110: 07: Working with MIDI and Audio

Question 0

What are some of the controls available for MIDI and instrument tracks in the mix window?

Answer 0

Volume, pan, record enable, solo, mute, automation mode, input, output, midi program change

Question 1

What are some of the different options available for viewing data on MIDI and instrument tracks in the edit window? What kinds of operations can you perform in each view?

Answer 1

Clips - arranging and assembling
Notes - editing
Velocity - edit attack velocity stalks

volume, pan, controller - editable breakpoints

To toggle between clips and notes control -

Question 2

What does the MIDI Thru option do? How is it enabled?

Answer 2

Options>midi thru

Used when recording from a midi controller to a midi or instrument track or monitoring through a record enabled midi or instrument track

And

When monitoring with the default thru instrument

Question 3

What is the default thru instrument? How can you change the default thru instrument setting?

Answer 3

Used for auditioning midi clips

Setup>preferences>midi>default thru instrument>

Question 4

What keyboard modifier would you use when clicking on a MIDI clip in the clip list to audition it?

Answer 4

Option click

Question 5

What is the difference between grid quantization and groove quantization? Hw can you enable each?

Answer 5

Grid quantize aligns midi data to the grid while groove quantize uses a groove template file.

Event operations> quantize> select a note value or groove

Question 6

How is quantizing audio clips different from quantizing elastic audio?

Answer 6

Quantizing audio aligns the start times of clips while quantizing elastic audio warps audio. Event markers closest to the quantize grid are promoted to warp markers.

Question 7

Describe three different options available for quantizing existing MIDI data. Which type would you use to apply quantization without affecting the underlying MIDI data recorded on a track?

Answer 7

Input quantize, quantize command, midi real time properties

Midi real time properties

Question 8

What types of tracks are affected by real-time properties?

Answer 8

.midi and instrument tracks

Question 9

What are some of the differences between the real-time properties view in the edit window and the real-time properties window? Which allows you to apply clip-based real-time properties?

Answer 9

Expanded view provides additional options in the real time properties window.

Real time properties window.