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MIDI - 2
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1. 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
Device ID
Channel Mode Message 126
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
MIDI Beat Clock
2. MONO
00 - 31
Channel Mode Message 126
Tempo Sync Types
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
3. MIDI Time Code; Sub- format of SMPTE; Absolute
MTC
Quarter Frame Message
Control Change Data Train
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
4. Base 10
System Exclusive
Handshake
Start
Decimal
5. Various / FX
Channel Mode Message 127
96 - 119
Offset
Registered Parameter Numbers
6. Continues the sequence or pattern from where it was last stopped
Active Sensing
Continue
MTC
MTC Full Frame Message
7. Manually initiate transfer from device
Direct
Active Sensing
SMPTE
Device ID
8. Bank Select
1
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
System Reset
0 - 32
9. Resets to default power up state
Controller Categories
System Reset
VCO
Control Change (Controllers)
10. Storage Media or Sequence Track
Where to Save SysEx Data
Most Common Controllers
Types of Location Sync
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
11. MIDI Time Code message sent during playback
Quarter Frame
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
Program Data
Continue
12. Preferred; Not referenced from the beginning of the song; Slave always identifies with location of bar
Event Chasing
SPP
Absolute Location Synchronization
MTC Full Frame Message
13. Using a key - button - pad - slider - knob - etc. to generate a MIDI message; 80% - 90% of MIDI controllers use this method for MIDI conversion
System Exclusive
Most Common Controllers
Channel Mode Message 125
Trigger- to- MIDI
14. 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
BPM
Pitch- to- MIDI
System Common Messages
ReWire
15. Base 2
64
Control Change Data Train
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
Binary
16. MIDI's version of SMPTE; Contains two types of messages (full frame & quarter frame)
ReWire
MIDI Time Code
Channel Mode Message 120
SMPTE
17. 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
Timing Clock
VCO
System Message Format
10
18. 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
MSB
MTC
Binary
Event Chasing
19. Switches between songs or patterns on a sequence
MIDI Time Code
ReWire
Song Select
Start
20. 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
Channel Mode Message 125
Control Change (Controllers)
Location
SMPTE
21. Least Significant Byte; Controller #32
System Exclusive Protocol
00 - 31
Registered Parameter Numbers
LSB
22. Status Byte = Controller + Channel Data Byte 1 = Controller Number Data Byte 2 = 0 - 127 (Value/Range)
Low Resolution
LTC
Types of Location Sync
SPP
23. Local ON/OFF
Relative Location Synchronization
High Resolution Bank Total
Channel Mode Message 122
10
24. Stops the sequence or pattern
Stop
VITC
Direct
Channel Mode Message 125
25. 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
Quarter Frame Message
Start
System Exclusive Protocol
Bank Select
26. Converting an analog signal or sound into a MIDI message
Pitch- to- MIDI
MSB
10
System Realtime Messages
27. The process of locking two or more devices together in time and/or tempo
Synchronization
Manufacturer's ID
Trigger- to- MIDI
MIDI Region
28. ( 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
Full Frame Message
MIDI Show Control
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
29. 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
Most Common Controllers
MIDI Beat Clock
Mirroring
30. MIDI Time Code message only sent on start - stop or continue
End of Exclusive (EOX)
Full Frame
Device ID
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
31. 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'
System Messages
Bank Select
Channel Mode Message 120
Full Frame Message
32. Pan
Device ID
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
10
Pitch- to- MIDI
33. 16 -384 available Banks; Most common mirrored controller; Each bank contains 128 Programs (0 - 127); 2 -097 -152 possible Program Changes for MIDI
Hexadecimal
MIDI Implementation Chart
Channel Mode Message 125
Bank Select
34. F0h (One of the highest priority system message)
BPM
Start of Exclusive
SMPTE
VCF
35. Starts a sequence or pattern
Controller Categories
64
Offset
Start
36. Volume
Synchronization Types
MIDI Implementation Chart
7
00 - 31
37. 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
Synchronization Types
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
Request
Offset
38. Synchronization to a point in time or a direct address
64 - 95
Quarter Frame
Channel Mode Message 124
Location
39. 00 - 31 = Low Resolution (MSB) 32 - 63 = High Resolution (LSB) 64 - 95 = Switches 96 - 119 = Various / FX 120 - 127 = Channel Mode Messages
Controller Categories
Channel Mode Message 127
SMPTE
MTC
40. Tune Request; Song Select; Song Position Pointer; MIDI Time Code
System Common Messages
Channel Mode Message 123
Tempo
MIDI Region
41. Message sent for the device to send SysEx data - then sends it to the device; Most commonly used by an editor or library program
Channel Mode Message 126
Request
1
Location
42. Model number (functions similar to MAN ID but happens after the MAN ID is validated)
VCA
Product ID
Registered Parameter Numbers
MIDI Event
43. OMNI ON
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
Channel Mode Message 125
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
ReWire
44. Divide the number by 16 and convert remainder to hexadecimal value
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
Tempo
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
Program Data
45. All Sounds OFF ~ Cuts all outputs of sound ==> SILENCE
Mirroring Requirements
Decimal
Timing Clock
Channel Mode Message 120
46. Sustain Pedal
64
Most Common Controllers
120 - 127
Controller #0
47. Synchronization to the timing or speed of a pattern or song
Tempo
System Message Format
LSB
Pitch- to- MIDI
48. 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
64 - 95
Mirroring Requirements
Handshake
49. 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
Controller Categories
MIDI Time Code
Running Status
Channel Mode Message 122
50. (Vertical Interval Time Code); Popular method for recording time code onto videotape; Video version of SMPTE; Absolute
96 - 119
Controller #0
MTC
VITC
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