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| What does MIDI stand for? |
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| Musical Instrument Digital Interface |
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| It was created for away to make a cost effective demo of how a sound would sound like. |
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Compose
Edit
Arrange
Record
Store
Reproduce
Mix
Playback |
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| What is MIDI used for in post? |
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SFX
Sound Design
ADR
Dialog editing |
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| List aspects of a MIDI cable. |
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No XLR
No 1/4”
RCA
5 pin din connector |
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| List the six different types of MIDI controllers. |
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Keyboard
Guitar
Percussion
Brass
Woodwinds
Strings |
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| List eight different professional sequencers. |
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Pro Tools
Logic
Cubase
Digital Performer
Ableton
Reason
Cakewalk
Nuendo |
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| List three different consumer based MIDI sequencers. |
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| Being able to play different sounds from different patches for however many tracks, dependent on one's computer power. |
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| Only able to play two notes at a time. |
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| A MIDI cable is what kind of connector? |
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| A MIDI cable is a five pin din connector. |
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List a MIDI cable pin order from left to right.
What pins aren't in use?
What pin is ground? |
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1 - 4 - 2 - 5 - 3
Pins 1 and 3 aren't in use. They're being developed for 48V.
Pin 2 is ground. |
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Are MIDI cables unidirectional or bidirectional?
Are MIDI cables balanced or unbalanced? |
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MIDI cables are unidirectional, thus, one would require two MIDI cables to work with MIDI.
MIDI cables are balanced. |
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| How many channels run through a MIDI cable? |
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| Sixteen channels run through a MIDI cable. |
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| List the three MIDI port thingies. |
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| MIDI in, MIDI out, and MIDI thru. |
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| What are the max amount of devices that can be used for daisy chaining before sound deteriorates? |
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| Two or three. I'm not sure. |
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Light shows
Pyro technics
Tempo
Velocity
Automation
Pitch bend
Processing |
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| Self-generated noise to compensate for more bits. |
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