolution (LSB)
MIDI Beat Clock
Channel Mode Message 122
32 - 63
End of Exclusive (EOX)
29. MIDI's version of SMPTE; Contains two types of messages (full frame & quarter frame)
Tempo
7
1
MIDI Time Code
30. MIDI Time Code; Sub- format of SMPTE; Absolute
System Common Messages
MTC
Most Common Controllers
VCF
31. (MIDI Beat Clock) - Keeps devices locked to the same tempo (24 PPQN)
Timing Clock
SMPTE
Quarter Frame
Direct
32. Base 10
Channel Mode Message 121
Decimal
VCF
System Realtime Messages
33. 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
Full Frame
LSB
System Common Messages
Mirroring Requirements
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'
Channel Mode Message 123
System Messages
0 - 32
Tempo
35. F0h (One of the highest priority system message)
Examples of Location Sync
Tempo
System Reset
Start of Exclusive
36. 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
0 - 32
SMPTE
Full Frame
64 - 95
37. Container that carries all MIDI events in a sequence; Method of grouping MIDI events to make editing and arranging easier
System Messages
96 - 119
MIDI Region
System Reset
38. Preferred; Not referenced from the beginning of the song; Slave always identifies with location of bar
Stop
Controller #0
Absolute Location Synchronization
Running Status
39. ( 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
MTC Full Frame Message
Binary
VITC
40. (Controller + Channel) + Controller # + Amount
Control Change Data Train
MIDI Event
Timing Clock
Full Frame
41. Divide the number by 16 and convert remainder to hexadecimal value
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
Song Position Pointer
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
Event Chasing
42. 0 - 32 - Bank Select 1 - Modulation 7 - Volume 10 - Pan 64 - Sustain Pedal
Binary
Channel Mode Message 120
Program Data
Most Common Controllers
43. Always referenced from the beginning of the song
Registered Parameter Numbers
Channel Mode Message 122
Relative Location Synchronization
System Message Format
44. Various / FX
96 - 119
Tempo
Hexadecimal
MIDI Time Code
45. The process of locking two or more devices together in time and/or tempo
Synchronization
Synchronization Types
MIDI Region
High Resolution Bank Total
46. Sustain Pedal
Direct
64
Channel Mode Message 122
Relative Location Synchronization
47. Converting an analog signal or sound into a MIDI message
VCA
10
Channel Mode Message 123
Pitch- to- MIDI
48. SPP with added tempo information; Relative
MIDI Sync
Offset
Low Resolution
Manufacturer's ID
49. Synchronization to a point in time or a direct address
LSB
Song Select
Location
MIDI Show Control
50. 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
MIDI Beat Clock
Most Common Controllers
Pitch- to- MIDI
Song Select