On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 11:58:56PM -0400, Sean M. Pappalardo wrote:
> This is to notify you that the MIDI mapping XML format has changed
> somewhat and you'll need to make some adjustments:
> - <miditype> has become <status> which allows you to enter the desired
> hex byte (op-code and channel) directly for full customization
> - <midichan> has been removed due to now being present in the status byte

Next up, the format will change to being a raw stream of MIDI bytes!

Seriously, I don't see why the old system had to be *removed* in favour
of the new system. Using type + channel is plainly easier for humans
than having to calculate a combined status byte. 

Couldn't you have allowed for the incredibly rare cases that the 
status byte needs to take a value that can't easily be represented 
in terms of type and channel, by *adding* that ability alongside 
the existing format instead of replacing it?

Sorry to carp but it really seems to me that lately the format
of MIDI maps is becoming easier for machines to read and write 
at the expense of becoming more complicated for humans to read and write. 

Ben


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