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Flashcards by Toby Zheng, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Toby Zheng
about 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What is MIDI? | A way to send instructions between Controllers and Tone Generators |
| What does MIDI stand for? | Musical Instrument Digital Interface |
| What is a MIDI sequencer? | A Software Program (or Hardware Device) that allows recording, playback, and editing of MIDI Messages |
| What is MIDI interface? | Hardware device that allows a computer to RX (receive) and TX (transfer) MIDI signals via DIN MIDI Cables. |
| In Pro Tools, what do Audio Tracks do? | Record and Throughput audio |
| In Pro Tools, what do Aux Tracks do? | Throughput Audio |
| In Pro Tools, what do MIDI Tracks do? | Input, Record, and Output MIDI to Hardware Synths |
| In Pro Tools, what do Instrument Tracks do? | Input, Record, and send MIDI to VI. Output VI audio |
| Discuss the relationship between the iConnect MIDI 2+ MIDI Interface and the MIDI Thru Box | The MIDI interface doesn't provide enough power to the Thru Box. It must go through a different device's Thru Port to the Thru Box to send signal to other Tone Generators |
| What is a Channel Message? | MIDI messages specific to a certain channel |
| How many MIDI channels are there? | 16 |
| What is a Control Change (Continuous Controller) Message? | A musical gesture that is typically not note related |
| What does a MIDI Merger do? | Used to combine MIDI signals from 2 or more MIDI controllers (with the MIDI Out port) |
| What is a Local Switch? | A switch some synths have to disable their internal tone generators |
| What is Aftertouch? | Pressure on a key after initial strike that can cause patch dependant effects |
| What is Polyphonic Key Pressure? | Individual sensor for each key |
| What is Channel Pressure (Aftertouch)? | Single sensor for the whole keyboard |
| What is the basic structure of a Channel Message? | A Status Byte and 2 Data Bytes |
| How do you tell a Status Byte from a Data Byte? | Status Bytes begin with a '1', whereas Data Bytes begin with '0' |
| Structure of a Status Byte | Always starts with a '1', next 3 digits are the Channel Voice Message Type [like 110 for pitch bend change], last 4 digits are the channel |
| Channel Voice Messages usually have ___ steps | 128 |
| Pitch Bend requires greater resolution and has how many steps? | 16,384 (14-bit) |
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