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MIDI - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Voltage signal changes AMPLITUDE
Trigger- to- MIDI
VCA
Continue
Running Status
2. Voltage signal changes HARMONIC CONTENT (TIMBRE)
VCF
Handshake
System Messages
Channel Mode Message 125
3. Used to represent sound or performance parameters (must be used by all manufacturers)
Channel Mode Message 125
Location
Song Select
Registered Parameter Numbers
4. Actual bulk of data; Easily up to 100 parameters (Patch Name - Filters - LFO - Oscillator Settings - and all other data)
MIDI Event
LTC
Program Data
Hexadecimal
5. Relative & Absolute
Start of Exclusive
Timing Clock
Types of Location Sync
SMPTE
6. OMNI ON
Device ID
Channel Mode Message 125
System Exclusive
Timing Clock
7. Tune Request; Song Select; Song Position Pointer; MIDI Time Code
32 - 63
Start of Exclusive
120 - 127
System Common Messages
8. Various / FX
Trigger- to- MIDI
96 - 119
Relative Location Synchronization
Channel Mode Message 126
9. Converting an analog signal or sound into a MIDI message
Pitch- to- MIDI
Program Data
System Messages
Where to Save SysEx Data
10. Base 2
MSB
Binary
LTC
Timing Clock
11. Synchronization to a point in time or a direct address
MTC Full Frame Message
Location
Bank Select
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
12. Divide the number by 16 and convert remainder to hexadecimal value
Channel Mode Message 126
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
MTC Full Frame Message
Channel Mode Message 124
13. 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
Direct
MSB
Offset
Timing Clock
14. ( 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
Full Frame
Full Frame Message
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
96 - 119
15. Resets to default power up state
Direct
System Reset
Stop
Tempo
16. 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
Mirroring Requirements
ReWire
System Common Messages
VITC
17. Manually initiate transfer from device
MIDI Beat Clock
LTC
Direct
End of Exclusive (EOX)
18. (MIDI Beat Clock) - Keeps devices locked to the same tempo (24 PPQN)
120 - 127
Request
Handshake
Timing Clock
19. 16 -384
Program Data
Synchronization
High Resolution Bank Total
64 - 95
20. Volume
System Exclusive
System Exclusive Protocol
120 - 127
7
21. Reset All Controllers
MSB
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
Channel Mode Message 121
Offset
22. Guitar - Bass - Strings - & Monophonic Audio- to-Video Conversion; More Expressive
64 - 95
Stop
Hexadecimal
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
23. (Controller + Channel) + Controller # + Amount
Device ID
MIDI Region
Control Change Data Train
Mirroring Requirements
24. Tells analog oscillators to 'tune up'
Synchronization Types
Tune Request
Channel Mode Message 123
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
25. 00 - 31 = Low Resolution (MSB) 32 - 63 = High Resolution (LSB) 64 - 95 = Switches 96 - 119 = Various / FX 120 - 127 = Channel Mode Messages
Controller Categories
Full Frame Message
7
Relative Location Synchronization
26. 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
Program Data
Mirroring Requirements
Channel Mode Message 122
Quarter Frame
27. Pan
10
Synchronization Types
Types of Location Sync
64
28. All Sounds OFF ~ Cuts all outputs of sound ==> SILENCE
Pitch- to- MIDI
Channel Mode Message 120
Controller #0
64 - 95
29. 16 -384 available Banks; Most common mirrored controller; Each bank contains 128 Programs (0 - 127); 2 -097 -152 possible Program Changes for MIDI
System Reset
7
Bank Select
Pitch- to- MIDI
30. 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
Song Position Pointer
Running Status
MIDI Time Code
1
31. Local ON/OFF
Channel Mode Message 122
SPP
0 - 32
Channel Mode Message 127
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
Channel Mode Message 126
MTC
Examples of Location Sync
33. Status Byte = Controller + Channel Data Byte 1 = Controller Number Data Byte 2 = 0 - 127 (Value/Range)
VITC
Event Chasing
Start of Exclusive
Low Resolution
34. Using handshake wiring - requests for data are continuously sent between devices
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
Hexadecimal
Manufacturer's ID
Handshake
35. Least Significant Byte; Controller #32
7
System Reset
LSB
VCO
36. Tempo & Location
Synchronization Types
MSB
Quarter Frame Message
Timing Clock
37. 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
Request
System Realtime Messages
SMPTE
Pitch- to- MIDI
38. 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 123
Song Position Pointer
Hexadecimal
Offset
39. Channel Mode Messages
Channel Mode Message 121
Registered Parameter Numbers
120 - 127
VITC
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.
Controller #0
MIDI Implementation Chart
Control Change Data Train
Handshake
41. Voltage signal changes PITCH
VCO
Device ID
Mirroring Requirements
Decimal
42. Low Resolution (MSB)
Handshake
BPM
00 - 31
Program Data
43. Longitudinal Time Code; When SMPTE time code is encoded as an audio signal on audio track; Audio version of SMPTE; Absolute
Pitch- to- MIDI
Song Position Pointer
Tune Request
LTC
44. OMNI OFF
MIDI Event
MTC
Channel Mode Message 124
Offset
45. 0 - 32 - Bank Select 1 - Modulation 7 - Volume 10 - Pan 64 - Sustain Pedal
64
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
Quarter Frame
Most Common Controllers
46. Locks devices to the same location (in increments of 16th notes)
MIDI Beat Clock
Song Position Pointer
Product ID
Channel Mode Message 125
47. Beats Per Minute
Trigger- to- MIDI
Full Frame
SMPTE
BPM
48. Most Significant Byte; Controller #0
Channel Mode Message 123
Decimal
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
MSB
49. 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
Full Frame
MIDI Beat Clock
Device ID
MIDI Region
50. Bank Select
Controller Categories
0 - 32
Manufacturer's ID
MTC