On Wednesday 08 September 2004 11:53 am, Jens M Andreasen wrote: > On ons, 2004-09-08 at 15:34, Dave Phillips wrote: > > Greetings: > > > > I'm doing some research for an article about Linux MIDI support. In my > > text I briefly describe the evolution of the MIDI specification since > > its adoption, mentioning things like MIDI Time Code, MMC, the sample > > dump standard, and the standard MIDI file. However, one item has me a > > bit mystified. I'm unable to ascertain whether multi-port interfaces are > > in fact described and supported by the spec. I checked the MMA docs > > on-line, and I also have the Sciacciaferro/De Furia MIDI Programmers > > Handbook, but nowhere do those sources indicate explicit support for > > multi-port hardware. Are multi-port MIDI interfaces vendor-specific > > solutions or is there actually an extension to the MIDI spec somewhere > > that I'm just missing ? TIA! > > Muliport-interfaces were included in the initial discussions on the MIDI > standard and referred to as "star systems": > > tape-sync > ¦ > +-----+ > <---| SEQ |---> > +-----+ > > V > > It was thought that a single interface would be good enough for stage > and budget systems and that professional recording studios could > overcome bandwith limitations by using one port for each synth-module > attached. > > No specifics regarding naming nor discovery were mentioned. I suppose > Roland, Sequential and Yamaha intended to build and sell those > sequencers all by themselves ... > > The place to look for a universal standard for multiple midi-devices > would be in the USB specification. And it even appears like some vendors > are (finally!) starting to follow suit: > > http://midiman.com/products/en_us/KeystationPro88-main.html >
Yeow! I bought a keystation49e and all it took to get running was plug it in, turn it on. > - "USB class compliant—no drivers required for > Windows XP or Mac OS X" > > > mvh // Jens M Andreasen > > > Best regards, > > > > dp
