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MIDI - 2
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1. Always referenced from the beginning of the song
Binary
MIDI Event
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
Relative Location Synchronization
2. Pan
32 - 63
10
System Reset
Synchronization Types
3. Voltage signal changes PITCH
VCO
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Control Change (Controllers)
4. A way to save or change complete settings
Continue
Where to Save SysEx Data
System Exclusive
Active Sensing
5. Base 16 (0 - F); The numbers 0 - 9 are still the same but the numbers 10 - 15 are represented by the letters A - F
ReWire
Hexadecimal
Channel Mode Message 122
00 - 31
6. 16 -384
Controller #0
Channel Mode Message 125
VCA
High Resolution Bank Total
7. MIDI Clock; MIDI Sync
Location
Tempo Sync Types
Continue
Timing Clock
8. Tells analog oscillators to 'tune up'
Device ID
Tune Request
VCO
MSB
9. A pulse is sent out every 300 ms; If a slave device receives them it will function normally
Request
Active Sensing
High Resolution Bank Total
Channel Mode Message 121
10. Synchronization to a point in time or a direct address
Handshake
Relative Location Synchronization
32 - 63
Location
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
Device ID
Timing Clock
Stop
High Resolution Bank Total
12. Bank Select
0 - 32
Full Frame Message
Where to Save SysEx Data
Timing Clock
13. Contains entire SMPTE address plus the last issued transport command (Start - Stop - Continue); 10 bytes long
Pitch- to- MIDI
MTC Full Frame Message
Types of Location Sync
Relative Location Synchronization
14. 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
System Message Format
System Realtime Messages
Relative Location Synchronization
15. MIDI Time Code message sent during playback
Song Position Pointer
Quarter Frame
Types of Location Sync
Where to Save SysEx Data
16. Least Significant Byte; Controller #32
VCO
LSB
Channel Mode Message 125
Where to Save SysEx Data
17. 16 -384 available Banks; Most common mirrored controller; Each bank contains 128 Programs (0 - 127); 2 -097 -152 possible Program Changes for MIDI
Timing Clock
Bank Select
Full Frame Message
Tempo
18. Longitudinal Time Code; When SMPTE time code is encoded as an audio signal on audio track; Audio version of SMPTE; Absolute
LTC
MIDI Region
MIDI Time Code
10
19. Timing Clock; Start; Continue; Stop; Active Sensing; System Reset
System Realtime Messages
Registered Parameter Numbers
Continue
Synchronization
20. 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
ReWire
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
System Exclusive Protocol
Controller Categories
21. Direct; Request; Handshake
High Resolution Bank Total
Decimal
Relative Location Synchronization
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
22. Switches between songs or patterns on a sequence
System Message Format
Low Resolution
Song Select
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
23. Model number (functions similar to MAN ID but happens after the MAN ID is validated)
Tune Request
End of Exclusive (EOX)
Device ID
Product ID
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. 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
Product ID
Channel Mode Message 122
Start
Event Chasing
26. Channel Mode Messages
Types of Location Sync
120 - 127
Manufacturer's ID
Synchronization
27. ( 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
Channel Mode Message 121
VCA
Full Frame Message
64 - 95
28. All Sounds OFF ~ Cuts all outputs of sound ==> SILENCE
Channel Mode Message 120
Channel Mode Message 127
System Reset
120 - 127
29. Resets to default power up state
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
System Reset
Song Select
Hexadecimal
30. High Resolution (LSB)
SPP
32 - 63
MTC
Tempo Sync Types
31. 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
MIDI Show Control
MIDI Region
MIDI Sync
Offset
32. Base 2
Active Sensing
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
Binary
Offset
33. Designed for the Theatrical and Staging Industries; Allows MIDI to control over audio and video playback systems - lighting & effects - pyrotechnics - machinery - and robotics
SMPTE
MIDI Show Control
Decimal
Manufacturer's ID
34. POLY
Most Common Controllers
Examples of Location Sync
Event Chasing
Channel Mode Message 127
35. Starts a sequence or pattern
System Message Format
Start
1
32 - 63
36. Tempo & Location
Synchronization Types
MIDI Implementation Chart
MSB
MIDI Time Code
37. Voltage signal changes HARMONIC CONTENT (TIMBRE)
MIDI Show Control
Channel Mode Message 125
VCF
Song Select
38. 0 - 32 - Bank Select 1 - Modulation 7 - Volume 10 - Pan 64 - Sustain Pedal
Trigger- to- MIDI
Most Common Controllers
32 - 63
Controller #0
39. Various / FX
96 - 119
Program Data
Hexadecimal
MTC
40. 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.
VCF
MIDI Implementation Chart
64
Event Chasing
41. Increments of 16th notes measured from the beginning of the song; Provides bars - beats - and ticks; Relative
Mirroring
Binary
SPP
Synchronization Types
42. MIDI's version of SMPTE; Contains two types of messages (full frame & quarter frame)
Mirroring
MIDI Time Code
MIDI Event
Control Change (Controllers)
43. Volume
Direct
7
Binary
Active Sensing
44. 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
64
Examples of Location Sync
SPP
45. OMNI ON
Channel Mode Message 125
120 - 127
Song Position Pointer
System Exclusive Protocol
46. (MIDI Beat Clock) - Keeps devices locked to the same tempo (24 PPQN)
MIDI Region
Tune Request
Timing Clock
Quarter Frame Message
47. (Vertical Interval Time Code); Popular method for recording time code onto videotape; Video version of SMPTE; Absolute
Tune Request
VITC
Types of Location Sync
System Exclusive Protocol
48. 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'
Registered Parameter Numbers
Tempo
System Messages
Channel Mode Message 122
49. Tune Request; Song Select; Song Position Pointer; MIDI Time Code
Types of Location Sync
Channel Mode Message 121
0 - 32
System Common Messages
50. Divide the number by 16 and convert remainder to hexadecimal value
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
Decimal
Song Select
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