MIDI Data And Analysis

Question 1

? (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a pure data form and has no audio information stored within it, designed to allow electric musical instruments to communicate with each other, explaining why you need to ? it.

Answer 1

MIDI.

Route.

Question 2

DAWs send ? messages to control soft synths and external MIDI devices, and notes you input on the ? ? or score editor will be stored as MIDI messages.

Answer 2

MIDI.

Piano roll.

Question 3

For ? ?, if several MIDI devices are running from one ?, you can assign data to one of ? different MIDI channels, setting the device to respond to MIDI data from only that MIDI channel. Less commonly used in DAWs, but useful for ? sound sources.

Answer 3

Channel messages.
Output.
16.
External.

Question 4

Examples for channel messages are:

• Note (switches note on/off).
• Controller Change (switches ? on/off).

Answer 4

Controller.

Question 5

? ? are sent to all MIDI devices connected together, often related to timing, devices for ? ? or sequencers, or to find positions in songs.

Answer 5

System messages.

Specific synthesisers.

Question 6

Examples for system messages are:

• System ? (sent to all connected devices).
• System ? (sent to specific devices).

Answer 6

Common.

Exclusive.

Question 7

MIDI messages in DAWs show a simple list of commands, channels and the ? ?, located in the List View (? ?)

Answer 7

Data values.

MIDI events.

Question 8

Example:

Position is 1.1.1.1, Status/Type is ?, Channel is 1, Data 1 is ?, Data 2 is 65 and Length/End is 1.1.2.1.

Answer 8

Note.

C3.

Question 9

Historically, MIDI data was sent as ? bytes; a status byte and two ? bytes.

Answer 9

Three.

Data.

Question 10

Example:

Note, Status Byte is Note On / Channel, Data ? 1 is Note Number and Data Byte 2 is ? ?

Answer 10

Byte.

Velocity Value.