MIDI Messages
MIDI Cables/Connectors
Logic
MIDI Basics
Miscellaneous MIDI
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The number of bits in a MIDI message
What is 8-bit
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This is the number of pins on a standard DIN MIDI cable
What is 5 pins
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This window is best used for drawing, moving, & editing MIDI notes?
What is Piano Roll
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MIDI is an acronym for it
What is Musical Instrument Digital Interface
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This standardization, set in 1991, requires all MIDI devices to contain specific order of instrumentation programs.
What is General MIDI
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This is the Baud Rate, which is the speed MIDI information is transmitted
What is 31,250 bits/sec
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These pins transfer the MIDI information
What are pins 4 & 5
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This virtual instrument contains a step sequencer & is primarily used to create drum loops
What is Ultrabeat
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MIDI does NOT transfer this
What is Audio
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This is a digital MIDI file, usually found on a computer.
What is a Standard MIDI File (SMF) OR .mid file
300
MIDI Messages are transmitted in this fashion
What is Serial
300
This is the maximum length permitted for a MIDI cable
What is 50 ft
300
The stock sampler in Logic
What is the ESX24
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This type of synthesizer can only play 1 note at a time.
What is a monophonic instrument
300
In this year the MIDI standard was formed.
When was 1983
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This is the 1st bit of a MIDI message & it defines the type of byte
What is the MSB (Most Significant Bit)
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This MIDI connection sends out an exact copy of the signal patched into a device's IN jack
What is THRU
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This track type allows the use of virtual instruments
What is a Software Instrument Track
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This type of instrument can send musical information out of multiple channels
What is a multi-timbral instrument
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The number of channels on a MIDI connection
What is 16
500
This is the range that a MIDI word can "value" an action. i.e. velocity, pitch bend, & volume
What is 0-127
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These are the 3 types of cable that can transmit MIDI information
What are 5 pin DIN, USB, & Firewire
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This tool in logic draws MIDI notes within the Piano Roll
What is the Pencil Tool
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This is used to sync transports between DAW's & consoles.
What is MIDI Time Code (MTC)
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This is the term to describe interfacing multiple MIDI devices together via MIDI IN & THRU ports
What is Daisy Chaining
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