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MIDI - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Direct; Request; Handshake
LSB
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
Channel Mode Message 121
2. Local ON/OFF
VCA
Channel Mode Message 123
MIDI Beat Clock
Channel Mode Message 122
3. Reset All Controllers
Manufacturer's ID
Channel Mode Message 121
Tempo Sync Types
7
4. Always referenced from the beginning of the song
Relative Location Synchronization
Request
Timing Clock
120 - 127
5. SPP with added tempo information; Relative
System Message Format
Channel Mode Message 122
VITC
MIDI Sync
6. Various / FX
Control Change (Controllers)
MIDI Implementation Chart
96 - 119
Channel Mode Message 126
7. Channel Mode Messages
Location
120 - 127
Tempo Sync Types
Channel Mode Message 123
8. Storage Media or Sequence Track
Relative Location Synchronization
Where to Save SysEx Data
Binary
MIDI Sync
9. 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
Start
Active Sensing
Channel Mode Message 124
Offset
10. MIDI's version of SMPTE; Contains two types of messages (full frame & quarter frame)
System Realtime Messages
MIDI Time Code
Tempo Sync Types
Hexadecimal
11. F7h
End of Exclusive (EOX)
MIDI Event
System Reset
MIDI Region
12. 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
1
Timing Clock
MIDI Show Control
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
13. 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
MIDI Region
MIDI Beat Clock
Channel Mode Message 122
32 - 63
14. MIDI Time Code message sent during playback
Channel Mode Message 127
Control Change (Controllers)
Controller Categories
Quarter Frame
15. Most Significant Byte; Controller #0
System Exclusive
System Exclusive Protocol
Mirroring
MSB
16. Bank Select
0 - 32
MTC
Full Frame Message
Where to Save SysEx Data
17. Synchronization to the timing or speed of a pattern or song
MIDI Sync
96 - 119
End of Exclusive (EOX)
Tempo
18. Designed for the Theatrical and Staging Industries; Allows MIDI to control over audio and video playback systems - lighting & effects - pyrotechnics - machinery - and robotics
Control Change Data Train
Mirroring Requirements
End of Exclusive (EOX)
MIDI Show Control
19. (Vertical Interval Time Code); Popular method for recording time code onto videotape; Video version of SMPTE; Absolute
120 - 127
7
VITC
VCF
20. Locks devices to the same location (in increments of 16th notes)
32 - 63
10
Song Position Pointer
VITC
21. 16 -384
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
High Resolution Bank Total
64 - 95
Tune Request
22. Converting an analog signal or sound into a MIDI message
Examples of Location Sync
BPM
Pitch- to- MIDI
96 - 119
23. MIDI Clock; MIDI Sync
Trigger- to- MIDI
Controller Categories
Tempo Sync Types
96 - 119
24. Container that carries all MIDI events in a sequence; Method of grouping MIDI events to make editing and arranging easier
Event Chasing
MIDI Region
7
Hexadecimal
25. Using handshake wiring - requests for data are continuously sent between devices
System Exclusive
Full Frame
Handshake
LSB
26. MIDI Time Code message only sent on start - stop or continue
Channel Mode Message 124
Full Frame
Mirroring Requirements
Hexadecimal
27. Used to represent sound or performance parameters (must be used by all manufacturers)
Controller #0
Registered Parameter Numbers
End of Exclusive (EOX)
Examples of Location Sync
28. Keyboards - Wind Controllers - Brass Controllers - Electronic Drums - and Control Surfaces; Significantly less latency
Controller Categories
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
Tune Request
10
29. Base 10
120 - 127
Request
10
Decimal
30. 1 (msb) ---> 110 (System Message) ---> 0100 (Which Message)
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
Channel Mode Message 120
System Message Format
Relative Location Synchronization
31. 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
SPP
Mirroring Requirements
Request
VCA
32. Message sent for the device to send SysEx data - then sends it to the device; Most commonly used by an editor or library program
Location
Request
Manufacturer's ID
64
33. Status Byte = Controller + Channel Data Byte 1 = Controller Number Data Byte 2 = 0 - 127 (Value/Range)
Mirroring
Low Resolution
LTC
Tune Request
34. (Controller + Channel) + Controller # + Amount
Low Resolution
Control Change Data Train
Event Chasing
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
35. 00 - 31 = Low Resolution (MSB) 32 - 63 = High Resolution (LSB) 64 - 95 = Switches 96 - 119 = Various / FX 120 - 127 = Channel Mode Messages
Controller Categories
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
Pitch- to- MIDI
Stop
36. Beats Per Minute
Pitch- to- MIDI
Control Change (Controllers)
Song Position Pointer
BPM
37. Sometimes called a USER ID; Can be changed on two pieces of the same equipment
Running Status
Device ID
Offset
Absolute Location Synchronization
38. 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
MIDI Event
Direct
Event Chasing
Types of Location Sync
39. Voltage signal changes AMPLITUDE
VCA
Start of Exclusive
LTC
Controller #0
40. POLY
7
Direct
Channel Mode Message 127
Program Data
41. (MIDI Beat Clock) - Keeps devices locked to the same tempo (24 PPQN)
Most Common Controllers
120 - 127
Absolute Location Synchronization
Timing Clock
42. Start of Exclusive; Manufacturer's ID; Product ID; Device ID; Program Data; End of Exclusive (EOX)
VCA
Start
System Exclusive Protocol
Active Sensing
43. Tune Request; Song Select; Song Position Pointer; MIDI Time Code
Request
MTC Full Frame Message
Song Position Pointer
System Common Messages
44. Actual bulk of data; Easily up to 100 parameters (Patch Name - Filters - LFO - Oscillator Settings - and all other data)
Channel Mode Message 127
Program Data
MTC Full Frame Message
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
45. How high resolution is achieved in MIDI Controllers
1
Mirroring
Registered Parameter Numbers
Controller #0
46. Controls some aspect of sound on a channel; 128 Different controllers available (1 -127); Give us the ability to automate changes when recorded
SMPTE
Channel Mode Message 121
System Messages
Control Change (Controllers)
47. MIDI Time Code; Sub- format of SMPTE; Absolute
Examples of Location Sync
Mirroring
Synchronization
MTC
48. Tempo & Location
System Exclusive Protocol
Pitch- to- MIDI
Synchronization Types
Song Select
49. Volume
VITC
Registered Parameter Numbers
Full Frame
7
50. ( 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
Offset
Full Frame Message
Tempo Sync Types
Tune Request