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MIDI - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Least Significant Byte; Controller #32
System Exclusive Protocol
LSB
Mirroring
Control Change (Controllers)
2. Resets to default power up state
MSB
System Reset
LSB
Controller #0
3. 16 -384
High Resolution Bank Total
System Exclusive
MIDI Sync
System Exclusive Protocol
4. Container that carries all MIDI events in a sequence; Method of grouping MIDI events to make editing and arranging easier
MIDI Region
32 - 63
Product ID
Channel Mode Message 126
5. Voltage signal changes PITCH
Location
96 - 119
VCO
Start of Exclusive
6. Most Significant Byte; Controller #0
0 - 32
MSB
Tune Request
Channel Mode Message 123
7. Continues the sequence or pattern from where it was last stopped
Continue
Channel Mode Message 123
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
VCO
8. 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
SMPTE
64 - 95
Decimal
Full Frame
9. Timing Clock; Start; Continue; Stop; Active Sensing; System Reset
MSB
System Realtime Messages
MIDI Show Control
VCF
10. Manually initiate transfer from device
Most Common Controllers
VCO
Direct
Bank Select
11. Stops the sequence or pattern
Hexadecimal
Stop
MTC
Song Position Pointer
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
Timing Clock
Mirroring
7
System Exclusive Protocol
13. Storage Media or Sequence Track
BPM
Types of Location Sync
Where to Save SysEx Data
VCO
14. Keyboards - Wind Controllers - Brass Controllers - Electronic Drums - and Control Surfaces; Significantly less latency
Tempo Sync Types
Stop
MIDI Show Control
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
15. Assigned by MMA and JMSC; These need to be used with all future SysEx messages or they will be ignored (think saved patches)
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16. 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
Low Resolution
MIDI Beat Clock
MSB
Mirroring Requirements
17. Controls some aspect of sound on a channel; 128 Different controllers available (1 -127); Give us the ability to automate changes when recorded
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
Trigger- to- MIDI
VITC
Control Change (Controllers)
18. 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
End of Exclusive (EOX)
Location
Song Position Pointer
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
19. Tune Request; Song Select; Song Position Pointer; MIDI Time Code
LTC
Channel Mode Message 120
System Common Messages
Manufacturer's ID
20. Always referenced from the beginning of the song
Relative Location Synchronization
System Common Messages
10
Pitch- to- MIDI
21. 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
Hexadecimal
Running Status
Stop
MIDI Region
22. Increments of 16th notes measured from the beginning of the song; Provides bars - beats - and ticks; Relative
Channel Mode Message 120
SPP
Trigger- to- MIDI
Continue
23. Guitar - Bass - Strings - & Monophonic Audio- to-Video Conversion; More Expressive
Tempo Sync Types
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
Location
Pitch- to MIDI Devices (Examples)
24. Synchronization to a point in time or a direct address
Tempo Sync Types
96 - 119
Location
Most Common Controllers
25. Divide the number by 16 and convert remainder to hexadecimal value
Channel Mode Message 125
Types of Location Sync
MIDI Time Code
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
26. Actual bulk of data; Easily up to 100 parameters (Patch Name - Filters - LFO - Oscillator Settings - and all other data)
Running Status
MTC
1
Program Data
27. Preferred; Not referenced from the beginning of the song; Slave always identifies with location of bar
Timing Clock
96 - 119
Request
Absolute Location Synchronization
28. A pulse is sent out every 300 ms; If a slave device receives them it will function normally
Active Sensing
Tune Request
BPM
Offset
29. Base 2
System Reset
Binary
Channel Mode Message 122
96 - 119
30. Channel Mode Messages
Channel Mode Message 127
VCF
MTC Full Frame Message
120 - 127
31. Sometimes called a USER ID; Can be changed on two pieces of the same equipment
Tempo Sync Types
Device ID
Running Status
Where to Save SysEx Data
32. 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
Best Way to Calculate Hexadecimal
Offset
System Reset
Channel Mode Message 126
33. MIDI Time Code; Sub- format of SMPTE; Absolute
System Exclusive
Direct
Absolute Location Synchronization
MTC
34. Switches
Timing Clock
64 - 95
SPP
Full Frame Message
35. (MIDI Beat Clock) - Keeps devices locked to the same tempo (24 PPQN)
Most Common Controllers
Timing Clock
Channel Mode Message 120
Controller #0
36. MIDI Clock; MIDI Sync
Channel Mode Message 123
Trigger- to- MIDI
System Message Format
Tempo Sync Types
37. A way to save or change complete settings
System Reset
System Exclusive
Stop
Offset
38. Tempo & Location
Synchronization Types
System Realtime Messages
Channel Mode Message 125
Event Chasing
39. Longitudinal Time Code; When SMPTE time code is encoded as an audio signal on audio track; Audio version of SMPTE; Absolute
64 - 95
LTC
BPM
Synchronization
40. All Notes OFF (Release Time) ~ Does not guarantee a complete sound loss
Channel Mode Message 123
System Exclusive Protocol
System Messages
Pitch- to- MIDI
41. 1 (msb) ---> 110 (System Message) ---> 0100 (Which Message)
Channel Mode Message 122
MIDI Show Control
System Message Format
Stop
42. F7h
SPP
Binary
End of Exclusive (EOX)
Where to Save SysEx Data
43. OMNI ON
Channel Mode Message 125
Song Position Pointer
10
Start
44. SMPTE; MTC; LTC; VITC; SPP
Examples of Location Sync
Product ID
Song Select
Song Position Pointer
45. Starts a sequence or pattern
SMPTE
Start
Device ID
10
46. Base 16 (0 - F); The numbers 0 - 9 are still the same but the numbers 10 - 15 are represented by the letters A - F
LSB
Control Change Data Train
64 - 95
Hexadecimal
47. MONO
Stop
Types of Location Sync
Channel Mode Message 126
Absolute Location Synchronization
48. Controller that will commonly change banks on most MIDI devices (sometimes 0 & 32 are necessary)
Bank Select
Channel Mode Message 122
Controller #0
MTC
49. Tells analog oscillators to 'tune up'
System Messages
VITC
System Message Format
Tune Request
50. Direct; Request; Handshake
Trigger- to- MIDI Devices (Examples)
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
Tempo
00 - 31