Quiz 3 Review Flashcards
(29 cards)
What is MIDI? When was the MIDI standard adopted?
MIDI is Musical Instrument Digital Interface. Adopted in 1983, by mid 80s almost every electronic instrument manufactured was MIDI compatible
Ways of connecting MIDI devices to a computer? Which is the most common.
External audio interface with MIDI ports (Digidesign M-Box), MIDI interface (MOTU Midi Express), USB Keyboard (Axiom 61).
USB keyboard is most common.
What MIDI note number is middle C?
Note #60
What is a typical use for modulation?
To add vibrato
What is a track?
the way the software visually represents a location for entered MIDI data.
is a linear sequence of midi data.
tracks can contain large amounts of information, and different types.
What is a patch?
an individual timbre, eg. piano, flute, string section
What is pan?
Panning is changing the position of the timbre in the left-right stereo field for a given channel (pan - short for panorama)
What is velocity?
How hard a note is struck
What is step time recordin?
Allows you to enter notes one at a time according to the pre-selected note value
What is real time recording?
Similar to traditional recording methods: choose a tempo, enable metronome, record enable a track, record, overdub (record data w/o erasing anything), merge (combining data from different tracks).
What is quantizing?
Sets a user-definable grid, pulling notes towards nearest grid location.
Used to tighten up a performance, but overuse can de-humanize music
PPQN resolution
Parts Per Quarter Note. used for position as well as duration of notes
Which time formats are commonly found in DAWs? Which one is used for synchronization to picture?
PPQN, Real time, SMPTE time, musical time.
SMPTE is used for syncing to picture
What important modification of the MIDI protocol was introduced by General MIDI?
Standardized instrument patch numbers (1-28), divide into 16 groups (ie piano, strings, reeds, brass, ethnic)
What are some of the overall characteristics of the MIDI 2.0 protocol? What improvements
have been made to MIDI 1.0?
Backwards compatibility, higher levels of functionality and control. Higher resolution, more channels, more controllers
What is Protocol Negotiation?
Dialogue between 2 devices. Decides whether two devices can use MIDI 2.0, if not uses 1.0
What is Profile Configuration
Permits automatic mapping of faders, knobs, etc. Understands the type of device. Eliminates manual programming of controls.
What is Property Exchange?
Specific, detailed information sharing. Discover/retrieve/set preset names, individual parameter settings, unique functionalities.
Allows the user to display all necessary data in a hardware synthesizer on a computer screen
- What is an SMF? What is the file extension for an SMF?
Standard MIDI File. Universal File Format with the extension .mid
Which of the common possibilities for MIDI set-ups discussed in class allows the greatest
flexibility? Which is the simplest?
The USB Hub setup allows the greatest flexibility in terms of type and number of devices connected.
The basic setup (computer <USB> simple interface <midi> keyboard) is the simplest.</midi></USB>
Graphic view
Notes can be added with a pencil tool, dragged to different location, dragged to shorten/lengthen duration
Notation view
traditional musical notation
Event list view
numerical representation of events (note number, location, velocity, duration)
Track Overview view
shows all tracks in sequence (can cut/copy/paste between them)
