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MIDI - 2
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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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1. Continues the sequence or pattern from where it was last stopped
VCA
Continue
Song Position Pointer
Examples of Location Sync
2. 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 Devices (Examples)
Channel Mode Message 122
MIDI Event
3. Start of Exclusive; Manufacturer's ID; Product ID; Device ID; Program Data; End of Exclusive (EOX)
System Exclusive Protocol
MIDI Implementation Chart
MIDI Event
System Exclusive
4. MIDI Time Code message sent during playback
Bank Select
Quarter Frame
Active Sensing
Continue
5. Increments of 16th notes measured from the beginning of the song; Provides bars - beats - and ticks; Relative
Control Change Data Train
Binary
System Exclusive
SPP
6. Series of tempo- related electronic timing markers embedded in the MIDI data stream; Revolves around BPM; 24 PPQN; Also known as the Timing Clock; Setup is generally the same as MTC
Channel Mode Message 126
MIDI Beat Clock
Timing Clock
Full Frame Message
7. Switches between songs or patterns on a sequence
0 - 32
Song Select
Product ID
Timing Clock
8. Longitudinal Time Code; When SMPTE time code is encoded as an audio signal on audio track; Audio version of SMPTE; Absolute
Types of Location Sync
Song Position Pointer
LTC
Absolute Location Synchronization
9. MONO
Offset
MIDI Show Control
Channel Mode Message 126
MIDI Beat Clock
10. Resets to default power up state
Controller Categories
7
System Reset
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
11. Voltage signal changes AMPLITUDE
VCA
Running Status
Bank Select
SMPTE
12. MIDI Clock; MIDI Sync
Full Frame Message
MIDI Implementation Chart
Tempo Sync Types
Song Select
13. All Sounds OFF ~ Cuts all outputs of sound ==> SILENCE
Channel Mode Message 120
Song Position Pointer
Examples of Location Sync
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
14. (Controller + Channel) + Controller # + Amount
Control Change Data Train
Continue
Stop
7
15. F0h (One of the highest priority system message)
Controller Categories
Controller #0
Start of Exclusive
Tempo Sync Types
16. POLY
Product ID
MIDI Region
Channel Mode Message 127
120 - 127
17. 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
System Exclusive
Offset
SMPTE
Event Chasing
18. (MIDI Beat Clock) - Keeps devices locked to the same tempo (24 PPQN)
Stop
Timing Clock
MIDI Sync
Channel Mode Message 126
19. Keyboards - Wind Controllers - Brass Controllers - Electronic Drums - and Control Surfaces; Significantly less latency
LSB
Tune Request
Song Select
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
20. High Resolution (LSB)
System Messages
32 - 63
MIDI Event
Tempo Sync Types
21. Least Significant Byte; Controller #32
96 - 119
LSB
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
Pitch- to- MIDI
22. Synchronization to the timing or speed of a pattern or song
VITC
Tempo
Direct
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
23. Preferred; Not referenced from the beginning of the song; Slave always identifies with location of bar
Trigger- to- MIDI
Absolute Location Synchronization
MIDI Sync
Song Select
24. F7h
00 - 31
End of Exclusive (EOX)
MIDI Implementation Chart
System Exclusive Protocol
25. Single MIDI message; Status Byte + associated Data Bytes; Can be edited individually allowing complete control over every minute detail of the MIDI sequence
MIDI Event
Quarter Frame
Trigger- to- MIDI
MIDI Region
26. Pan
10
VCA
Channel Mode Message 125
00 - 31
27. How high resolution is achieved in MIDI Controllers
Pitch- to- MIDI
Mirroring
Decimal
VCO
28. Relative & Absolute
Event Chasing
Types of Location Sync
Synchronization Types
Tempo Sync Types
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
Offset
System Exclusive
Handshake
Start of Exclusive
30. Timing Clock; Start; Continue; Stop; Active Sensing; System Reset
MIDI Event
10
System Realtime Messages
Most Common Controllers
31. MIDI Time Code; Sub- format of SMPTE; Absolute
MTC
VCF
Channel Mode Message 125
System Exclusive
32. Stops the sequence or pattern
Stop
MTC
Where to Save SysEx Data
Full Frame
33. Message sent for the device to send SysEx data - then sends it to the device; Most commonly used by an editor or library program
Bank Select
System Messages
SPP
Request
34. Controller that will commonly change banks on most MIDI devices (sometimes 0 & 32 are necessary)
Start of Exclusive
Hexadecimal
64 - 95
Controller #0
35. 16 -384 available Banks; Most common mirrored controller; Each bank contains 128 Programs (0 - 127); 2 -097 -152 possible Program Changes for MIDI
Location
Bank Select
1
Controller #0
36. Locks devices to the same location (in increments of 16th notes)
Continue
Song Position Pointer
System Message Format
System Messages
37. Direct; Request; Handshake
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
Channel Mode Message 124
96 - 119
Running Status
38. OMNI ON
Trigger- to- MIDI
Channel Mode Message 125
MIDI Show Control
Low Resolution
39. Storage Media or Sequence Track
120 - 127
Where to Save SysEx Data
Control Change Data Train
Channel Mode Message 120
40. Synchronization to a point in time or a direct address
Start
Location
System Realtime Messages
MTC
41. (Vertical Interval Time Code); Popular method for recording time code onto videotape; Video version of SMPTE; Absolute
7
System Common Messages
Pitch- to- MIDI
VITC
42. 1 (msb) ---> 110 (System Message) ---> 0100 (Which Message)
Channel Mode Message 124
System Message Format
Channel Mode Message 126
Quarter Frame Message
43. 16 -384
Request
Tempo Sync Types
High Resolution Bank Total
Program Data
44. Channel Mode Messages
120 - 127
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
MIDI Time Code
SPP
45. 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
Event Chasing
Tempo
Control Change Data Train
End of Exclusive (EOX)
46. Container that carries all MIDI events in a sequence; Method of grouping MIDI events to make editing and arranging easier
Event Chasing
MIDI Region
Decimal
MTC Full Frame Message
47. 0 - 32 - Bank Select 1 - Modulation 7 - Volume 10 - Pan 64 - Sustain Pedal
Most Common Controllers
Mirroring
7
Channel Mode Message 122
48. Tempo & Location
Tempo Sync Types
96 - 119
Channel Mode Message 124
Synchronization Types
49. 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
Stop
MIDI Time Code
System Exclusive Protocol
Timing Clock
50. Local ON/OFF
Song Position Pointer
Request
7
Channel Mode Message 122