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MIDI - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Most Significant Byte; Controller #0
MSB
System Realtime Messages
MTC Full Frame Message
VCO
2. 0 - 32 - Bank Select 1 - Modulation 7 - Volume 10 - Pan 64 - Sustain Pedal
Binary
Most Common Controllers
Mirroring
MTC Full Frame Message
3. F0h (One of the highest priority system message)
Channel Mode Message 121
Full Frame
Start of Exclusive
VCO
4. Various / FX
96 - 119
Mirroring
System Exclusive
Decimal
5. Stops the sequence or pattern
Stop
System Exclusive Protocol
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
Pitch- to- MIDI
6. Channel Mode Messages
120 - 127
Channel Mode Message 123
Quarter Frame
System Exclusive Protocol
7. Storage Media or Sequence Track
Where to Save SysEx Data
Tempo Sync Types
0 - 32
Most Common Controllers
8. Using handshake wiring - requests for data are continuously sent between devices
Program Data
Handshake
Tempo
Start of Exclusive
9. Start of Exclusive; Manufacturer's ID; Product ID; Device ID; Program Data; End of Exclusive (EOX)
Channel Mode Message 123
System Exclusive Protocol
Decimal
Control Change (Controllers)
10. Bank Select
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
Channel Mode Message 121
Channel Mode Message 122
0 - 32
11. A pulse is sent out every 300 ms; If a slave device receives them it will function normally
Continue
Running Status
Active Sensing
MIDI Show Control
12. Timing Clock; Start; Continue; Stop; Active Sensing; System Reset
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
Binary
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
System Realtime Messages
13. 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
VCA
ReWire
Stop
System Realtime Messages
14. Synchronization to a point in time or a direct address
Location
MIDI Show Control
Controller Categories
VITC
15. Container that carries all MIDI events in a sequence; Method of grouping MIDI events to make editing and arranging easier
Timing Clock
Quarter Frame
MIDI Region
Start
16. 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
Handshake
MIDI Implementation Chart
Channel Mode Message 123
17. 00 - 31 = Low Resolution (MSB) 32 - 63 = High Resolution (LSB) 64 - 95 = Switches 96 - 119 = Various / FX 120 - 127 = Channel Mode Messages
0 - 32
Synchronization Types
Controller Categories
Start of Exclusive
18. MIDI Clock; MIDI Sync
Channel Mode Message 126
SPP
Hexadecimal
Tempo Sync Types
19. Using a key - button - pad - slider - knob - etc. to generate a MIDI message; 80% - 90% of MIDI controllers use this method for MIDI conversion
Channel Mode Message 124
1
Trigger- to- MIDI
System Exclusive Protocol
20. Local ON/OFF
Absolute Location Synchronization
Song Select
Trigger- to- MIDI
Channel Mode Message 122
21. 2 Bytes Long; 4 sent per frame of SMPTE; 8 frames needed to make a complete SMPTED address; 2 full frames of SMPTE are needed to visually update the address
System Exclusive
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
Registered Parameter Numbers
Quarter Frame Message
22. Actual bulk of data; Easily up to 100 parameters (Patch Name - Filters - LFO - Oscillator Settings - and all other data)
Absolute Location Synchronization
Program Data
Channel Mode Message 120
Start of Exclusive
23. 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
Most Common Controllers
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
Event Chasing
Start of Exclusive
24. POLY
Registered Parameter Numbers
Channel Mode Message 127
System Exclusive
BPM
25. How high resolution is achieved in MIDI Controllers
Running Status
VCO
Mirroring
Product ID
26. High Resolution (LSB)
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
System Exclusive Protocol
32 - 63
VITC
27. Volume
Request
7
Device ID
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
28. OMNI OFF
Channel Mode Message 121
System Exclusive Protocol
Absolute Location Synchronization
Channel Mode Message 124
29. Message sent for the device to send SysEx data - then sends it to the device; Most commonly used by an editor or library program
Request
Device ID
ReWire
Event Chasing
30. Used to represent sound or performance parameters (must be used by all manufacturers)
64
Continue
Registered Parameter Numbers
System Reset
31. Modulation
1
End of Exclusive (EOX)
Continue
Examples of Location Sync
32. 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
Event Chasing
Running Status
SMPTE
Tempo Sync Types
33. 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.
1
00 - 31
Quarter Frame
MIDI Implementation Chart
34. Voltage signal changes PITCH
VCO
System Reset
Examples of Location Sync
System Common Messages
35. Voltage signal changes HARMONIC CONTENT (TIMBRE)
96 - 119
VCF
Control Change (Controllers)
MSB
36. 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
Handshake
Device ID
Timing Clock
System Reset
37. Locks devices to the same location (in increments of 16th notes)
Timing Clock
Control Change Data Train
Song Position Pointer
Channel Mode Message 127
38. Switches
Channel Mode Message 125
System Message Format
64 - 95
120 - 127
39. Preferred; Not referenced from the beginning of the song; Slave always identifies with location of bar
Song Position Pointer
Absolute Location Synchronization
Control Change Data Train
Channel Mode Message 127
40. Resets to default power up state
System Reset
VCO
Request
Channel Mode Message 125
41. Contains entire SMPTE address plus the last issued transport command (Start - Stop - Continue); 10 bytes long
Tune Request
Device ID
Mirroring
MTC Full Frame Message
42. 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
Running Status
Channel Mode Message 122
Song Position Pointer
High Resolution Bank Total
43. The process of locking two or more devices together in time and/or tempo
Synchronization
Pitch- to- MIDI
Channel Mode Message 123
Running Status
44. MIDI Time Code message sent during playback
Channel Mode Message 127
VCO
Continue
Quarter Frame
45. SPP with added tempo information; Relative
VCO
MIDI Sync
Full Frame
MIDI Region
46. Model number (functions similar to MAN ID but happens after the MAN ID is validated)
Relative Location Synchronization
Channel Mode Message 120
Product ID
Full Frame Message
47. Controls some aspect of sound on a channel; 128 Different controllers available (1 -127); Give us the ability to automate changes when recorded
VCA
MIDI Implementation Chart
Control Change (Controllers)
Hexadecimal
48. Converting an analog signal or sound into a MIDI message
LSB
Start
Pitch- to- MIDI
MIDI Region
49. Starts a sequence or pattern
System Message Format
Registered Parameter Numbers
Start
Control Change Data Train
50. Voltage signal changes AMPLITUDE
Types of Location Sync
Decimal
VCA
Request