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MIDI - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Using a key - button - pad - slider - knob - etc. to generate a MIDI message; 80% - 90% of MIDI controllers use this method for MIDI conversion
Manufacturer's ID
System Common Messages
Trigger- to- MIDI
System Messages
2. Contains entire SMPTE address plus the last issued transport command (Start - Stop - Continue); 10 bytes long
Relative Location Synchronization
MTC Full Frame Message
VCO
BPM
3. 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
00 - 31
Channel Mode Message 123
MIDI Region
SMPTE
4. Always referenced from the beginning of the song
MIDI Beat Clock
Relative Location Synchronization
Song Position Pointer
MSB
5. Sometimes called a USER ID; Can be changed on two pieces of the same equipment
Device ID
MIDI Sync
MTC
Event Chasing
6. 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
Relative Location Synchronization
Low Resolution
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
Quarter Frame Message
7. (Vertical Interval Time Code); Popular method for recording time code onto videotape; Video version of SMPTE; Absolute
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
VITC
System Exclusive Protocol
1
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
MIDI Region
0 - 32
Mirroring Requirements
SMPTE
9. Local ON/OFF
Channel Mode Message 122
Tempo
MIDI Implementation Chart
Registered Parameter Numbers
10. Keyboards - Wind Controllers - Brass Controllers - Electronic Drums - and Control Surfaces; Significantly less latency
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
System Reset
Channel Mode Message 124
Channel Mode Message 125
11. MIDI's version of SMPTE; Contains two types of messages (full frame & quarter frame)
VCO
Tune Request
MIDI Time Code
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
12. Controller that will commonly change banks on most MIDI devices (sometimes 0 & 32 are necessary)
Controller #0
0 - 32
Program Data
Registered Parameter Numbers
13. OMNI OFF
1
Hexadecimal
Examples of Location Sync
Channel Mode Message 124
14. Relative & Absolute
Types of Location Sync
Song Select
0 - 32
Full Frame
15. SMPTE; MTC; LTC; VITC; SPP
Examples of Location Sync
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
Absolute Location Synchronization
Channel Mode Message 120
16. F0h (One of the highest priority system message)
System Messages
End of Exclusive (EOX)
Where to Save SysEx Data
Start of Exclusive
17. Base 2
MIDI Beat Clock
Manufacturer's ID
LSB
Binary
18. POLY
96 - 119
Channel Mode Message 121
Tempo Sync Types
Channel Mode Message 127
19. 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
SMPTE
Event Chasing
64 - 95
120 - 127
20. Container that carries all MIDI events in a sequence; Method of grouping MIDI events to make editing and arranging easier
Timing Clock
Most Common Controllers
MIDI Region
Tempo
21. Guitar - Bass - Strings - & Monophonic Audio- to-Video Conversion; More Expressive
Channel Mode Message 121
Offset
MIDI Implementation Chart
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
22. How high resolution is achieved in MIDI Controllers
MIDI Event
Mirroring
BPM
VCO
23. ( 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
Relative Location Synchronization
Channel Mode Message 120
Full Frame Message
Start of Exclusive
24. 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
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
Tempo Sync Types
BPM
Trigger- to- MIDI
25. Volume
Channel Mode Message 122
Quarter Frame
System Exclusive Protocol
7
26. MONO
MTC
Mirroring Requirements
Event Chasing
Channel Mode Message 126
27. Most Significant Byte; Controller #0
MSB
32 - 63
MTC
Stop
28. Stops the sequence or pattern
Stop
32 - 63
Start
Device ID
29. Storage Media or Sequence Track
VCF
Where to Save SysEx Data
System Realtime Messages
Tempo
30. Pan
Controller #0
10
64
Channel Mode Message 124
31. Base 16 (0 - F); The numbers 0 - 9 are still the same but the numbers 10 - 15 are represented by the letters A - F
Types of Location Sync
MIDI Time Code
Hexadecimal
Stop
32. Reset All Controllers
ReWire
Channel Mode Message 121
Registered Parameter Numbers
Request
33. MIDI Time Code message sent during playback
Quarter Frame
Low Resolution
System Exclusive
Mirroring
34. Manually initiate transfer from device
Active Sensing
Mirroring
Direct
MIDI Sync
35. Switches between songs or patterns on a sequence
Song Position Pointer
Tempo Sync Types
Song Select
Location
36. Tune Request; Song Select; Song Position Pointer; MIDI Time Code
Device ID
System Common Messages
1
Controller Categories
37. Voltage signal changes PITCH
MIDI Show Control
MTC
Stop
VCO
38. Controls some aspect of sound on a channel; 128 Different controllers available (1 -127); Give us the ability to automate changes when recorded
System Messages
BPM
Decimal
Control Change (Controllers)
39. OMNI ON
Channel Mode Message 124
Tempo
Channel Mode Message 125
Bank Select
40. Switches
VCO
MIDI Event
ReWire
64 - 95
41. Starts a sequence or pattern
BPM
Channel Mode Message 121
Start
System Exclusive
42. Various / FX
System Message Format
MSB
System Common Messages
96 - 119
43. 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
BPM
Running Status
VITC
MSB
44. The process of locking two or more devices together in time and/or tempo
64
SPP
Synchronization
Mirroring
45. Converting an analog signal or sound into a MIDI message
Pitch- to- MIDI
Event Chasing
System Message Format
Offset
46. (MIDI Beat Clock) - Keeps devices locked to the same tempo (24 PPQN)
Decimal
MIDI Sync
Location
Timing Clock
47. 1 (msb) ---> 110 (System Message) ---> 0100 (Which Message)
LSB
System Message Format
MTC Full Frame Message
Pitch- to- MIDI
48. 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.
MIDI Show Control
Bank Select
MIDI Implementation Chart
Low Resolution
49. High Resolution (LSB)
Tempo Sync Types
End of Exclusive (EOX)
32 - 63
Channel Mode Message 123
50. 16 -384 available Banks; Most common mirrored controller; Each bank contains 128 Programs (0 - 127); 2 -097 -152 possible Program Changes for MIDI
Running Status
Quarter Frame
Bank Select
Event Chasing