The ZIPI Music Parameter Description Language

Keith McMillen,* David L. Wessel,¤ and Matthew Wright*¤
* Zeta Music/Gibson Western Innovation Zone
2560 Ninth St., Suite 212
Berkeley, California 94710 USA

¤ Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT)
Department of Music, University of California, Berkeley
1750 Arch St.
Berkeley, California 94720 USA
McMillen, Wessel, Matt@CNMAT.Berkeley.edu

• Introduction
• The Shape of MPDL Packets
• Address Space
• Controlling Musical Instruments
• Musical Control Parameters
  • Articulation
  • Controlling Pitch
  • Loudness
  • Amplitude
  • Even/Odd Harmonic Balance
  • Pitched/Unpitched Balance
  • Inharmonicity
  • Controlling a Note's Position in Space
  • Program Change
  • Controlling Timbre
  • Movin in a Timbre Space
  • Higher-Order Messages
  • Housekeeping
  • Querying a Synthesizer
  • Comments
  • TimeTags
• Controller Measurements
• How the Levels Interact
  • The "And" Rule for Articulation
  • Sending a Message to All Families
  • Overwriting a Large Group of Values
• Not in This Layer
• References
• Appendix A: ZIPI MPDL Byte Format
  • Byte Format of ZIPI MPDL Address
  • Note Descriptor Length
  • Complete Example
• Appendix B: ZIPI MPDL File Format

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