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| What does a Program change do? |
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| Changes one patch to another patch |
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| MIDI trasmits data serial or parallel? |
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| What does MIDI stand for? |
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| Musical Instrument Digital Interface |
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| What is a MIDI controller? |
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| Any device that controls & sends information from MIDI device to computer |
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| 3 universal components of MIDI |
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| Keyboard, Pitch Bend Control and Modulation Control |
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| Four main functions of MIDI |
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| Note on, Note off, Pitch, Velocity |
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| A form of modulation once you touch the keys of a keyboard |
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| Multiple patches that can play on one path |
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| MIDI Controller info is stored with a value of... |
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| 0-127, total value of 128 |
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| how many channels does MIDI have? |
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How many notes you can play back at once
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| Omni On or Off, Polyphonic or Monophonic |
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| Most popular mode in MIDI |
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| MIDI data flows parallel or serial? |
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| Largest Value in any digital word is? |
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| MIDI words exist in what kind of bytes? |
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| Most Significant Bit is used to identify |
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| Byte Type (status byte=1, data byte=0) |
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| what type of MIDI function is to be performed by a device or program (and also to encode channel data) |
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| used to associate a value to the event that's given by the accompanying status byte (aka value of how much the function is being changed) |
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| The last four numbers of a byte refer to |
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| Which channel data is being sent to (i.e 10010000= Note on into channel zero) |
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| Instrument will rspond to data from MIDI, redirect this data to the instrument's channel. The MIDI device will play back everything that is present at its input in a polyphonic fashion, regardless of incoming channel designation. This mode is rarely used. |
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| Instrument responds to all data received and redirects to device, device plays back all data regardless of channel and plays only one note at a time. This mode is the rarest OF ALL |
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| Instrument only responds to data specific to the assigned base channel in a polyphonic fashion. Data assigned to other channels will be ignored. (i.e each of the 16 channels in a MIDI line could be used to independently play each part in a 16-voice, multitimbral synth). Most popular mode. |
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| An instrument will be able to respond to performance data that's transmitted over a single, dedicated channel; however each voice will only be able to generate one note at a time. |
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| Saves specific data about parameters & program changes to be used with other (same) devices |
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| Dump presets from one devices to another. MUST be the same exact device |
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| Master/Slave relationship: When are masters used? |
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| in situations where either sounds are not available on a Master Device or to create bigger sounds by combining multiple slaves into a chain. |
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| What do you do when you want to send a voice from a MIDI controller through the OUT but don't want it to audibly play? |
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| Turn Local Control Off (in order to turn a synth keyboard into a controller that only sends MIDI information and not actual music notes.) |
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| MIDI devices connect through a... |
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| 5 pin DIN (Deutches Institute for Normung) |
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| What part of the 5 pin DIN connector is not used |
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| Maximum feet for MIDI cables? |
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| What 3 ports does MIDI send data through? |
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| Set of patches laid in a fixed pattern, common to all devices (aka standardized patch set) |
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| Lock multiple devices to the same tempo, 96 pulses per measure) |
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| a way to convery MIDI performance information to the computer. The interface translates serial messages into a data structure that the computer can understand. USB or Firewire is most used nowadays, usually with 16 + I/Os. |
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