I think it all has to do with the instruments capability to handle data �and not midi speed......
31 thousand bytes per second��� fast !
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From: "Daniel Forr� danforcz@... [CZsynth]"
Date: October 12, 2016 at 11:29 AM
On Oct 12, 2016, at 11:35 PM, smw-mail@... [CZsynth] wrote:> MIDI as a protocol is required to run at 31.25 kbps,
While older synths with 5-pin din connectors for midi�inter-connectivity operate (and related gear/software) used 31.25 kbps, it is not required.
??? Of course it is required.
There were some attempts to use higher speed but it was not generally accepted.
>a rather puny data rate - which can barely even handle the load of polyphonic aftertouch, never mind polyphonic everything-else at the same time.
Possibly, but moreover the problem is with OS overhead,�inefficient drivers, and try-to-do-everything-at-once-including-audio-and-video software.� If you take at Commodore 64 and write efficient asm code to do midi I/O, my guess is 31.25 kbps will work. But don't do that, get a modern microprocessor (even a relatively slow AVR-base arduino compared to new) and write midi I/O code at anywhere from 31.25 kpbs to speeds many times that. �
Maybe, but in the end you have to go down to MIDI speed, if you want to talk with common MIDI instruments.�
But many modern instruments started to use USB for MIDI transfer. Yamaha has their modification of FireWire protocol called m-Lan for audio and MIDI communication.�>having said that, I think there are ideas out there for successors to MIDI, but I haven't been following any of their progress.From what I have seen there have been changes all along since 1985 still using MIDI.�
Yes, lot of changes, useful additions and improvements. Despite basic limited features it's still usable when used cleverly.�Twenty years ago or so some people were saying MIDI was dead because audio processing�became accessible.
Sorry, but I don't see any connection between audio and MIDI. Two totally different attitudes...However, from what I have seen MIDI has continued to grow/change/etc. and is still useful for those people who know how to use it for what they want.� Yes, there are still deficiencies, but there will always be issues with any technology.
My words :-)
Daniel Forro
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