On Saturday 11 September 2004 01:28 am, Lee Revell wrote: > On Fri, 2004-09-10 at 23:00, John Check wrote: > > > MIDI streams need a reliable transport with guaranteed bandwidth. If > > > USB can't provide this, then it is not really suitable for MIDI, but > > > I'm not saying it is unusable, just that it may perform worse then > > > traditional serial multiport MIDI interfaces. > > > > FWIW the M-Audio keyboard I bought has a regular MIDI interface too. I'd > > imagine one with audio inputs has it as well. > > M-Audio's USB MIDI keyboards are great, but I would not expect the audio > variant to work as well. I also would not expect the audio hardware to > be any better quality than what is in your average laptop. I haven't > tried it though. >
I wouldn't base a studio on one, but I don't think thats the idea anyway. > Lee
