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MIDI - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Tune Request; Song Select; Song Position Pointer; MIDI Time Code
Where to Save SysEx Data
System Common Messages
Quarter Frame Message
Timing Clock
2. Various / FX
96 - 119
Tune Request
Controller Categories
Examples of Location Sync
3. Converting an analog signal or sound into a MIDI message
120 - 127
Product ID
00 - 31
Pitch- to- MIDI
4. Designed for the Theatrical and Staging Industries; Allows MIDI to control over audio and video playback systems - lighting & effects - pyrotechnics - machinery - and robotics
Start of Exclusive
Timing Clock
MIDI Show Control
32 - 63
5. High Resolution (LSB)
Synchronization
Channel Mode Message 121
Timing Clock
32 - 63
6. Actual bulk of data; Easily up to 100 parameters (Patch Name - Filters - LFO - Oscillator Settings - and all other data)
Program Data
Mirroring Requirements
Song Select
MTC
7. ( 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
MIDI Sync
LSB
Running Status
Full Frame Message
8. OMNI OFF
MTC
Song Select
120 - 127
Channel Mode Message 124
9. MIDI's version of SMPTE; Contains two types of messages (full frame & quarter frame)
Request
32 - 63
MIDI Time Code
64
10. 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
Channel Mode Message 121
Running Status
MTC
Synchronization
11. Volume
Binary
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
System Realtime Messages
7
12. 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'
32 - 63
System Messages
Location
0 - 32
13. Continues the sequence or pattern from where it was last stopped
Continue
Program Data
Channel Mode Message 123
System Reset
14. Tempo & Location
Synchronization Types
MIDI Beat Clock
Controller Categories
LSB
15. (Controller + Channel) + Controller # + Amount
Control Change (Controllers)
64 - 95
Control Change Data Train
Stop
16. Base 2
Absolute Location Synchronization
64 - 95
Decimal
Binary
17. Storage Media or Sequence Track
MTC Full Frame Message
System Reset
LSB
Where to Save SysEx Data
18. Base 16 (0 - F); The numbers 0 - 9 are still the same but the numbers 10 - 15 are represented by the letters A - F
64 - 95
Synchronization
Hexadecimal
Timing Clock
19. Bank Select
Mirroring Requirements
Timing Clock
10
0 - 32
20. Base 10
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
Absolute Location Synchronization
Decimal
Song Select
21. Stops the sequence or pattern
64 - 95
Stop
ReWire
VCF
22. F0h (One of the highest priority system message)
Relative Location Synchronization
Channel Mode Message 126
Start of Exclusive
Stop
23. 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
Tempo
00 - 31
24. POLY
System Exclusive Protocol
Channel Mode Message 127
Where to Save SysEx Data
Channel Mode Message 121
25. Beats Per Minute
Channel Mode Message 122
64 - 95
Mirroring
BPM
26. Switches
64
Event Chasing
96 - 119
64 - 95
27. Synchronization to the timing or speed of a pattern or song
MSB
Start of Exclusive
SPP
Tempo
28. Sustain Pedal
Where to Save SysEx Data
64
MTC Full Frame Message
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
29. 16 -384
High Resolution Bank Total
Examples of Location Sync
End of Exclusive (EOX)
Handshake
30. Resets to default power up state
System Reset
Device ID
Quarter Frame Message
Full Frame
31. Model number (functions similar to MAN ID but happens after the MAN ID is validated)
Decimal
Running Status
1
Product ID
32. Controls some aspect of sound on a channel; 128 Different controllers available (1 -127); Give us the ability to automate changes when recorded
Quarter Frame
Bank Select
LSB
Control Change (Controllers)
33. Most Significant Byte; Controller #0
SMPTE
System Messages
Device ID
MSB
34. 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
Mirroring Requirements
SPP
Hexadecimal
Channel Mode Message 123
35. MIDI Time Code message sent during playback
Quarter Frame
Location
System Common Messages
Examples of Location Sync
36. 16 -384 available Banks; Most common mirrored controller; Each bank contains 128 Programs (0 - 127); 2 -097 -152 possible Program Changes for MIDI
Synchronization Types
Running Status
Bank Select
System Messages
37. Single MIDI message; Status Byte + associated Data Bytes; Can be edited individually allowing complete control over every minute detail of the MIDI sequence
Device ID
MIDI Sync
MIDI Event
System Exclusive
38. SPP with added tempo information; Relative
Channel Mode Message 122
MIDI Sync
MIDI Show Control
Start
39. 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
Channel Mode Message 122
Song Select
Manufacturer's ID
SMPTE
40. MIDI Time Code; Sub- format of SMPTE; Absolute
MIDI Implementation Chart
MTC
Binary
MIDI Time Code
41. 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
Channel Mode Message 122
Tempo
64 - 95
MIDI Beat Clock
42. 0 - 32 - Bank Select 1 - Modulation 7 - Volume 10 - Pan 64 - Sustain Pedal
MIDI Show Control
VITC
Most Common Controllers
Program Data
43. Divide the number by 16 and convert remainder to hexadecimal value
Location
Active Sensing
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
Offset
44. Contains entire SMPTE address plus the last issued transport command (Start - Stop - Continue); 10 bytes long
MTC Full Frame Message
Quarter Frame
Low Resolution
Full Frame
45. 1 (msb) ---> 110 (System Message) ---> 0100 (Which Message)
Channel Mode Message 121
32 - 63
System Message Format
Manufacturer's ID
46. Preferred; Not referenced from the beginning of the song; Slave always identifies with location of bar
Hexadecimal
Absolute Location Synchronization
System Messages
Control Change (Controllers)
47. F7h
64 - 95
Channel Mode Message 123
Timing Clock
End of Exclusive (EOX)
48. Channel Mode Messages
MTC
VCF
120 - 127
High Resolution Bank Total
49. 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
SPP
Hexadecimal
00 - 31
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
50. Direct; Request; Handshake
Synchronization
Most Common Controllers
System Exclusive
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data