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| What does MIDI stand for? |
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| Musical Instrument Digital Interface |
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| Midi Manufacturers Association |
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| How many midi channels are there? |
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| What is a midi cable called? |
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| How many pins are used on a midi cable? |
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| What is the max length of a midi cable? |
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| Which pin carries the data? |
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| What is the baud rate of a midi cable? |
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| What control do we access to hear internal sounds? |
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| Which port does the Master utilize? |
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| Which port does the Slave utilize? |
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| How many sound modules can you hook up past the Master? |
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| Which port is optically isolated? Why? |
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IN port.
To reduce loops, hum, and buzz. |
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| Which port would we utilize in a live scenario with 3 or more devices? |
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| What do we need to hook midi up to a computer? |
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| What are the 4 midi receive modes? |
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1)Omni ON Poly
2)Omni ON Mono
3)Omni OFF Poly
4)Omni OFF Mono |
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| What is the most common midi receive mode? |
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| What is Multi Timbral mode? |
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| Mode which device allows MIDI to be received on more than one channel |
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| What are the 8 parameters of Multi-Timbral mode? |
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1) Channel
2) Timbre Assignment
3) Volume
4) Pan
5) Output Assignment
6) Tuning
7) Note Ranges
8) Channel Enable/Disable |
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| The ability to play more than one note at a time is known as what? |
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| What is the corresponding Voltage Control unit for Pitch? |
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| Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) |
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| What is the corresponding Voltage Control unit for Aplitude? |
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| Voltage Controlled Amplifier (VCA) |
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| What is the circuit that is used to shape sounds over time? |
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| What synthesis type involves removing overtones from the overall sound? |
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| What synthesis type involves combining multiple sine waves at various frequencies to create sound? |
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| What synthesis type involves taking one wave at a certain frequency and modulating it with another wave at a certain frequency? |
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| What synthesis type involves analyzing a sound and then recreating it using additive synthesis? (hardware intensive) |
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| What synthesis type involves changing the phase angle of a waveform to create a different sounding wave? (Combining additive and FM synthesis) |
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| Phase Distortion Synthesis |
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| What synthesis type involves utilizing single-cycle waveforms contained within a digitized memory table? |
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| What synthesis type involves recording of analog sounds into digital format? (realistic sounds-most common) |
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| PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) |
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| What synthesis type involves conversion of raw waveforms into much smaller elements or indexes? |
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| What synthesis type involves combining indexed waveforms and can be found in Reason? |
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| What synthesis type involves DSP processing which analyze and recreates instruments (physically)? |
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| Physical Modeling Synthesis |
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| What synthesis type involves recreating the circuitry components in the original synths? |
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| Analog Modeling Synthesis |
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| A recording that can be triggered by MIDI is known as what? |
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| Programs are made up of many... |
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| Zone's or Multi-Samples are made up of many... |
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| Where the sample plays back at its original pitch/tempo is known as... |
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| What is middle C known as on a midi board? |
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| What are the three fundamentals of sound? |
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| The max amount of notes the device can play at one time is known as... |
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| _____ ______ changes some aspect of sound depending on how fast you strike the keys (Volume, Pan, Filter, etc) |
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| ______ ______ automatically assigns notes of polyphony to each channel as they are needed in real time |
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| what does PPQN stand for? |
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"Perts Per Queeeerter Neeeote"
(Parts Per Quarter Note) |
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| Hardware is typically known as a ________ sequencer |
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| Software is typically known as a ________ sequencer |
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| This provides temporary storage for edits... |
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Douche Industry Norm
(aka Deutsche Industry Norm)
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| What device allows any MIDI data arriving at its MIDI in ports to be sent to all of its MIDI out's simultaneously? |
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| Connection from the computer to the interface is called the _____ _____ connection. |
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| Which pin gives +5 bias voltage? |
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| How do you bring up the Extended Region Parameter box? |
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120 All Sounds Off
121 Reset All Controllers
122 Local Control
123 All Notes Off
124 Omni Mode Off
125 Omni Mode On
126 Mono Mode On
127 Poly Mode on |
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Note On
Note Off
Program Change
Mono Pressure
Poly Pressure
Pitch Bend
Controllers |
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0-31 Low Resolution
31-63 High Resolution
64-95 Switches
96-119 Various/FX
120-127 Modes |
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| What are the most common controllers? |
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0,32 Bank Select
1 Modulation Wheel
7 Volume
10 Pan
64 Sustain Pedal |
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| True or False : Patch Mapping is only a function of a slave device. |
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| How many possible amount values do you have with a data byte? |
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| What reduces the data load by about 30% by removing redundant messages? |
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| Running status (only for channel messages on playback) |
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Tune Request
Song Select
Song Position Pointer (SPP)
MIDI Time Code (MTC) |
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| System Real Time Messages? |
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Timing Clock (MIDI Beat Clock)
Start
Continue
Stop
Active Sensing
System Reset |
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| System Exclusive Messages? |
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Start of exclusive (F0h)
Manufacturer ID
Product ID
Device ID
DATA
End of Exclusive (F7h) |
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| Parameters of drum triggers? |
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Threshold = velocity
Velocity Curve = changes the way a device will respond to velocity, depending on a players feel |
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| Pitch-To-Midi is more _________ |
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| Trigger-To-Midi has less ________ |
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| Pitch-To-Midi parameters? |
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Tracking = How well brain perceives pitch conversion
Latency = The speed at which conversion to midi happens |
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| Using a key/button/knob to generate a MIDI message |
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| Converting an analog signal or sound into a MIDI message |
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| How many possible patches in a bank? |
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| Two ways to save Sys Ex Data? |
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| On a disk or on a track in a sequencer |
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| 3 ways to transfer Sys Ex Data? |
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Direct Transfer - manually initiate
Request for data - sends message
Handshake - continuous request |
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| Locking up two or more devices together in time |
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| How many quarter frame messages make up a complete SMPTE address? |
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| At what point is there no pops or clicks? |
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1 001 0001
what information is represented in these numbers? |
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1 001 0001
what information is represented in these numbers? |
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| What is the most basic wiring configuration in MIDI? |
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| Which multi-timbral mode allows control over stereo output? |
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| Which multi-timbral mode allows the ability to change pitch? |
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| Minimum number of data bytes in a channel message? |
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