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Re: [CZsynth] Speed of sysex transfer

2013-08-22 by Daniel Forró

Definitely yes. Standard is standard.

There were only few exceptions - some SCI instruments could use higher  
speed for MIDI.

Daniel Forro


On 22 Aug, 2013, at 4:45 PM, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 06:21:26AM -0000, fulfil_objective wrote:
>> Hi Steve,
>>
>> I think you are too focused on these vintage numbers like 31250 bps  
>> and 115200 bps. Transferring sysex by USB and MIDI are not limited  
>> to these old numbers. USB enables speeds that are hundreds or  
>> thousands of times faster than these numbers. In fact, greatly  
>> higher speeds are touted as one of the benefits of a USB MIDI  
>> device (along with multiple streams).
>
> Bullshit.
>
> MIDI transfers data at 31250bps.  It doesn't matter how the  
> interface is connected to the host or device, MIDI data is by  
> definition 31250bps.  The interface may be able to talk to the PC  
> faster than that, but you cannot send it to the target device at  
> anything other than 31250bps.
>
> -- 
> Gordonjcp MM0YEQ

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