Today Paul Davis wrote:
>>with mlan, doesn't one 'speak MIDI' to a device, but at a higher
>>bitrate - or is it me who is missing something here?
>
>the end-to-end connection presumably involves a "legacy" MIDI device
>(at least it will do for many years). even if you can move data onto,
>off and along the wire much faster with ieee1394, there's nowhere for
>it to go or come from any faster than 31.25kb ...
>
>certainly, once there are numerous mlan/firewire devices out there,
>the bitrate issue becomes less significant, but i suspect that most
>MIDI setups will involve 31.25kb hardware interfaces for some time to
>come.
>
>right?
i'm really looking forward to dumping those DIN connectors for native 1394
interfaces, but with so many manufacturers involved, it'll probably take
years to settle, and even if, there'd still be a lot of legacy instruments
to handle, so ...
right.
tim
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