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MIDI - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Low Resolution (MSB)
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
Offset
VCF
00 - 31
2. 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
Tempo
Most Common Controllers
SMPTE
Where to Save SysEx Data
3. How high resolution is achieved in MIDI Controllers
Mirroring
Types of Location Sync
MIDI Event
64
4. Sometimes called a USER ID; Can be changed on two pieces of the same equipment
Running Status
LTC
VCA
Device ID
5. Preferred; Not referenced from the beginning of the song; Slave always identifies with location of bar
Absolute Location Synchronization
Start of Exclusive
MTC Full Frame Message
Channel Mode Message 123
6. Voltage signal changes PITCH
Continue
MIDI Event
VCO
Event Chasing
7. Voltage signal changes AMPLITUDE
High Resolution Bank Total
MIDI Beat Clock
LTC
VCA
8. Synchronization to a point in time or a direct address
System Realtime Messages
Handshake
Tempo Sync Types
Location
9. 16 -384
High Resolution Bank Total
Control Change (Controllers)
Decimal
Pitch- to- MIDI
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
64
32 - 63
Running Status
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
11. Continues the sequence or pattern from where it was last stopped
Channel Mode Message 123
VITC
Continue
Absolute Location Synchronization
12. A way to save or change complete settings
Program Data
System Exclusive
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
Full Frame
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 Beat Clock
Bank Select
System Message Format
64 - 95
14. Sustain Pedal
Control Change (Controllers)
Timing Clock
64
LTC
15. 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
Program Data
00 - 31
Full Frame
Event Chasing
16. Voltage signal changes HARMONIC CONTENT (TIMBRE)
System Exclusive Protocol
Channel Mode Message 122
VCF
MTC
17. 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
Quarter Frame Message
Continue
Channel Mode Message 121
Active Sensing
18. The process of locking two or more devices together in time and/or tempo
Synchronization
Tune Request
Program Data
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
19. (Vertical Interval Time Code); Popular method for recording time code onto videotape; Video version of SMPTE; Absolute
Channel Mode Message 126
Channel Mode Message 121
VITC
BPM
20. MIDI Time Code message only sent on start - stop or continue
End of Exclusive (EOX)
64 - 95
00 - 31
Full Frame
21. POLY
Song Select
Channel Mode Message 127
7
Synchronization
22. Keyboards - Wind Controllers - Brass Controllers - Electronic Drums - and Control Surfaces; Significantly less latency
MTC Full Frame Message
Tune Request
System Realtime Messages
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
23. (Controller + Channel) + Controller # + Amount
MIDI Show Control
MIDI Time Code
Quarter Frame
Control Change Data Train
24. Direct; Request; Handshake
VCA
Controller #0
MIDI Region
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
25. OMNI OFF
Channel Mode Message 124
120 - 127
System Common Messages
Channel Mode Message 123
26. Switches
System Realtime Messages
64 - 95
1
Song Position Pointer
27. F0h (One of the highest priority system message)
Channel Mode Message 120
Start of Exclusive
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
Synchronization
28. High Resolution (LSB)
VITC
Tempo Sync Types
Control Change Data Train
32 - 63
29. 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
Start
Channel Mode Message 126
Running Status
30. Storage Media or Sequence Track
Where to Save SysEx Data
System Exclusive Protocol
Start of Exclusive
MSB
31. Switches between songs or patterns on a sequence
Pitch- to- MIDI
Decimal
Song Select
Song Position Pointer
32. Bank Select
MIDI Show Control
Bank Select
Low Resolution
0 - 32
33. Local ON/OFF
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
Channel Mode Message 122
Continue
Tune Request
34. Pan
Low Resolution
10
Registered Parameter Numbers
Absolute Location Synchronization
35. Controller that will commonly change banks on most MIDI devices (sometimes 0 & 32 are necessary)
Binary
End of Exclusive (EOX)
Controller #0
Channel Mode Message 125
36. Synchronization to the timing or speed of a pattern or song
10
Full Frame
Tempo
64 - 95
37. Manually initiate transfer from device
Registered Parameter Numbers
00 - 31
Direct
VCO
38. 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'
System Messages
96 - 119
Running Status
MIDI Time Code
39. Stops the sequence or pattern
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
Stop
Tempo
Examples of Location Sync
40. Longitudinal Time Code; When SMPTE time code is encoded as an audio signal on audio track; Audio version of SMPTE; Absolute
Stop
Handshake
LTC
Types of Location Sync
41. Least Significant Byte; Controller #32
LSB
0 - 32
Hexadecimal
MTC
42. Beats Per Minute
Channel Mode Message 126
Location
BPM
Channel Mode Message 120
43. Using a key - button - pad - slider - knob - etc. to generate a MIDI message; 80% - 90% of MIDI controllers use this method for MIDI conversion
MIDI Region
Running Status
Tempo
Trigger- to- MIDI
44. Contains entire SMPTE address plus the last issued transport command (Start - Stop - Continue); 10 bytes long
Channel Mode Message 126
Most Common Controllers
MTC Full Frame Message
VCA
45. Various / FX
0 - 32
96 - 119
SMPTE
BPM
46. Tune Request; Song Select; Song Position Pointer; MIDI Time Code
System Common Messages
Registered Parameter Numbers
Examples of Location Sync
Channel Mode Message 124
47. Tempo & Location
MSB
Full Frame Message
High Resolution Bank Total
Synchronization Types
48. Most Significant Byte; Controller #0
MSB
System Message Format
System Messages
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
49. Converting an analog signal or sound into a MIDI message
Tempo
Binary
Pitch- to- MIDI
BPM
50. Timing Clock; Start; Continue; Stop; Active Sensing; System Reset
VITC
System Realtime Messages
Channel Mode Message 127
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)