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MIDI - 2
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Subject
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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. OMNI ON
MSB
Mirroring
Channel Mode Message 125
MIDI Beat Clock
2. Pan
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
10
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
Pitch- to- MIDI
3. High Resolution (LSB)
32 - 63
System Realtime Messages
Tune Request
MIDI Beat Clock
4. (Vertical Interval Time Code); Popular method for recording time code onto videotape; Video version of SMPTE; Absolute
64
VITC
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
SPP
5. POLY
Channel Mode Message 127
Types of Location Sync
7
32 - 63
6. Beats Per Minute
System Exclusive
Controller Categories
BPM
SMPTE
7. ( 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
Registered Parameter Numbers
Full Frame Message
Channel Mode Message 121
Device ID
8. The process of locking two or more devices together in time and/or tempo
Active Sensing
Where to Save SysEx Data
64 - 95
Synchronization
9. Keyboards - Wind Controllers - Brass Controllers - Electronic Drums - and Control Surfaces; Significantly less latency
Active Sensing
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
VCO
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
10. 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
Channel Mode Message 126
Registered Parameter Numbers
Mirroring Requirements
MIDI Sync
11. (MIDI Beat Clock) - Keeps devices locked to the same tempo (24 PPQN)
Program Data
MIDI Region
Manufacturer's ID
Timing Clock
12. Status Byte = Controller + Channel Data Byte 1 = Controller Number Data Byte 2 = 0 - 127 (Value/Range)
Low Resolution
Stop
System Common Messages
Absolute Location Synchronization
13. Used to represent sound or performance parameters (must be used by all manufacturers)
Registered Parameter Numbers
Controller Categories
SPP
64
14. MIDI Time Code; Sub- format of SMPTE; Absolute
MTC
SPP
VITC
LTC
15. Base 16 (0 - F); The numbers 0 - 9 are still the same but the numbers 10 - 15 are represented by the letters A - F
Hexadecimal
BPM
Channel Mode Message 120
Channel Mode Message 123
16. MIDI's version of SMPTE; Contains two types of messages (full frame & quarter frame)
Full Frame Message
MIDI Time Code
32 - 63
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
17. OMNI OFF
Channel Mode Message 124
Quarter Frame Message
Event Chasing
System Message Format
18. 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'
Quarter Frame Message
Decimal
System Messages
VITC
19. Tells analog oscillators to 'tune up'
Tune Request
Stop
Song Select
Controller Categories
20. Base 10
Stop
Decimal
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
System Exclusive
21. Controls some aspect of sound on a channel; 128 Different controllers available (1 -127); Give us the ability to automate changes when recorded
Control Change (Controllers)
7
Bank Select
Channel Mode Message 124
22. Channel Mode Messages
Hexadecimal
Full Frame Message
Synchronization Types
120 - 127
23. Stops the sequence or pattern
MSB
Stop
64
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
24. Switches between songs or patterns on a sequence
32 - 63
Active Sensing
Song Select
MIDI Beat Clock
25. Direct; Request; Handshake
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
MIDI Event
Tempo Sync Types
SMPTE
26. MIDI Clock; MIDI Sync
Channel Mode Message 125
Tempo Sync Types
SPP
Tempo
27. 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
Tune Request
Absolute Location Synchronization
ReWire
28. Contains entire SMPTE address plus the last issued transport command (Start - Stop - Continue); 10 bytes long
MTC Full Frame Message
Quarter Frame
Channel Mode Message 127
Trigger- to- MIDI
29. Always referenced from the beginning of the song
Timing Clock
BPM
Mirroring Requirements
Relative Location Synchronization
30. 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
Channel Mode Message 126
Offset
LSB
Quarter Frame Message
31. 16 -384 available Banks; Most common mirrored controller; Each bank contains 128 Programs (0 - 127); 2 -097 -152 possible Program Changes for MIDI
Hexadecimal
10
Pitch- to- MIDI
Bank Select
32. Voltage signal changes AMPLITUDE
Timing Clock
VCA
32 - 63
MSB
33. Using a key - button - pad - slider - knob - etc. to generate a MIDI message; 80% - 90% of MIDI controllers use this method for MIDI conversion
Stop
Channel Mode Message 123
Absolute Location Synchronization
Trigger- to- MIDI
34. 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
MTC Full Frame Message
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
Full Frame Message
35. MONO
Handshake
BPM
Channel Mode Message 126
MIDI Show Control
36. 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
MIDI Event
VITC
Full Frame Message
37. MIDI Time Code message only sent on start - stop or continue
Request
Full Frame
64 - 95
MIDI Region
38. Sustain Pedal
7
64
Device ID
Mirroring
39. 1 (msb) ---> 110 (System Message) ---> 0100 (Which Message)
Mirroring
System Message Format
Manufacturer's ID
MIDI Implementation Chart
40. A way to save or change complete settings
System Realtime Messages
64
System Exclusive
Channel Mode Message 122
41. Single MIDI message; Status Byte + associated Data Bytes; Can be edited individually allowing complete control over every minute detail of the MIDI sequence
VCF
MIDI Event
96 - 119
Where to Save SysEx Data
42. 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
SMPTE
System Exclusive
System Exclusive Protocol
Synchronization
43. 0 - 32 - Bank Select 1 - Modulation 7 - Volume 10 - Pan 64 - Sustain Pedal
Most Common Controllers
Request
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
Quarter Frame Message
44. Longitudinal Time Code; When SMPTE time code is encoded as an audio signal on audio track; Audio version of SMPTE; Absolute
Hexadecimal
VCA
LTC
Channel Mode Message 125
45. How high resolution is achieved in MIDI Controllers
Registered Parameter Numbers
64 - 95
Synchronization Types
Mirroring
46. MIDI Time Code message sent during playback
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
VCO
Trigger- to- MIDI
Quarter Frame
47. Least Significant Byte; Controller #32
Full Frame Message
MIDI Implementation Chart
LSB
System Common Messages
48. Start of Exclusive; Manufacturer's ID; Product ID; Device ID; Program Data; End of Exclusive (EOX)
Timing Clock
System Exclusive Protocol
LTC
Channel Mode Message 124
49. Guitar - Bass - Strings - & Monophonic Audio- to-Video Conversion; More Expressive
MSB
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
VCA
Mirroring
50. Actual bulk of data; Easily up to 100 parameters (Patch Name - Filters - LFO - Oscillator Settings - and all other data)
Synchronization
MIDI Time Code
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
Program Data