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MIDI - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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
Timing Clock
ReWire
MIDI Show Control
2. Base 2
Stop
Binary
Mirroring
Most Common Controllers
3. The process of locking two or more devices together in time and/or tempo
120 - 127
Synchronization
Trigger- to- MIDI
Start of Exclusive
4. Synchronization to a point in time or a direct address
Synchronization Types
System Messages
Location
Channel Mode Message 127
5. Controller that will commonly change banks on most MIDI devices (sometimes 0 & 32 are necessary)
10
Trigger- to- MIDI
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
Controller #0
6. High Resolution (LSB)
32 - 63
Full Frame Message
Where to Save SysEx Data
Registered Parameter Numbers
7. Starts a sequence or pattern
System Realtime Messages
Mirroring
Start
MIDI Show Control
8. 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 Implementation Chart
Examples of Location Sync
LSB
MIDI Show Control
9. Increments of 16th notes measured from the beginning of the song; Provides bars - beats - and ticks; Relative
SPP
MSB
MIDI Event
Handshake
10. All Notes OFF (Release Time) ~ Does not guarantee a complete sound loss
Pitch- to- MIDI
Channel Mode Message 123
Tempo Sync Types
MIDI Event
11. POLY
Tempo Sync Types
Channel Mode Message 127
Song Select
MIDI Event
12. F7h
End of Exclusive (EOX)
Channel Mode Message 127
Low Resolution
0 - 32
13. 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
Timing Clock
MIDI Sync
Mirroring Requirements
LSB
14. Status Byte = Controller + Channel Data Byte 1 = Controller Number Data Byte 2 = 0 - 127 (Value/Range)
Where to Save SysEx Data
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
Low Resolution
Full Frame
15. Sustain Pedal
Start of Exclusive
Binary
64
System Exclusive Protocol
16. Guitar - Bass - Strings - & Monophonic Audio- to-Video Conversion; More Expressive
Channel Mode Message 126
High Resolution Bank Total
Song Select
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
17. Base 10
System Exclusive Protocol
Low Resolution
Channel Mode Message 125
Decimal
18. Locks devices to the same location (in increments of 16th notes)
Quarter Frame
Channel Mode Message 121
Channel Mode Message 125
Song Position Pointer
19. Voltage signal changes AMPLITUDE
System Message Format
Low Resolution
Offset
VCA
20. 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
Tempo Sync Types
Running Status
Registered Parameter Numbers
Synchronization Types
21. How high resolution is achieved in MIDI Controllers
MSB
Mirroring
Channel Mode Message 127
Active Sensing
22. Bank Select
0 - 32
Mirroring
64 - 95
Decimal
23. 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
Program Data
Start
Quarter Frame Message
System Exclusive
24. SPP with added tempo information; Relative
Active Sensing
MIDI Beat Clock
Channel Mode Message 121
MIDI Sync
25. Reset All Controllers
MSB
Channel Mode Message 122
Channel Mode Message 121
End of Exclusive (EOX)
26. 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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27. Direct; Request; Handshake
Trigger- to- MIDI
Mirroring
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
Direct
28. 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
Start
0 - 32
Handshake
29. 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
Channel Mode Message 123
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
Most Common Controllers
Full Frame
30. Synchronization to the timing or speed of a pattern or song
Decimal
96 - 119
High Resolution Bank Total
Tempo
31. Tune Request; Song Select; Song Position Pointer; MIDI Time Code
System Common Messages
1
VCF
Song Position Pointer
32. F0h (One of the highest priority system message)
MIDI Event
System Common Messages
SMPTE
Start of Exclusive
33. OMNI OFF
Quarter Frame Message
Channel Mode Message 124
Trigger- to- MIDI
Pitch- to- MIDI
34. Tells analog oscillators to 'tune up'
Tune Request
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
Full Frame
Control Change Data Train
35. Model number (functions similar to MAN ID but happens after the MAN ID is validated)
Timing Clock
System Realtime Messages
VCO
Product ID
36. Relative & Absolute
Types of Location Sync
Most Common Controllers
Timing Clock
Manufacturer's ID
37. Used to represent sound or performance parameters (must be used by all manufacturers)
SPP
Registered Parameter Numbers
Start
Manufacturer's ID
38. 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'
Control Change Data Train
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
System Messages
Song Select
39. Manually initiate transfer from device
Channel Mode Message 126
Handshake
MIDI Sync
Direct
40. MIDI Time Code; Sub- format of SMPTE; Absolute
Trigger- to- MIDI
Active Sensing
MTC
MIDI Implementation Chart
41. Voltage signal changes PITCH
System Exclusive Protocol
VCO
Channel Mode Message 122
BPM
42. 00 - 31 = Low Resolution (MSB) 32 - 63 = High Resolution (LSB) 64 - 95 = Switches 96 - 119 = Various / FX 120 - 127 = Channel Mode Messages
Controller Categories
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
System Messages
Synchronization
43. Divide the number by 16 and convert remainder to hexadecimal value
Channel Mode Message 126
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
VCO
Full Frame Message
44. Using a key - button - pad - slider - knob - etc. to generate a MIDI message; 80% - 90% of MIDI controllers use this method for MIDI conversion
Pitch- to- MIDI
Examples of Location Sync
Trigger- to- MIDI
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
45. Timing Clock; Start; Continue; Stop; Active Sensing; System Reset
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
Channel Mode Message 124
Tempo Sync Types
System Realtime Messages
46. 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
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
SMPTE
Control Change Data Train
Synchronization Types
47. All Sounds OFF ~ Cuts all outputs of sound ==> SILENCE
System Common Messages
Channel Mode Message 120
Control Change (Controllers)
MTC
48. Channel Mode Messages
Program Data
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
120 - 127
Tempo Sync Types
49. Most Significant Byte; Controller #0
End of Exclusive (EOX)
MSB
System Reset
MIDI Sync
50. Preferred; Not referenced from the beginning of the song; Slave always identifies with location of bar
MSB
Absolute Location Synchronization
Trigger- to- MIDI
Channel Mode Message 124