Darcy James Argue / 2005/07/07 / 07:14 PM wrote:
I agree, USB 1.1 is inadequate for MIDI + everything else, but that's
why the pros get a FireWire or USB 2 MIDI interface.
Are you sure about this? MIDI's 1980 technology is so slow I can't
understand how even USB 1.0 wouldn't be miles faster than the fastest
MIDI signals. Or are you saying that using a Qwerty keyboard, mouse,
scanner, digital camera, etc on USB alongside MIDi is creating a data
bottleneck?
I run an 8 port Unitor8 (old serial) on an OSX Mac (using the Gee
Three serial port) without any trouble, as do I get no trouble from
an AMT8 (USB) on a USB1 Powerbook. But I don't put anything else on
USB besides a QWERTY and a mouse, everything else is on Firewire.
I can see the point of smart interfaces where the MIDI data is sent
ahead of time (time stamping) so that all 8 MIDI ports can be
triggered simultaneously, but I'm not sure this is the issue.
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leads a ragtag, fugitive fleet, on a lonely quest, for a shining
planet known as Earth."
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