MIDI - A Level Music Tech

MIDI was introduced in

• 1993

• 1963

• 1973

• 1983

MIDI stands for

• Music Is Definitely Interesting

• Musical Instrument Digital Interface.

• Musical Instrument Digital Intelligence

• Musical Intelligence Digital Interface.

MIDI is a language. True or False?

• True

• False

General MIDI requires

• 12-voice polyphony

• 96-voice polyphony

• 48-voice polyphony

• 24-voice polyphony

MIDI controllers change a characteristic of the sound or track. True or False

• False

• True

Continuous controller values range between

• 0 & 327.

• 0 & 227.

• 0 & 127

• 0 & 427

Quantise is used to move notes that are poorly timed back onto the off beat where they are meant to be.

• True

• False

MIDI files are very small, but they are often criticized for sounding too

• Realistic

• Unrealistic

• Crunchy

• Soft

Quantizing is achieved through ‘snapping’ each note to a grid, the size of which is determined by the note resolution you choose

• True

• False

Which is a useful method of us recreating the sound of real instruments and avoiding MIDI sequences becoming mechanical?

• Changing Velocities

• Changing EQ

• Changing Filters

• Changing Tracks