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MIDI - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. F7h
End of Exclusive (EOX)
Full Frame
Handshake
MIDI Event
2. Controls some aspect of sound on a channel; 128 Different controllers available (1 -127); Give us the ability to automate changes when recorded
MIDI Time Code
Control Change (Controllers)
Start of Exclusive
VITC
3. All Sounds OFF ~ Cuts all outputs of sound ==> SILENCE
System Messages
LTC
Channel Mode Message 120
Hexadecimal
4. Container that carries all MIDI events in a sequence; Method of grouping MIDI events to make editing and arranging easier
Pitch- to- MIDI
96 - 119
64 - 95
MIDI Region
5. High Resolution (LSB)
32 - 63
Channel Mode Message 121
Relative Location Synchronization
0 - 32
6. 16 -384
MIDI Event
VCO
MIDI Implementation Chart
High Resolution Bank Total
7. 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
Active Sensing
Channel Mode Message 121
Channel Mode Message 120
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
8. MIDI Time Code; Sub- format of SMPTE; Absolute
MTC
Channel Mode Message 124
SPP
System Common Messages
9. Always referenced from the beginning of the song
64 - 95
Most Common Controllers
Control Change (Controllers)
Relative Location Synchronization
10. Relative & Absolute
VCA
Types of Location Sync
ReWire
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
11. Direct; Request; Handshake
MTC
Running Status
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
BPM
12. Base 10
MIDI Region
Decimal
Running Status
MIDI Implementation Chart
13. Sustain Pedal
Hexadecimal
VCO
64
Relative Location Synchronization
14. 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
Offset
Tune Request
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
Channel Mode Message 123
15. (Vertical Interval Time Code); Popular method for recording time code onto videotape; Video version of SMPTE; Absolute
Absolute Location Synchronization
1
MTC Full Frame Message
VITC
16. Used to represent sound or performance parameters (must be used by all manufacturers)
96 - 119
Stop
Registered Parameter Numbers
MIDI Sync
17. Preferred; Not referenced from the beginning of the song; Slave always identifies with location of bar
Relative Location Synchronization
SMPTE
Absolute Location Synchronization
96 - 119
18. Actual bulk of data; Easily up to 100 parameters (Patch Name - Filters - LFO - Oscillator Settings - and all other data)
10
Request
Channel Mode Message 124
Program Data
19. 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
Mirroring Requirements
Most Common Controllers
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
ReWire
20. (MIDI Beat Clock) - Keeps devices locked to the same tempo (24 PPQN)
MIDI Time Code
Timing Clock
Controller Categories
Quarter Frame Message
21. Starts a sequence or pattern
System Reset
Channel Mode Message 125
Start
System Message Format
22. Locks devices to the same location (in increments of 16th notes)
Absolute Location Synchronization
Song Position Pointer
Channel Mode Message 125
SMPTE
23. Sometimes called a USER ID; Can be changed on two pieces of the same equipment
System Exclusive
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
Device ID
Channel Mode Message 122
24. Timing Clock; Start; Continue; Stop; Active Sensing; System Reset
Control Change Data Train
MIDI Implementation Chart
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
System Realtime Messages
25. A pulse is sent out every 300 ms; If a slave device receives them it will function normally
Active Sensing
Bank Select
Tempo
SPP
26. Base 16 (0 - F); The numbers 0 - 9 are still the same but the numbers 10 - 15 are represented by the letters A - F
Tempo
Continue
Hexadecimal
Full Frame Message
27. Voltage signal changes PITCH
VCF
VCO
Where to Save SysEx Data
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
28. Using a key - button - pad - slider - knob - etc. to generate a MIDI message; 80% - 90% of MIDI controllers use this method for MIDI conversion
Start of Exclusive
Most Common Controllers
Channel Mode Message 120
Trigger- to- MIDI
29. 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
ReWire
7
Binary
Where to Save SysEx Data
30. ( 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
System Exclusive
Stop
Full Frame Message
Request
31. POLY
Device ID
MIDI Show Control
Channel Mode Message 127
Types of Location Sync
32. Reset All Controllers
SPP
VITC
Channel Mode Message 121
96 - 119
33. (Controller + Channel) + Controller # + Amount
Channel Mode Message 127
Control Change Data Train
00 - 31
Song Position Pointer
34. Modulation
Direct
1
System Realtime Messages
High Resolution Bank Total
35. Synchronization to the timing or speed of a pattern or song
Tempo
Handshake
LSB
32 - 63
36. Beats Per Minute
BPM
Absolute Location Synchronization
System Messages
Device ID
37. Tune Request; Song Select; Song Position Pointer; MIDI Time Code
Mirroring
7
System Common Messages
MIDI Region
38. 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'
Continue
Request
MIDI Beat Clock
System Messages
39. Tells analog oscillators to 'tune up'
Channel Mode Message 126
Device ID
Synchronization Types
Tune Request
40. MIDI Clock; MIDI Sync
64
High Resolution Bank Total
Tempo Sync Types
00 - 31
41. All Notes OFF (Release Time) ~ Does not guarantee a complete sound loss
Channel Mode Message 123
1
64
Most Common Controllers
42. MIDI Time Code message only sent on start - stop or continue
Full Frame
ReWire
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
Examples of Location Sync
43. Synchronization to a point in time or a direct address
MTC
Controller #0
Location
Registered Parameter Numbers
44. MIDI's version of SMPTE; Contains two types of messages (full frame & quarter frame)
MIDI Time Code
System Message Format
Product ID
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
45. Voltage signal changes HARMONIC CONTENT (TIMBRE)
VCF
64 - 95
Timing Clock
10
46. The process of locking two or more devices together in time and/or tempo
Bank Select
Synchronization
0 - 32
Offset
47. Various / FX
96 - 119
Running Status
MSB
Channel Mode Message 126
48. Continues the sequence or pattern from where it was last stopped
Stop
Channel Mode Message 122
Continue
Controller Categories
49. Controller that will commonly change banks on most MIDI devices (sometimes 0 & 32 are necessary)
Channel Mode Message 126
Running Status
Active Sensing
Controller #0
50. SMPTE; MTC; LTC; VITC; SPP
Absolute Location Synchronization
Quarter Frame Message
Examples of Location Sync
Channel Mode Message 120