Reference Guide

1916 Glossary
MME
Multi Media Extensions—the name of Windows’ built-in audio and multmedia software that was
originally developed for Windows 3.0, and is still used by many sound card drivers. WDM drivers
offer much better performance.
MTC Sync
MIDI Time Code sync. Messages are received in SMPTE/MTC format from an external MIDI device
and generate MTC.
See “SMPTE” on page 1919.
Mute
Silences a track to not be heard during playback or recording.
Normal template
A default project template which includes a predetermined amount of tracks and/or buses.
Now time
The current time in a project or where you are in the music. This is Represented by a vertical line
which travels throughout the timeline.
See “The Now time and how to use it” on page 178
NRPN
Non-Registered Parameter Numbers.
See “Controllers, RPNs, NRPNs, and automation data” on page 739.
Offline
Not in real time. When you apply an effect to a track offline, you permanently alter the data in that
track; then you play the track to hear the effect. When you add an effect to a track in real time, you
start the track playing, and you add the effect while the track plays. The data in the track does not
change, but the sound of it coming through the effect does.
Offset
Shift (time, key, velocity) by a specified number of units. For example, you could offset the start of a
track by two measures.
Overload
Loss of audio information caused by the audio level exceeding 0 db.
Pan
Degree to which a sound or piece of music comes from the left or right speaker. This control is
commonly used to adjust the level of a signal in different channels. In a stereo mix, the level is
adjusted between the left and the right speakers.
Patch
Particular sound in an electronic device. Patches are stored in banks, in groups of 128.