Handbook for Sound Engineers

1092 Chapter 28 reproducing on the same machine is appropriate. The method of testing should be noted as part of the perfor- man ...

Magnetic Recording and Playback 1093 reading is the composite value of all flutter compo- nents in the frequency band of 0.5–250 ...

1094 Chapter 28 are ten times larger than the flutter ranges, are labeled below the meter ranging pushbuttons. The AM reading fo ...

Magnetic Recording and Playback 1095 part of the filter. For a 50: oscillator, multiply the capacitor values by 2.57.) The resul ...

1096 Chapter 28 of bias for all tracks simultaneously. The bias level can be increased and decreased on all tracks with this sin ...

Magnetic Recording and Playback 1097 short-wavelength signal such as a 10 kHz or 15 kHz signal to give minimum azimuth or phase ...

1098 Chapter 28 Once the provisions for automated adjustment are made available, three methods of alignment are possible. Under ...

1099 Chapter 29 MIDI by David Miles Huber 29.1 Introduction to MIDI............................................................. ...

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MIDI 1101 29.1 Introduction to MIDI Simply stated, Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) is a digital communications langu ...

1102 Chapter 29 A status byte is used to identify what type of MIDI function is to be performed by a device or program. It’s als ...

MIDI 1103 specific device or a sound generator within a device that’s assigned to a particular channel. Whenever a MIDI device, ...

1104 Chapter 29 cuitry could be polyphonic, allowing the player to lay down chords and bass/melody lines), but it can only produ ...

MIDI 1105 Note-On Messages. A note-on message is used to indi- cate the beginning of a MIDI note. It is generated each time a no ...

1106 Chapter 29 example, if six notes are played on a keyboard and addi- tional aftertouch pressure is applied to just one key, ...

MIDI 1107 Three types of control-change messages can be transmitted via MIDI: Continuous controllers: Controllers that relay a ...

1108 Chapter 29 The third byte of the control-change message is used to denote the controller’s actual data value. This value is ...

MIDI 1109 the MIDI chain. This is accomplished because MIDI channel numbers aren’t addressed within the byte struc- ture of a sy ...

1110 Chapter 29 sage that they’re still connected to an active MIDI data stream. System-Reset Messages. A system-reset message i ...

MIDI 1111 easy to manage. In this way, it’s possible for MIDI mes- sages to be communicated from a specific source (such as a ke ...