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Re: Speed of sysex transfer

2013-08-22 by steve_the_composer

Gee.  Maybe I have been too polite. ;) 
Steve

--- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, Gordon JC Pearce <gordon@...> 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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