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MIDI - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Start of Exclusive; Manufacturer's ID; Product ID; Device ID; Program Data; End of Exclusive (EOX)
Controller Categories
MTC Full Frame Message
Hexadecimal
System Exclusive Protocol
2. Sustain Pedal
Full Frame Message
MSB
64
MIDI Sync
3. All Notes OFF (Release Time) ~ Does not guarantee a complete sound loss
MIDI Event
7
Channel Mode Message 123
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4. Model number (functions similar to MAN ID but happens after the MAN ID is validated)
Product ID
BPM
Continue
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5. (MIDI Beat Clock) - Keeps devices locked to the same tempo (24 PPQN)
VCF
Pitch- to- MIDI
00 - 31
Timing Clock
6. Reset All Controllers
Channel Mode Message 121
Device ID
Tune Request
MTC
7. 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
Trigger- to- MIDI
System Reset
Event Chasing
MSB
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
System Realtime Messages
MIDI Sync
SMPTE
Channel Mode Message 120
9. Beats Per Minute
Event Chasing
MIDI Implementation Chart
BPM
Running Status
10. Locks devices to the same location (in increments of 16th notes)
High Resolution Bank Total
Song Position Pointer
Pitch- to- MIDI
00 - 31
11. Controller that will commonly change banks on most MIDI devices (sometimes 0 & 32 are necessary)
Controller #0
Hexadecimal
MTC Full Frame Message
Device ID
12. Stops the sequence or pattern
Stop
Timing Clock
Examples of Location Sync
Controller #0
13. 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
Device ID
Running Status
MTC
14. Relative & Absolute
10
Types of Location Sync
Bank Select
Absolute Location Synchronization
15. Tells analog oscillators to 'tune up'
VCO
Quarter Frame
Channel Mode Message 122
Tune Request
16. OMNI ON
Syncing MIDI Beat Clock
LSB
Channel Mode Message 125
LTC
17. Resets to default power up state
ReWire
System Reset
Song Select
Controller Categories
18. Least Significant Byte; Controller #32
Synchronization Types
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
LSB
Start
19. Low Resolution (MSB)
Relative Location Synchronization
00 - 31
Start
Channel Mode Message 125
20. (Controller + Channel) + Controller # + Amount
Hexadecimal
64
Manufacturer's ID
Control Change Data Train
21. OMNI OFF
7
VCO
Channel Mode Message 124
Quarter Frame Message
22. Controls some aspect of sound on a channel; 128 Different controllers available (1 -127); Give us the ability to automate changes when recorded
Control Change Data Train
Control Change (Controllers)
System Reset
VCA
23. Longitudinal Time Code; When SMPTE time code is encoded as an audio signal on audio track; Audio version of SMPTE; Absolute
LTC
Direct
32 - 63
Relative Location Synchronization
24. 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
System Realtime Messages
Timing Clock
VCA
Offset
25. 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
0 - 32
Decimal
ReWire
64 - 95
26. A way to save or change complete settings
System Realtime Messages
Program Data
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System Exclusive
27. Message sent for the device to send SysEx data - then sends it to the device; Most commonly used by an editor or library program
MIDI Region
Handshake
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
Request
28. SMPTE; MTC; LTC; VITC; SPP
10
MIDI Region
SPP
Examples of Location Sync
29. 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'
Handshake
System Messages
Full Frame Message
Channel Mode Message 124
30. Bank Select
MIDI Event
Tempo Sync Types
0 - 32
Device ID
31. Channel Mode Messages
MIDI Sync
120 - 127
Channel Mode Message 120
MSB
32. Storage Media or Sequence Track
Synchronization Types
Where to Save SysEx Data
Product ID
64
33. Voltage signal changes PITCH
Handshake
Tune Request
System Exclusive
VCO
34. Volume
7
1
Channel Mode Message 124
System Common Messages
35. POLY
MTC Full Frame Message
Channel Mode Message 127
Channel Mode Message 124
Channel Mode Message 126
36. Designed for the Theatrical and Staging Industries; Allows MIDI to control over audio and video playback systems - lighting & effects - pyrotechnics - machinery - and robotics
Channel Mode Message 126
MIDI Show Control
0 - 32
System Messages
37. 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.
System Reset
Request
MIDI Implementation Chart
MIDI Event
38. 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
Mirroring Requirements
Offset
Full Frame Message
Product ID
39. 00 - 31 = Low Resolution (MSB) 32 - 63 = High Resolution (LSB) 64 - 95 = Switches 96 - 119 = Various / FX 120 - 127 = Channel Mode Messages
Channel Mode Message 121
Controller Categories
ReWire
Full Frame Message
40. Actual bulk of data; Easily up to 100 parameters (Patch Name - Filters - LFO - Oscillator Settings - and all other data)
Full Frame
MIDI Time Code
Program Data
3 Ways to Transfer SysEx Data
41. Voltage signal changes HARMONIC CONTENT (TIMBRE)
Types of Location Sync
Song Position Pointer
Channel Mode Message 125
VCF
42. Container that carries all MIDI events in a sequence; Method of grouping MIDI events to make editing and arranging easier
Channel Mode Message 127
96 - 119
MIDI Region
Controller #0
43. Most Significant Byte; Controller #0
Channel Mode Message 124
64
MSB
MIDI Beat Clock
44. Base 2
Absolute Location Synchronization
Binary
Tempo
Quarter Frame
45. Switches between songs or patterns on a sequence
Synchronization
Synchronization Types
MIDI Beat Clock
Song Select
46. 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
Location
Request
MTC Full Frame Message
47. Sometimes called a USER ID; Can be changed on two pieces of the same equipment
System Exclusive Protocol
Device ID
MTC
Pitch- to- MIDI
48. Preferred; Not referenced from the beginning of the song; Slave always identifies with location of bar
Tempo Sync Types
Song Position Pointer
Absolute Location Synchronization
MIDI Implementation Chart
49. Voltage signal changes AMPLITUDE
Offset
VCA
00 - 31
Mirroring
50. 0 - 32 - Bank Select 1 - Modulation 7 - Volume 10 - Pan 64 - Sustain Pedal
Tempo Sync Types
64 - 95
Most Common Controllers
Synchronization