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MIDI - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Start of Exclusive; Manufacturer's ID; Product ID; Device ID; Program Data; End of Exclusive (EOX)
Channel Mode Message 124
Pitch- to- MIDI
Binary
System Exclusive Protocol
2. Direct; Request; Handshake
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
120 - 127
Channel Mode Message 124
Trigger- to- MIDI
3. Voltage signal changes PITCH
Channel Mode Message 120
Device ID
VCO
Location
4. Guitar - Bass - Strings - & Monophonic Audio- to-Video Conversion; More Expressive
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
VITC
Pitch- to- MIDI
Binary
5. Divide the number by 16 and convert remainder to hexadecimal value
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
LSB
Bank Select
End of Exclusive (EOX)
6. Least Significant Byte; Controller #32
System Messages
Running Status
Most Common Controllers
LSB
7. 1 (msb) ---> 110 (System Message) ---> 0100 (Which Message)
Channel Mode Message 120
Product ID
System Message Format
0 - 32
8. Manually initiate transfer from device
VCA
Controller #0
Direct
Hexadecimal
9. Base 16 (0 - F); The numbers 0 - 9 are still the same but the numbers 10 - 15 are represented by the letters A - F
Hexadecimal
Control Change (Controllers)
Registered Parameter Numbers
Pitch- to- MIDI
10. OMNI OFF
VCF
Timing Clock
Channel Mode Message 127
Channel Mode Message 124
11. 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
Channel Mode Message 125
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
Offset
MIDI Region
12. MIDI Time Code message only sent on start - stop or continue
Full Frame
Device ID
VCF
Tempo
13. 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
Channel Mode Message 122
System Exclusive
Channel Mode Message 124
14. Base 2
Start of Exclusive
Types of Location Sync
Binary
32 - 63
15. 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
64 - 95
Bank Select
Timing Clock
Direct
16. Longitudinal Time Code; When SMPTE time code is encoded as an audio signal on audio track; Audio version of SMPTE; Absolute
Event Chasing
LTC
96 - 119
System Messages
17. MONO
Channel Mode Message 126
Most Common Controllers
Channel Mode Message 127
LTC
18. Actual bulk of data; Easily up to 100 parameters (Patch Name - Filters - LFO - Oscillator Settings - and all other data)
Channel Mode Message 124
64
MIDI Sync
Program Data
19. Channel Mode Messages
Manufacturer's ID
Device ID
Pitch- to- MIDI
120 - 127
20. Sometimes called a USER ID; Can be changed on two pieces of the same equipment
Most Common Controllers
Device ID
MIDI Implementation Chart
Bank Select
21. Switches
MIDI Show Control
Song Position Pointer
64 - 95
Pitch- to- MIDI
22. Converting an analog signal or sound into a MIDI message
Stop
1
Pitch- to- MIDI
Hexadecimal
23. Tells analog oscillators to 'tune up'
Start of Exclusive
Song Position Pointer
Controller Categories
Tune Request
24. 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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25. Relative & Absolute
Program Data
Types of Location Sync
MIDI Beat Clock
Start
26. Container that carries all MIDI events in a sequence; Method of grouping MIDI events to make editing and arranging easier
10
Offset
MIDI Region
Start
27. Preferred; Not referenced from the beginning of the song; Slave always identifies with location of bar
Running Status
Song Position Pointer
10
Absolute Location Synchronization
28. 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
LSB
MIDI Implementation Chart
Program Data
Mirroring Requirements
29. Low Resolution (MSB)
MTC
Full Frame
00 - 31
Mirroring
30. 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
SMPTE
End of Exclusive (EOX)
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
Trigger- to- MIDI
31. OMNI ON
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
10
Stop
Channel Mode Message 125
32. F7h
96 - 119
End of Exclusive (EOX)
Product ID
Relative Location Synchronization
33. Stops the sequence or pattern
Stop
SPP
MIDI Region
Timing Clock
34. Most Significant Byte; Controller #0
MIDI Implementation Chart
Offset
MIDI Beat Clock
MSB
35. Sustain Pedal
64
Timing Clock
SMPTE
Trigger- to- MIDI
36. Increments of 16th notes measured from the beginning of the song; Provides bars - beats - and ticks; Relative
Mirroring
Full Frame Message
SPP
96 - 119
37. Based on System Exclusive; Allows more control over MIDI devices unlike standard Common or RealTime messages; Fast-Forward - Fast-Rewind - Shuttle Control - Track Arming - Variable Playback - etc.
Direct
MIDI Implementation Chart
SMPTE
MIDI Sync
38. Beats Per Minute
Mirroring
BPM
VCO
System Message Format
39. Always referenced from the beginning of the song
64
Quarter Frame
Song Select
Relative Location Synchronization
40. High Resolution (LSB)
32 - 63
64 - 95
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
Full Frame Message
41. 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
Song Select
End of Exclusive (EOX)
0 - 32
ReWire
42. All Sounds OFF ~ Cuts all outputs of sound ==> SILENCE
Device ID
00 - 31
Start of Exclusive
Channel Mode Message 120
43. Message sent for the device to send SysEx data - then sends it to the device; Most commonly used by an editor or library program
Control Change (Controllers)
Relative Location Synchronization
Request
Start of Exclusive
44. Switches between songs or patterns on a sequence
VITC
Location
Pitch- to- MIDI
Song Select
45. How high resolution is achieved in MIDI Controllers
Mirroring Requirements
Channel Mode Message 127
System Exclusive Protocol
Mirroring
46. The process of locking two or more devices together in time and/or tempo
System Realtime Messages
64
MIDI Show Control
Synchronization
47. Modulation
Quarter Frame Message
Channel Mode Message 124
System Realtime Messages
1
48. Using a key - button - pad - slider - knob - etc. to generate a MIDI message; 80% - 90% of MIDI controllers use this method for MIDI conversion
Trigger- to- MIDI
32 - 63
Most Common Controllers
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
49. Used to represent sound or performance parameters (must be used by all manufacturers)
Tune Request
Quarter Frame
Registered Parameter Numbers
1
50. Continues the sequence or pattern from where it was last stopped
VCA
Tempo Sync Types
Offset
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