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Subject : engineering
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1. Switches






2. 16 -384






3. Start of Exclusive; Manufacturer's ID; Product ID; Device ID; Program Data; End of Exclusive (EOX)






4. Sustain Pedal






5. Sometimes called a USER ID; Can be changed on two pieces of the same equipment






6. 0 - 32 - Bank Select 1 - Modulation 7 - Volume 10 - Pan 64 - Sustain Pedal






7. 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






8. SPP with added tempo information; Relative






9. MIDI Clock; MIDI Sync






10. The process of locking two or more devices together in time and/or tempo






11. MONO






12. (Controller + Channel) + Controller # + Amount






13. Preferred; Not referenced from the beginning of the song; Slave always identifies with location of bar






14. Designed for the Theatrical and Staging Industries; Allows MIDI to control over audio and video playback systems - lighting & effects - pyrotechnics - machinery - and robotics






15. Guitar - Bass - Strings - & Monophonic Audio- to-Video Conversion; More Expressive






16. Voltage signal changes AMPLITUDE






17. Always referenced from the beginning of the song






18. POLY






19. Contains entire SMPTE address plus the last issued transport command (Start - Stop - Continue); 10 bytes long






20. Least Significant Byte; Controller #32






21. Starts a sequence or pattern






22. Synchronization to the timing or speed of a pattern or song






23. SMPTE; MTC; LTC; VITC; SPP






24. 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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25. Most Significant Byte; Controller #0






26. Base 2






27. MIDI Time Code message only sent on start - stop or continue






28. Continues the sequence or pattern from where it was last stopped






29. Bank Select






30. Tells analog oscillators to 'tune up'






31. Converting an analog signal or sound into a MIDI message






32. Base 16 (0 - F); The numbers 0 - 9 are still the same but the numbers 10 - 15 are represented by the letters A - F






33. All Sounds OFF ~ Cuts all outputs of sound ==> SILENCE






34. Controller that will commonly change banks on most MIDI devices (sometimes 0 & 32 are necessary)






35. High Resolution (LSB)






36. Manually initiate transfer from device






37. 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'






38. 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






39. 1 (msb) ---> 110 (System Message) ---> 0100 (Which Message)






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






41. F7h






42. Volume






43. (Vertical Interval Time Code); Popular method for recording time code onto videotape; Video version of SMPTE; Absolute






44. Single MIDI message; Status Byte + associated Data Bytes; Can be edited individually allowing complete control over every minute detail of the MIDI sequence






45. Controls some aspect of sound on a channel; 128 Different controllers available (1 -127); Give us the ability to automate changes when recorded






46. Resets to default power up state






47. Longitudinal Time Code; When SMPTE time code is encoded as an audio signal on audio track; Audio version of SMPTE; Absolute






48. 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






49. Pan






50. OMNI OFF