SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
MIDI - 2
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
engineering
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. 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 Beat Clock
00 - 31
Product ID
2. Preferred; Not referenced from the beginning of the song; Slave always identifies with location of bar
SMPTE
Hexadecimal
Absolute Location Synchronization
Song Select
3. Bank Select
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
Full Frame
Control Change Data Train
0 - 32
4. Base 2
96 - 119
Binary
Direct
Timing Clock
5. How high resolution is achieved in MIDI Controllers
Mirroring
VITC
Full Frame
Direct
6. All Notes OFF (Release Time) ~ Does not guarantee a complete sound loss
VCF
Channel Mode Message 123
Active Sensing
Types of Location Sync
7. Resets to default power up state
MTC
1
7
System Reset
8. Least Significant Byte; Controller #32
LSB
VCF
MTC Full Frame Message
Absolute Location Synchronization
9. Local ON/OFF
System Message Format
Channel Mode Message 125
VCO
Channel Mode Message 122
10. Switches between songs or patterns on a sequence
Where to Save SysEx Data
32 - 63
Examples of Location Sync
Song Select
11. 16 -384 available Banks; Most common mirrored controller; Each bank contains 128 Programs (0 - 127); 2 -097 -152 possible Program Changes for MIDI
Bank Select
ReWire
Control Change Data Train
VCO
12. Always referenced from the beginning of the song
Tempo
Control Change (Controllers)
64
Relative Location Synchronization
13. Reset All Controllers
Types of Location Sync
System Realtime Messages
Channel Mode Message 121
Channel Mode Message 125
14. Voltage signal changes AMPLITUDE
MIDI Time Code
VCA
Low Resolution
Control Change (Controllers)
15. Starts a sequence or pattern
VCF
Absolute Location Synchronization
Start
Controller #0
16. Most Significant Byte; Controller #0
MSB
Location
Device ID
Decimal
17. Voltage signal changes HARMONIC CONTENT (TIMBRE)
Channel Mode Message 127
32 - 63
VCF
Direct
18. Various / FX
96 - 119
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
Full Frame Message
System Messages
19. MONO
MIDI Sync
VITC
Low Resolution
Channel Mode Message 126
20. Relative & Absolute
Types of Location Sync
MIDI Time Code
ReWire
Start of Exclusive
21. Increments of 16th notes measured from the beginning of the song; Provides bars - beats - and ticks; Relative
MIDI Region
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
Product ID
SPP
22. POLY
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
Channel Mode Message 121
Channel Mode Message 126
Channel Mode Message 127
23. Actual bulk of data; Easily up to 100 parameters (Patch Name - Filters - LFO - Oscillator Settings - and all other data)
System Exclusive
Program Data
Registered Parameter Numbers
10
24. 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
Event Chasing
1
Timing Clock
Most Common Controllers
25. Model number (functions similar to MAN ID but happens after the MAN ID is validated)
Tempo Sync Types
Product ID
LSB
Channel Mode Message 127
26. High Resolution (LSB)
Direct
32 - 63
Song Select
Control Change (Controllers)
27. SMPTE; MTC; LTC; VITC; SPP
Examples of Location Sync
VCF
MIDI Show Control
1
28. Tells analog oscillators to 'tune up'
Event Chasing
System Reset
System Message Format
Tune Request
29. 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
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
VCF
Offset
Running Status
30. Synchronization to a point in time or a direct address
Handshake
Full Frame
Location
Continue
31. Timing Clock; Start; Continue; Stop; Active Sensing; System Reset
LTC
VCA
System Realtime Messages
Song Select
32. MIDI Time Code; Sub- format of SMPTE; Absolute
MTC
System Reset
64 - 95
Channel Mode Message 121
33. Manually initiate transfer from device
MIDI Time Code
Hexadecimal
Direct
Product ID
34. 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'
Hexadecimal
MIDI Show Control
Channel Mode Message 127
System Messages
35. Using handshake wiring - requests for data are continuously sent between devices
Location
VITC
Timing Clock
Handshake
36. MIDI's version of SMPTE; Contains two types of messages (full frame & quarter frame)
MIDI Time Code
LSB
Controller Categories
Examples of Location Sync
37. Used to represent sound or performance parameters (must be used by all manufacturers)
System Reset
System Exclusive Protocol
Registered Parameter Numbers
Song Select
38. MIDI Time Code message sent during playback
MIDI Region
Location
System Common Messages
Quarter Frame
39. Storage Media or Sequence Track
Where to Save SysEx Data
Hexadecimal
Synchronization Types
00 - 31
40. Divide the number by 16 and convert remainder to hexadecimal value
Handshake
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
SMPTE
MIDI Implementation Chart
41. Converting an analog signal or sound into a MIDI message
SMPTE
Tempo
Pitch- to- MIDI
High Resolution Bank Total
42. F7h
Binary
SPP
System Exclusive Protocol
End of Exclusive (EOX)
43. Pan
10
High Resolution Bank Total
Synchronization
VCA
44. Status Byte = Controller + Channel Data Byte 1 = Controller Number Data Byte 2 = 0 - 127 (Value/Range)
Types of Location Sync
Low Resolution
Mirroring
Offset
45. Using a key - button - pad - slider - knob - etc. to generate a MIDI message; 80% - 90% of MIDI controllers use this method for MIDI conversion
Active Sensing
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
System Realtime Messages
Trigger- to- MIDI
46. A pulse is sent out every 300 ms; If a slave device receives them it will function normally
Program Data
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
Active Sensing
Product ID
47. 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
Running Status
Trigger- to- MIDI
Control Change (Controllers)
Mirroring Requirements
48. Beats Per Minute
BPM
Quarter Frame
Location
MIDI Event
49. 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
LSB
Hexadecimal
Control Change Data Train
50. Tune Request; Song Select; Song Position Pointer; MIDI Time Code
Control Change (Controllers)
System Common Messages
96 - 119
High Resolution Bank Total