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MIDI - 2
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1. F7h
Tempo
Start of Exclusive
System Realtime Messages
End of Exclusive (EOX)
2. Voltage signal changes AMPLITUDE
MSB
VCA
Channel Mode Message 127
MIDI Region
3. (Vertical Interval Time Code); Popular method for recording time code onto videotape; Video version of SMPTE; Absolute
Device ID
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
96 - 119
VITC
4. 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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5. Resets to default power up state
Low Resolution
Timing Clock
Bank Select
System Reset
6. Synchronization to a point in time or a direct address
Relative Location Synchronization
Location
Song Position Pointer
Quarter Frame Message
7. Contains entire SMPTE address plus the last issued transport command (Start - Stop - Continue); 10 bytes long
MTC Full Frame Message
Synchronization
MIDI Time Code
Tempo
8. Preferred; Not referenced from the beginning of the song; Slave always identifies with location of bar
Relative Location Synchronization
Absolute Location Synchronization
Registered Parameter Numbers
Direct
9. All Notes OFF (Release Time) ~ Does not guarantee a complete sound loss
0 - 32
Trigger- to- MIDI
MIDI Region
Channel Mode Message 123
10. 16 -384
High Resolution Bank Total
Product ID
End of Exclusive (EOX)
LSB
11. 1 (msb) ---> 110 (System Message) ---> 0100 (Which Message)
System Message Format
Request
Song Select
VCA
12. Increments of 16th notes measured from the beginning of the song; Provides bars - beats - and ticks; Relative
System Exclusive
Hexadecimal
SPP
Song Position Pointer
13. 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
BPM
Running Status
Full Frame Message
MIDI Beat Clock
14. Guitar - Bass - Strings - & Monophonic Audio- to-Video Conversion; More Expressive
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
32 - 63
Control Change (Controllers)
MIDI Implementation Chart
15. Base 16 (0 - F); The numbers 0 - 9 are still the same but the numbers 10 - 15 are represented by the letters A - F
MIDI Sync
Channel Mode Message 127
Hexadecimal
Handshake
16. (MIDI Beat Clock) - Keeps devices locked to the same tempo (24 PPQN)
Controller #0
ReWire
Timing Clock
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
17. Voltage signal changes HARMONIC CONTENT (TIMBRE)
VCO
VCF
System Realtime Messages
Song Select
18. Tune Request; Song Select; Song Position Pointer; MIDI Time Code
System Common Messages
MIDI Implementation Chart
Trigger- to- MIDI
Bank Select
19. MIDI Time Code message sent during playback
Synchronization
Location
Quarter Frame
Controller #0
20. 16 -384 available Banks; Most common mirrored controller; Each bank contains 128 Programs (0 - 127); 2 -097 -152 possible Program Changes for MIDI
MSB
Types of Location Sync
LTC
Bank Select
21. 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.
Examples of Location Sync
MIDI Implementation Chart
Channel Mode Message 124
Full Frame Message
22. OMNI OFF
VCO
High Resolution Bank Total
Channel Mode Message 124
Controller Categories
23. 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
System Reset
Control Change (Controllers)
Start of Exclusive
24. Container that carries all MIDI events in a sequence; Method of grouping MIDI events to make editing and arranging easier
0 - 32
Where to Save SysEx Data
MIDI Region
Trigger- to- MIDI
25. 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
Timing Clock
MIDI Sync
96 - 119
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
26. Always referenced from the beginning of the song
Decimal
Relative Location Synchronization
Tempo Sync Types
96 - 119
27. Volume
MIDI Time Code
MIDI Show Control
VCO
7
28. Voltage signal changes PITCH
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
Full Frame Message
VCO
Manufacturer's ID
29. Base 10
Quarter Frame
Controller Categories
Channel Mode Message 124
Decimal
30. Tells analog oscillators to 'tune up'
Tune Request
Song Select
Direct
Controller Categories
31. The process of locking two or more devices together in time and/or tempo
Quarter Frame Message
Bank Select
Synchronization
Handshake
32. How high resolution is achieved in MIDI Controllers
MIDI Beat Clock
Most Common Controllers
Mirroring
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
33. Designed for the Theatrical and Staging Industries; Allows MIDI to control over audio and video playback systems - lighting & effects - pyrotechnics - machinery - and robotics
Synchronization Types
SMPTE
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
MIDI Show Control
34. Starts a sequence or pattern
Start
Product ID
Channel Mode Message 125
Tune Request
35. Sometimes called a USER ID; Can be changed on two pieces of the same equipment
ReWire
System Realtime Messages
Full Frame Message
Device ID
36. 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
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
Mirroring Requirements
SPP
Channel Mode Message 123
37. Divide the number by 16 and convert remainder to hexadecimal value
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
Bank Select
Start of Exclusive
ReWire
38. 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
Running Status
Product ID
Mirroring Requirements
39. Locks devices to the same location (in increments of 16th notes)
Song Position Pointer
Direct
Location
System Messages
40. Pan
10
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
MIDI Beat Clock
Low Resolution
41. Message sent for the device to send SysEx data - then sends it to the device; Most commonly used by an editor or library program
Tempo
Request
Controller #0
Full Frame Message
42. Controls some aspect of sound on a channel; 128 Different controllers available (1 -127); Give us the ability to automate changes when recorded
Request
Control Change (Controllers)
Tune Request
0 - 32
43. Timing Clock; Start; Continue; Stop; Active Sensing; System Reset
Bank Select
Control Change Data Train
System Realtime Messages
Registered Parameter Numbers
44. Model number (functions similar to MAN ID but happens after the MAN ID is validated)
Product ID
Synchronization
Channel Mode Message 126
120 - 127
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
Manufacturer's ID
Tempo
Examples of Location Sync
Offset
46. SPP with added tempo information; Relative
Continue
MTC Full Frame Message
MIDI Sync
Event Chasing
47. Tempo & Location
Controller #0
Synchronization
Control Change Data Train
Synchronization Types
48. Channel Mode Messages
Synchronization Types
120 - 127
Most Common Controllers
Active Sensing
49. Converting an analog signal or sound into a MIDI message
64 - 95
Pitch- to- MIDI
Absolute Location Synchronization
System Messages
50. Continues the sequence or pattern from where it was last stopped
MIDI Region
Continue
Song Select
64