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MIDI - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Timing Clock; Start; Continue; Stop; Active Sensing; System Reset
System Realtime Messages
System Exclusive Protocol
MIDI Implementation Chart
Most Common Controllers
2. Most Significant Byte; Controller #0
MSB
32 - 63
BPM
VCO
3. Contains entire SMPTE address plus the last issued transport command (Start - Stop - Continue); 10 bytes long
MTC Full Frame Message
Channel Mode Message 120
Event Chasing
MTC
4. Container that carries all MIDI events in a sequence; Method of grouping MIDI events to make editing and arranging easier
MIDI Region
Synchronization
Mirroring Requirements
Timing Clock
5. 16 -384
System Message Format
High Resolution Bank Total
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
MIDI Event
6. Start of Exclusive; Manufacturer's ID; Product ID; Device ID; Program Data; End of Exclusive (EOX)
Channel Mode Message 122
System Exclusive Protocol
0 - 32
Quarter Frame
7. MONO
MTC Full Frame Message
Trigger- to- MIDI
Tempo Sync Types
Channel Mode Message 126
8. Single MIDI message; Status Byte + associated Data Bytes; Can be edited individually allowing complete control over every minute detail of the MIDI sequence
MIDI Event
VCA
Low Resolution
Device ID
9. Using a key - button - pad - slider - knob - etc. to generate a MIDI message; 80% - 90% of MIDI controllers use this method for MIDI conversion
VITC
Stop
Synchronization Types
Trigger- to- MIDI
10. 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
Tempo
MIDI Beat Clock
MIDI Sync
Tune Request
11. Controller that will commonly change banks on most MIDI devices (sometimes 0 & 32 are necessary)
SPP
MIDI Region
Controller #0
Hexadecimal
12. POLY
System Reset
Channel Mode Message 127
Request
SPP
13. Voltage signal changes AMPLITUDE
VCA
Channel Mode Message 125
Mirroring
Channel Mode Message 124
14. 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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15. Resets to default power up state
Bank Select
System Reset
Handshake
Control Change (Controllers)
16. Switches between songs or patterns on a sequence
MIDI Implementation Chart
Channel Mode Message 121
MIDI Event
Song Select
17. 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
System Exclusive
Synchronization Types
Direct
Mirroring Requirements
18. Used to represent sound or performance parameters (must be used by all manufacturers)
Product ID
Registered Parameter Numbers
Mirroring
MIDI Implementation Chart
19. MIDI Time Code message only sent on start - stop or continue
Registered Parameter Numbers
System Messages
Synchronization
Full Frame
20. Base 2
Binary
Start
Channel Mode Message 124
Registered Parameter Numbers
21. 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
MIDI Show Control
System Reset
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
SMPTE
22. Divide the number by 16 and convert remainder to hexadecimal value
32 - 63
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
MIDI Beat Clock
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
23. 00 - 31 = Low Resolution (MSB) 32 - 63 = High Resolution (LSB) 64 - 95 = Switches 96 - 119 = Various / FX 120 - 127 = Channel Mode Messages
Controller Categories
Start of Exclusive
Bank Select
64 - 95
24. Controls some aspect of sound on a channel; 128 Different controllers available (1 -127); Give us the ability to automate changes when recorded
System Reset
Control Change (Controllers)
MIDI Implementation Chart
Direct
25. Keyboards - Wind Controllers - Brass Controllers - Electronic Drums - and Control Surfaces; Significantly less latency
VCO
Start
VITC
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
26. Voltage signal changes PITCH
Product ID
VCO
Where to Save SysEx Data
BPM
27. MIDI Clock; MIDI Sync
00 - 31
End of Exclusive (EOX)
Stop
Tempo Sync Types
28. Continues the sequence or pattern from where it was last stopped
64 - 95
Continue
Channel Mode Message 121
MSB
29. Synchronization to a point in time or a direct address
Channel Mode Message 120
SPP
Channel Mode Message 121
Location
30. 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
BPM
MSB
Event Chasing
MIDI Show Control
31. Beats Per Minute
Tune Request
BPM
Tempo
Channel Mode Message 123
32. 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
Location
Pitch- to- MIDI
Event Chasing
33. Reset All Controllers
Channel Mode Message 121
MIDI Beat Clock
Channel Mode Message 123
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
34. Direct; Request; Handshake
System Realtime Messages
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
MTC
Request
35. ( 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
Song Select
Full Frame Message
Trigger- to- MIDI
MTC
36. Longitudinal Time Code; When SMPTE time code is encoded as an audio signal on audio track; Audio version of SMPTE; Absolute
1
Channel Mode Message 124
LTC
Handshake
37. Tempo & Location
Full Frame Message
Hexadecimal
MIDI Time Code
Synchronization Types
38. A way to save or change complete settings
LTC
Channel Mode Message 120
System Exclusive
VCF
39. 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
96 - 119
Mirroring Requirements
64
Running Status
40. MIDI's version of SMPTE; Contains two types of messages (full frame & quarter frame)
Mirroring
MIDI Region
MIDI Time Code
Handshake
41. Low Resolution (MSB)
00 - 31
Request
Tempo
Mirroring
42. Message sent for the device to send SysEx data - then sends it to the device; Most commonly used by an editor or library program
Full Frame Message
Request
32 - 63
Where to Save SysEx Data
43. Status Byte = Controller + Channel Data Byte 1 = Controller Number Data Byte 2 = 0 - 127 (Value/Range)
Binary
MIDI Event
Quarter Frame
Low Resolution
44. The process of locking two or more devices together in time and/or tempo
Active Sensing
MIDI Show Control
Location
Synchronization
45. 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
Control Change Data Train
Offset
Full Frame
Channel Mode Message 122
46. Manually initiate transfer from device
00 - 31
Channel Mode Message 121
Controller Categories
Direct
47. 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
System Exclusive
SPP
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
LTC
48. 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
MIDI Time Code
ReWire
VCA
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
49. Stops the sequence or pattern
Offset
Stop
Control Change Data Train
Types of Location Sync
50. F7h
End of Exclusive (EOX)
Active Sensing
VITC
SMPTE