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MIDI - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Starts a sequence or pattern
Pitch- to- MIDI
Start
Control Change (Controllers)
Location
2. 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
Program Data
ReWire
Running Status
Mirroring Requirements
3. Reset All Controllers
Device ID
Channel Mode Message 121
Start
Hexadecimal
4. 16 -384
Synchronization
High Resolution Bank Total
MSB
MIDI Show Control
5. Start of Exclusive; Manufacturer's ID; Product ID; Device ID; Program Data; End of Exclusive (EOX)
MIDI Show Control
System Exclusive Protocol
Location
Hexadecimal
6. Using handshake wiring - requests for data are continuously sent between devices
Trigger- to- MIDI
Handshake
Examples of Location Sync
64
7. MIDI Time Code; Sub- format of SMPTE; Absolute
MTC
BPM
Bank Select
VITC
8. POLY
7
10
BPM
Channel Mode Message 127
9. Increments of 16th notes measured from the beginning of the song; Provides bars - beats - and ticks; Relative
Control Change (Controllers)
Channel Mode Message 122
Manufacturer's ID
SPP
10. A pulse is sent out every 300 ms; If a slave device receives them it will function normally
Song Position Pointer
Active Sensing
Channel Mode Message 120
Running Status
11. 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
MIDI Event
MTC Full Frame Message
Timing Clock
7
12. Switches
End of Exclusive (EOX)
64 - 95
Registered Parameter Numbers
System Messages
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
Channel Mode Message 127
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
Trigger- to- MIDI
Channel Mode Message 120
14. Base 10
Decimal
Stop
Full Frame Message
VCO
15. Modulation
Control Change (Controllers)
VCF
1
System Exclusive
16. Pan
SPP
Types of Location Sync
Channel Mode Message 125
10
17. 00 - 31 = Low Resolution (MSB) 32 - 63 = High Resolution (LSB) 64 - 95 = Switches 96 - 119 = Various / FX 120 - 127 = Channel Mode Messages
Device ID
Controller Categories
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
Examples of Location Sync
18. Various / FX
SPP
96 - 119
Song Select
Active Sensing
19. MIDI's version of SMPTE; Contains two types of messages (full frame & quarter frame)
64 - 95
MIDI Time Code
LSB
10
20. Used to represent sound or performance parameters (must be used by all manufacturers)
Quarter Frame
Synchronization Types
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
Registered Parameter Numbers
21. Longitudinal Time Code; When SMPTE time code is encoded as an audio signal on audio track; Audio version of SMPTE; Absolute
LTC
Song Position Pointer
Low Resolution
Channel Mode Message 124
22. Direct; Request; Handshake
MTC Full Frame Message
Channel Mode Message 126
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
Direct
23. 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
MIDI Region
Mirroring Requirements
Examples of Location Sync
MIDI Beat Clock
24. Status Byte = Controller + Channel Data Byte 1 = Controller Number Data Byte 2 = 0 - 127 (Value/Range)
High Resolution Bank Total
Stop
Low Resolution
Quarter Frame
25. All Notes OFF (Release Time) ~ Does not guarantee a complete sound loss
Event Chasing
Channel Mode Message 123
96 - 119
Binary
26. 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
Binary
Control Change (Controllers)
System Common Messages
MIDI Beat Clock
27. OMNI OFF
Channel Mode Message 124
MIDI Beat Clock
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
MIDI Implementation Chart
28. MIDI Clock; MIDI Sync
Tempo Sync Types
Control Change (Controllers)
Offset
Controller Categories
29. Stops the sequence or pattern
Channel Mode Message 125
ReWire
Start of Exclusive
Stop
30. Volume
Running Status
ReWire
7
Relative Location Synchronization
31. Preferred; Not referenced from the beginning of the song; Slave always identifies with location of bar
Quarter Frame Message
Offset
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
Absolute Location Synchronization
32. 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
MIDI Event
Channel Mode Message 122
Timing Clock
33. (MIDI Beat Clock) - Keeps devices locked to the same tempo (24 PPQN)
Absolute Location Synchronization
Channel Mode Message 120
Timing Clock
Continue
34. 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
Program Data
Bank Select
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
00 - 31
35. How high resolution is achieved in MIDI Controllers
Start of Exclusive
High Resolution Bank Total
Absolute Location Synchronization
Mirroring
36. Base 2
MTC
Channel Mode Message 125
Where to Save SysEx Data
Binary
37. MIDI Time Code message only sent on start - stop or continue
Full Frame
Event Chasing
System Message Format
MIDI Time Code
38. Voltage signal changes PITCH
Types of Location Sync
VCO
VITC
Bank Select
39. MONO
Synchronization
Location
Tune Request
Channel Mode Message 126
40. Switches between songs or patterns on a sequence
Song Select
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
Timing Clock
Mirroring Requirements
41. 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'
Mirroring
Stop
Channel Mode Message 122
System Messages
42. Low Resolution (MSB)
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
00 - 31
Low Resolution
System Message Format
43. F7h
End of Exclusive (EOX)
Stop
Relative Location Synchronization
Hexadecimal
44. 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
VCF
Mirroring Requirements
Quarter Frame
Quarter Frame Message
45. The process of locking two or more devices together in time and/or tempo
Tempo
Synchronization
Trigger- to- MIDI
Song Select
46. 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
Tune Request
System Exclusive Protocol
Running Status
Quarter Frame Message
47. Tune Request; Song Select; Song Position Pointer; MIDI Time Code
Channel Mode Message 126
MSB
BPM
System Common Messages
48. ( 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
Control Change Data Train
Mirroring Requirements
Full Frame Message
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
49. High Resolution (LSB)
SMPTE
Song Select
32 - 63
0 - 32
50. Storage Media or Sequence Track
Where to Save SysEx Data
Decimal
Binary
Tempo