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MIDI - 2
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1. Voltage signal changes AMPLITUDE
VCA
SPP
Channel Mode Message 122
Request
2. Switches between songs or patterns on a sequence
Song Select
Stop
1
Synchronization
3. Synchronization to a point in time or a direct address
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
Location
MTC
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
4. Start of Exclusive; Manufacturer's ID; Product ID; Device ID; Program Data; End of Exclusive (EOX)
System Exclusive Protocol
Song Position Pointer
System Message Format
Control Change Data Train
5. 16 -384
System Reset
High Resolution Bank Total
Tempo
End of Exclusive (EOX)
6. Looks previous to the play line for any prior MIDI information and updates the sequence accordingly; Most commonly used with Program Change and Controller Messages
MIDI Time Code
Event Chasing
Tempo Sync Types
ReWire
7. All Notes OFF (Release Time) ~ Does not guarantee a complete sound loss
Control Change (Controllers)
MIDI Time Code
Channel Mode Message 123
Decimal
8. MIDI Time Code message sent during playback
Quarter Frame
Pitch- to- MIDI
Offset
System Reset
9. Volume
Synchronization
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
7
120 - 127
10. Low Resolution (MSB)
00 - 31
Device ID
Event Chasing
Channel Mode Message 125
11. High Resolution (LSB)
Trigger- to- MIDI
Mirroring Requirements
Device ID
32 - 63
12. Stops the sequence or pattern
VCO
Low Resolution
Channel Mode Message 126
Stop
13. (Vertical Interval Time Code); Popular method for recording time code onto videotape; Video version of SMPTE; Absolute
VITC
Quarter Frame Message
Timing Clock
Trigger- to- MIDI
14. (MIDI Beat Clock) - Keeps devices locked to the same tempo (24 PPQN)
Binary
System Common Messages
LSB
Timing Clock
15. Message sent for the device to send SysEx data - then sends it to the device; Most commonly used by an editor or library program
7
Request
Most Common Controllers
Bank Select
16. Always referenced from the beginning of the song
Control Change Data Train
1
Relative Location Synchronization
VCO
17. Controls some aspect of sound on a channel; 128 Different controllers available (1 -127); Give us the ability to automate changes when recorded
0 - 32
Control Change (Controllers)
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
Mirroring
18. Base 2
Product ID
Controller #0
Binary
Event Chasing
19. Contains entire SMPTE address plus the last issued transport command (Start - Stop - Continue); 10 bytes long
Active Sensing
System Common Messages
Mirroring Requirements
MTC Full Frame Message
20. Using handshake wiring - requests for data are continuously sent between devices
Song Position Pointer
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
Song Select
Handshake
21. 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
System Exclusive
MSB
Running Status
10
22. Beats Per Minute
BPM
System Exclusive Protocol
MIDI Time Code
Stop
23. Base 10
64
Device ID
Decimal
System Exclusive
24. The process of locking two or more devices together in time and/or tempo
Synchronization
Low Resolution
Offset
MIDI Show Control
25. Keyboards - Wind Controllers - Brass Controllers - Electronic Drums - and Control Surfaces; Significantly less latency
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
Trigger- to- MIDI
MTC Full Frame Message
MIDI Beat Clock
26. 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 120
Mirroring Requirements
Device ID
SPP
27. Reset All Controllers
Channel Mode Message 120
System Exclusive
Channel Mode Message 121
Full Frame Message
28. Switches
64 - 95
System Realtime Messages
Handshake
MTC
29. 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
Channel Mode Message 127
Timing Clock
End of Exclusive (EOX)
Absolute Location Synchronization
30. 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
MIDI Implementation Chart
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
Channel Mode Message 122
Registered Parameter Numbers
31. Container that carries all MIDI events in a sequence; Method of grouping MIDI events to make editing and arranging easier
MIDI Region
MIDI Implementation Chart
System Common Messages
10
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
10
96 - 119
Full Frame Message
Hexadecimal
33. Relative & Absolute
Handshake
Event Chasing
Controller #0
Types of Location Sync
34. (Controller + Channel) + Controller # + Amount
ReWire
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
Control Change Data Train
120 - 127
35. Tune Request; Song Select; Song Position Pointer; MIDI Time Code
Types of Location Sync
Low Resolution
Channel Mode Message 126
System Common Messages
36. Bank Select
Location
0 - 32
Control Change Data Train
Channel Mode Message 124
37. Least Significant Byte; Controller #32
Full Frame
System Message Format
LSB
32 - 63
38. How high resolution is achieved in MIDI Controllers
Mirroring
Stop
0 - 32
Tempo Sync Types
39. 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
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
Program Data
Trigger- to- MIDI
40. Locks devices to the same location (in increments of 16th notes)
Tempo
Song Position Pointer
Absolute Location Synchronization
MIDI Time Code
41. MIDI Clock; MIDI Sync
Tempo Sync Types
VCA
Binary
System Reset
42. POLY
64
Channel Mode Message 127
Tempo Sync Types
SMPTE
43. SPP with added tempo information; Relative
Channel Mode Message 127
MIDI Sync
System Realtime Messages
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
44. 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.
Location
Binary
MIDI Implementation Chart
Offset
45. MIDI Time Code message only sent on start - stop or continue
Full Frame
Types of Location Sync
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
46. OMNI ON
Channel Mode Message 125
MIDI Beat Clock
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
Channel Mode Message 122
47. 1 (msb) ---> 110 (System Message) ---> 0100 (Which Message)
Handshake
System Message Format
Channel Mode Message 126
1
48. Guitar - Bass - Strings - & Monophonic Audio- to-Video Conversion; More Expressive
Song Position Pointer
Registered Parameter Numbers
MIDI Time Code
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
49. Designed for the Theatrical and Staging Industries; Allows MIDI to control over audio and video playback systems - lighting & effects - pyrotechnics - machinery - and robotics
Hexadecimal
Timing Clock
MIDI Show Control
System Messages
50. Status Byte = Controller + Channel Data Byte 1 = Controller Number Data Byte 2 = 0 - 127 (Value/Range)
Offset
Low Resolution
Control Change (Controllers)
Channel Mode Message 122