� dunno how, but a block of some text got moved spuriously. ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Re: [music-dsp] Creating new sound synthesis equipment From: "robert bristow-johnson" <[email protected]> Date: Thu, July 26, 2018 4:11 pm To: [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > if we just let MIDI be what MIDI is primarily intended for, i still think the > slow baud rate, opto-isolators, and the mostly simple protocol will still > service live music applications well.� MIDI has an event rate of� but merging > MIDI streams from several > devices will always result in issues because we're pushing MIDI beyond its > original intent.� as it is, we can do about 1500 events per second (assuming > Running Status on the MIDI channel messages) or about 1000 events per second > without Running Status.� that's not a bad sample rate for > knobs, foot pedals, a **single** keyboard player, even the output of control > signals for envelope or LFO (having rates of 10 Hz or less).� but controlling > a dozen devices with a single MIDI stream gets to be problematic. > meant to say: if we just let MIDI be what MIDI is primarily intended for, i still think the slow baud rate, opto-isolators, and the mostly simple protocol will still service live music applications well.� MIDI has an event rate of�about 1500 events per second (assuming Running Status on the MIDI channel messages) or about 1000 events per second without Running Status. that's not a bad sample rate for knobs, foot pedals, a **single** keyboard player, even the output of control signals for envelope or LFO (having rates of 10 Hz or less).� controlling a dozen devices with a single MIDI stream gets to be problematic and�merging MIDI streams from several�devices will always result in issues because we're pushing MIDI beyond its original intent. -- r b-j� � � � � � � � � � � � �[email protected] "Imagination is more important than knowledge." � � � �
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