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| What are the three fundamentals of sound? |
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| Pitch, Amplitude, and Timbre |
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| What is the circuit that emulates Pitch? |
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| VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator) |
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| What is the circuit that emulates Amplitude? |
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| VCA (Voltage Controlled Amplifier) |
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| What is the circuit that emulates Timbre? |
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| VCF (Voltage Controlled Filter) |
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| What is another name for Analogue Synthesis? |
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| Low Frequency Oscillator (.1Hz - 10 Hz) |
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| What are the two parameters of an LFO? |
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| Rate (Speed) and Depth (Amount) |
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| Name the Effect: An LFO applied to a VCO |
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| Name the Effect: An LFO applied to a VCA |
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| Name the Effect: An LFO applied to a VCF |
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| What do we call a circuit that modifies our sound over time? |
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| What are the four parameters of an Envelope Generator? |
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| Attack, Decay, Sustain, and Release |
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| This is the most common type of synthesis. |
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| The type of synthesis that combines waveforms. |
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| The type of synthesis that attempts to recreate natural sounds via additive synthesis. |
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| The type of synthesis where a simple waveform is modulated by another waveform. |
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| Frequency Modulation (FM) |
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| Synthesis that causes the phase angle of the waveform to change. |
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| Phase Distortion Synthesis |
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| This type of synthesis uses the sound of a single note, which is stored as an Oscillator Waveform. |
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| A type of synthesis that is essentially digital sampling playback. |
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| Synthesis that uses same techniques as digital sampling, but the sampled waveform is divided into small pieces of sound. |
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| Synthesis type used by the Malstrom in Reason. Essentially a combination of Wavetable and Granular Synthesis. |
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| Type of synthesis that uses powerful DSP algorhythms and equations to simulate the characteristics of an instrument. |
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| Physical Modeling Synthesis |
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| Type of Synthesis specifically designed to recreate the nuances and characteristics of analogue synthesizers. |
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| What does MIDI stand for? |
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| Musical Instrument Digital Interface |
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| A machine language NOT Audio |
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| When and where was the first functional MIDI demonstration. |
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| What type of cable does MIDI use? |
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| What is each pin of a MIDI cable used for? |
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| Pin 5 carries data, Pin 2 is the ground (Defines 0), Pin 4 is a +5v Bias Voltage (Defines 1), and Pins 1 and 3 are not used |
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| Name the MIDI "Governing Body" |
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| MMA (MIDI Manufacturers Association) |
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| What is the maximum length of a MIDI cable? |
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| Is MIDI a Serial or Parrallel Transmission format? |
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| What is the bit rate of MIDI? |
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| When would you turn Local on? |
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| When you have only one device and you want to hear its sound |
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| What port does a master use? |
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| What port does a slave use? |
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| Is it possible for one device to Simotaneously be a Master and a Slave? |
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| What is the Function of a MIDI THRU port? |
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| It acts as a MIDI Mult, it copies the signal coming in the IN port and passes to the next device in the chain |
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| What is the most basic method of MIDI wiring? |
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| How Many devices can be daisy chained together? |
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| How many channels does MIDI have? |
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| Which port is optically isolated to reduce hum and buzz? Why? |
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| The IN Port, because all slave devices in the chain have something going into the IN port |
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| What do we use to hook up more than three keyboards? |
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| Using a MIDI THRU Box and giving all Devices the Ability to be a Master, a Slave, or Both |
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| If multiple devices have cables in their OUT port what factor determines which one is the master at any given time? |
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| The one you are physically playing is the Master |
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| Why are MIDI THRU Boxes good in Live Settings? |
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| Because it allows you to layer sounds to create fuller sounds in a live environment |
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| Why is a THRU Box Called a MIDI Mult? |
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| Because all of the Inputs Feed All of The Outputs |
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| What is a MIDI Interface? |
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| A MIDI THRU Box connected to a computer via a USB cable |
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| The USB cable connecting the Interface to the Computer is known as a _______. |
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| In an Interface Setup what do the Inputs feed? |
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| In an Interface Setup what is feeding the Outputs? |
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| What must you do to get the MIDI information to flow from the computer to the Outputs of the THRU Box? |
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| Arm The Appropriate Track |
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