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MIDI - 2
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1. Sometimes called a USER ID; Can be changed on two pieces of the same equipment
Device ID
Song Position Pointer
Running Status
Full Frame Message
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
System Reset
Quarter Frame Message
Running Status
End of Exclusive (EOX)
3. The process of locking two or more devices together in time and/or tempo
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
Synchronization
SPP
MSB
4. High Resolution (LSB)
32 - 63
Request
7
System Common Messages
5. Direct; Request; Handshake
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
Control Change (Controllers)
120 - 127
System Reset
6. MONO
Quarter Frame
Channel Mode Message 126
Absolute Location Synchronization
Timing Clock
7. Voltage signal changes HARMONIC CONTENT (TIMBRE)
Manufacturer's ID
Most Common Controllers
Tempo Sync Types
VCF
8. Single MIDI message; Status Byte + associated Data Bytes; Can be edited individually allowing complete control over every minute detail of the MIDI sequence
1
VITC
Event Chasing
MIDI Event
9. Base 2
Binary
Tempo
MTC
64 - 95
10. Base 16 (0 - F); The numbers 0 - 9 are still the same but the numbers 10 - 15 are represented by the letters A - F
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
Request
Hexadecimal
MIDI Show Control
11. 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
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
Full Frame Message
MSB
Mirroring Requirements
12. Using handshake wiring - requests for data are continuously sent between devices
Handshake
Timing Clock
Where to Save SysEx Data
Location
13. Preferred; Not referenced from the beginning of the song; Slave always identifies with location of bar
MIDI Time Code
Absolute Location Synchronization
Channel Mode Message 124
Low Resolution
14. Designed for the Theatrical and Staging Industries; Allows MIDI to control over audio and video playback systems - lighting & effects - pyrotechnics - machinery - and robotics
System Exclusive Protocol
Pitch- to- MIDI
Tempo
MIDI Show Control
15. Start of Exclusive; Manufacturer's ID; Product ID; Device ID; Program Data; End of Exclusive (EOX)
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
Controller Categories
MIDI Region
System Exclusive Protocol
16. All Sounds OFF ~ Cuts all outputs of sound ==> SILENCE
Direct
Channel Mode Message 120
Synchronization Types
VCF
17. 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
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
Request
1
Synchronization Types
18. Stops the sequence or pattern
Running Status
Stop
Tempo Sync Types
MIDI Implementation Chart
19. Status Byte = Controller + Channel Data Byte 1 = Controller Number Data Byte 2 = 0 - 127 (Value/Range)
System Exclusive Protocol
Trigger- to- MIDI
Low Resolution
Request
20. Always referenced from the beginning of the song
0 - 32
Song Select
Synchronization
Relative Location Synchronization
21. (Controller + Channel) + Controller # + Amount
Control Change Data Train
Channel Mode Message 122
Channel Mode Message 124
MIDI Event
22. Resets to default power up state
System Reset
System Messages
Handshake
Synchronization Types
23. Increments of 16th notes measured from the beginning of the song; Provides bars - beats - and ticks; Relative
SPP
Full Frame
Pitch- to- MIDI
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
24. 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
96 - 119
Location
Timing Clock
Quarter Frame Message
25. OMNI ON
MIDI Sync
Tempo
Channel Mode Message 125
Hexadecimal
26. Assigned by MMA and JMSC; These need to be used with all future SysEx messages or they will be ignored (think saved patches)
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27. Voltage signal changes AMPLITUDE
VCA
7
System Common Messages
Manufacturer's ID
28. Actual bulk of data; Easily up to 100 parameters (Patch Name - Filters - LFO - Oscillator Settings - and all other data)
Program Data
System Exclusive
Decimal
Channel Mode Message 124
29. Divide the number by 16 and convert remainder to hexadecimal value
Program Data
Registered Parameter Numbers
Where to Save SysEx Data
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
30. A way to save or change complete settings
System Exclusive
System Reset
Full Frame
VCO
31. Container that carries all MIDI events in a sequence; Method of grouping MIDI events to make editing and arranging easier
Song Position Pointer
MIDI Beat Clock
Timing Clock
MIDI Region
32. 16 -384
Start
Tempo Sync Types
End of Exclusive (EOX)
High Resolution Bank Total
33. Pan
10
Synchronization
Decimal
Stop
34. SPP with added tempo information; Relative
64
MIDI Sync
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
Absolute Location Synchronization
35. Timing Clock; Start; Continue; Stop; Active Sensing; System Reset
Synchronization
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
System Realtime Messages
Channel Mode Message 127
36. Beats Per Minute
Bank Select
BPM
LTC
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
37. Guitar - Bass - Strings - & Monophonic Audio- to-Video Conversion; More Expressive
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
1
Channel Mode Message 123
Program Data
38. 16 -384 available Banks; Most common mirrored controller; Each bank contains 128 Programs (0 - 127); 2 -097 -152 possible Program Changes for MIDI
32 - 63
Running Status
Controller Categories
Bank Select
39. Low Resolution (MSB)
Bank Select
System Reset
00 - 31
ReWire
40. OMNI OFF
Location
MTC
Examples of Location Sync
Channel Mode Message 124
41. Least Significant Byte; Controller #32
96 - 119
Manufacturer's ID
Continue
LSB
42. Volume
MIDI Sync
7
Song Position Pointer
1
43. MIDI Clock; MIDI Sync
1
Running Status
Tempo Sync Types
10
44. Starts a sequence or pattern
MTC
Full Frame
Start
Full Frame Message
45. Sustain Pedal
64
Timing Clock
End of Exclusive (EOX)
Mirroring Requirements
46. Voltage signal changes PITCH
Full Frame Message
LSB
VCO
Controller Categories
47. F7h
Channel Mode Message 127
End of Exclusive (EOX)
MIDI Implementation Chart
Pitch- to- MIDI
48. Tune Request; Song Select; Song Position Pointer; MIDI Time Code
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
System Common Messages
MIDI Sync
Start of Exclusive
49. Converting an analog signal or sound into a MIDI message
Pitch- to- MIDI
VITC
MIDI Show Control
ReWire
50. Storage Media or Sequence Track
MIDI Beat Clock
System Common Messages
Pitch- to- MIDI
Where to Save SysEx Data