MIDI Computer Lesson

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Download this page into Microsoft Word. Use the MIDI Powerpoint presentation, in the EM 8/9 folder (Student server In-Box) to find the information to complete the following:

1. What does MIDI stand for?

2. Why was it originally designed? For what kind of computer?

3. Define:

• Pitch -

• Volume -

• Timbre -

• Duration -

5. Our decimal system of counting utilizes the symbols 0-9. What is used in binary? What would equal 17?

• Hexadecimal? What would equal 17?

7. A STATUS byte indicates:

8. The DATA byte tells:

9. What is needed to make MIDI work?

10. Explain three uses for MIDI:

A.

B.

C.
 
 
 

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