Glossary
CD-ROM
Removable “Read Only Memory” data storage device.
Memory card
Removable and rewritable storage medium for storing and archiving data. The Memotron m2k uses SD
cards.
Data system
Hierarchical structure within an electronic storage medium, organizing data in drives, folders and files.
Effect Algorithm
A software-based process to generate a certain kind of sound processing. The Memotron m2k offers the
following different effect algorithms:
– Hall:
Simulation of a big room / environment
– Room:
Simulation of a small room / environment
– Plate:
Simulation of a Plate Reverberation
– Chorus:
Type of signal processing. Several slightly detuned copies of a signal are mixed
together, to generate a type of choir-like effect that adds subtle animation and
density to a sound.
– Flange:
Type of signal processing. A slightly time-delayed copy of a signal is mixed with the
original, adding animation to a sound.
– Delay:
Echo effect
– Phaser:
A sound effect that is produced by a modulated filter with multiple erasures and
increases in the frequency spectrum.
Effect Section
The Memotron m2k’s internal selection of signal processing features.
MIDI
MIDI is short for “Musical Instrument Digital Interface“. It was developed in the early eighties to link electronic
musical instruments of different types and from different manufacturers. Up to that time, there was no
standard for linking several sound generators and so MIDI was a considerable improvement. From then on, it
became possible to link all devices using easy and always identical connection cables.
The basic steps are: a transmitter is always connected with one or several receivers. If e.g. a computer is to
play a synthesizer, the computer is the transmitter and the synthesizer becomes the receiver. For this
purpose, all MIDI devices (with only a few exceptions) have two or three connections: MIDI IN, MIDI OUT
and possibly MIDI THRU. The transmitting device provides the information to the outside world via its MIDI
OUT connection. The data are passed on to the MIDI IN connection of the receiver by means of a cable.
MIDI Clock
The time interval of the MIDI Clock message defines the tempo of a musical piece. It is used for
synchronizing time-dependent processes.
MIDI functions
See MIDI
MIDI Channel
An important part of most messages. A receiving device only reacts to incoming messages if its set receiving
channel is identical with the transmitting channel of the message. This enables a clear information transfer to
a receiver. The MIDI channel can be selected within the range from 1 to 16. Beyond this range, a device can
be switched to Omni to receive all 16 channels.
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