On Saturday 11 November 2006 22:14, Tony Nelson wrote: >At 9:41 PM -0500 11/11/06, Gene Heskett wrote: >>On Saturday 11 November 2006 21:00, Tony Nelson wrote: >>>At 4:21 PM -0500 11/11/06, Gene Heskett wrote: >>> ... >> >>This thread might be of interest to the linux-audio-dev group, so I've >> >>added them to the Cc: >>>>Yup, and its been a constant src of amazement to this old fart that >>>> when the midi spec was setup, they used a serial port, thats fine, >>>> but when they set the data rate at only 31,250 baud, ... >>>> >>>>Consistently attrocious timeing, with the horns always 1/16 beat late >>>>unless the actual output order of each instrument is scrambled in the >>>>order output. That would make it sound a heck of a lot less >>>> mechanical. And there isn't a heck of a lot that can be done until >>>> we put midi on an optical circuit running at several megabytes/sec. >>>> Something like TOS maybe? >>> >>>Firewire. Many products already, plenty of speed, almost robust >>> enough. 1/8 millisecond isoch cycle times; each cycle can contain >>> packets from many senders; each packet can contain lots of notes. >> >>More robust IMO than the din connectors now used for midi >> interconnects, however the cabling itself can't help but be more >> fragile when subjected to the rigors of a jam session with bodies >> walking on them all night. And that has to be a consideration else the >> first users will get discouraged at the high cable failure rates and >> revert, particularly if they have a tin ear and can't hear what to >> many of us would be an extremely obvious improvement. >> >>But I like that idea, a lot. Maybe some enterprising LAD people could >> get together and spec something like a midi interface running over >> firewire, complete with the repeaters so it can be daisy-chained just >> like midi can be, and hopefully release it into the PD as a new midi-2 >> interface standard. And design it such that it never, ever gets into >> the snails trail of the 31,250 baud interface it uses today. > >It's already done. MIDI runs over Firewire, along with audio. Google > for "midi firewire". Buy it now. Chuckle, ask and ye shall receive. And of course it comes mainly from the apple camp. I should have known, so I'll see if I can shaddup and get back to making FC6 do what I want it to do now. -- Cheers, Gene
