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MIDI - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. MONO
Active Sensing
Channel Mode Message 126
Channel Mode Message 123
MIDI Event
2. 0 - 32 - Bank Select 1 - Modulation 7 - Volume 10 - Pan 64 - Sustain Pedal
Most Common Controllers
Quarter Frame Message
00 - 31
Offset
3. Manually initiate transfer from device
Full Frame
Synchronization Types
Direct
LSB
4. Starts a sequence or pattern
BPM
LSB
Tempo
Start
5. MIDI Clock; MIDI Sync
VCO
Tempo Sync Types
System Exclusive
MIDI Implementation Chart
6. Used to represent sound or performance parameters (must be used by all manufacturers)
Song Select
Registered Parameter Numbers
Channel Mode Message 122
Mirroring
7. 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.
96 - 119
Where to Save SysEx Data
LSB
MIDI Implementation Chart
8. (Vertical Interval Time Code); Popular method for recording time code onto videotape; Video version of SMPTE; Absolute
Quarter Frame
VITC
Channel Mode Message 123
Synchronization Types
9. Always referenced from the beginning of the song
Relative Location Synchronization
Continue
Hexadecimal
SPP
10. Reset All Controllers
Running Status
SPP
BPM
Channel Mode Message 121
11. Stops the sequence or pattern
System Exclusive
Where to Save SysEx Data
MIDI Region
Stop
12. Channel Mode Messages
SMPTE
Bank Select
120 - 127
Start of Exclusive
13. Using handshake wiring - requests for data are continuously sent between devices
120 - 127
Handshake
High Resolution Bank Total
Types of Location Sync
14. 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
Tune Request
Tempo
ReWire
Binary
15. Controls some aspect of sound on a channel; 128 Different controllers available (1 -127); Give us the ability to automate changes when recorded
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
Decimal
Control Change (Controllers)
System Reset
16. Locks devices to the same location (in increments of 16th notes)
Song Position Pointer
Relative Location Synchronization
7
Most Common Controllers
17. The process of locking two or more devices together in time and/or tempo
120 - 127
Registered Parameter Numbers
Synchronization
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
18. How high resolution is achieved in MIDI Controllers
MIDI Time Code
Hexadecimal
00 - 31
Mirroring
19. Timing Clock; Start; Continue; Stop; Active Sensing; System Reset
Channel Mode Message 127
System Realtime Messages
Timing Clock
MIDI Beat Clock
20. SMPTE; MTC; LTC; VITC; SPP
VITC
Bank Select
Examples of Location Sync
SMPTE
21. Message sent for the device to send SysEx data - then sends it to the device; Most commonly used by an editor or library program
Direct
MIDI Region
Device ID
Request
22. Longitudinal Time Code; When SMPTE time code is encoded as an audio signal on audio track; Audio version of SMPTE; Absolute
LTC
Channel Mode Message 122
Control Change (Controllers)
VCF
23. Continues the sequence or pattern from where it was last stopped
Channel Mode Message 120
LSB
10
Continue
24. Using a key - button - pad - slider - knob - etc. to generate a MIDI message; 80% - 90% of MIDI controllers use this method for MIDI conversion
Control Change Data Train
Trigger- to- MIDI
Types of Location Sync
Tune Request
25. F7h
Controller #0
End of Exclusive (EOX)
Start of Exclusive
Continue
26. Low Resolution (MSB)
Channel Mode Message 123
System Message Format
Trigger- to- MIDI
00 - 31
27. Synchronization to the timing or speed of a pattern or song
Tempo
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
End of Exclusive (EOX)
Continue
28. Direct; Request; Handshake
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
Quarter Frame Message
MIDI Beat Clock
Decimal
29. Relative & Absolute
Event Chasing
Types of Location Sync
Channel Mode Message 121
VCF
30. Guitar - Bass - Strings - & Monophonic Audio- to-Video Conversion; More Expressive
System Exclusive
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
31. (MIDI Beat Clock) - Keeps devices locked to the same tempo (24 PPQN)
Timing Clock
32 - 63
96 - 119
Channel Mode Message 121
32. Keyboards - Wind Controllers - Brass Controllers - Electronic Drums - and Control Surfaces; Significantly less latency
Request
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
Running Status
SPP
33. Various / FX
Controller #0
96 - 119
Quarter Frame
Synchronization Types
34. Start of Exclusive; Manufacturer's ID; Product ID; Device ID; Program Data; End of Exclusive (EOX)
Continue
System Exclusive Protocol
Song Select
ReWire
35. 16 -384 available Banks; Most common mirrored controller; Each bank contains 128 Programs (0 - 127); 2 -097 -152 possible Program Changes for MIDI
Channel Mode Message 125
Mirroring
Bank Select
Hexadecimal
36. MIDI's version of SMPTE; Contains two types of messages (full frame & quarter frame)
MIDI Event
MIDI Time Code
Channel Mode Message 124
Relative Location Synchronization
37. 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
Song Select
Synchronization
Running Status
Active Sensing
38. Sustain Pedal
64
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
System Exclusive
LTC
39. OMNI OFF
Quarter Frame
Channel Mode Message 124
System Exclusive
Channel Mode Message 127
40. 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
MIDI Event
SMPTE
LTC
Channel Mode Message 126
41. Sometimes called a USER ID; Can be changed on two pieces of the same equipment
Continue
Device ID
System Messages
Tempo
42. 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
LSB
Channel Mode Message 127
MTC Full Frame Message
Mirroring Requirements
43. 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
Absolute Location Synchronization
Offset
SMPTE
Channel Mode Message 122
44. High Resolution (LSB)
Channel Mode Message 120
Channel Mode Message 125
32 - 63
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
45. MIDI Time Code message only sent on start - stop or continue
Mirroring Requirements
Channel Mode Message 125
Decimal
Full Frame
46. Beats Per Minute
BPM
00 - 31
Hexadecimal
Manufacturer's ID
47. Switches between songs or patterns on a sequence
Song Select
Where to Save SysEx Data
ReWire
Direct
48. Base 2
End of Exclusive (EOX)
MIDI Sync
Binary
VCF
49. Status Byte = Controller + Channel Data Byte 1 = Controller Number Data Byte 2 = 0 - 127 (Value/Range)
Low Resolution
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
Program Data
Timing Clock
50. Single MIDI message; Status Byte + associated Data Bytes; Can be edited individually allowing complete control over every minute detail of the MIDI sequence
Channel Mode Message 127
Registered Parameter Numbers
MIDI Event
MIDI Implementation Chart