OVERRIDING M.I.D.I.

[Matt Curtis]

On 28 Jan 97 at 22:30, it is written by Arnim X. Sauerbier:

> There is (was?) a proposal for a faster MIDI replacement called ZIPI.  
> Anyone know what happened to this?

Market pressure. They can't make synths with only ZIPI ports because, 
who would buy them? What sequencers can you use/what expanders can 
you plug them in to? And they won't introduce synths with ZIPI *and* 
MIDI ports because as it is they're already trying to save pennies of 
production costs. There's no good way of introducing it.

A friend of mine suggested TCP/IP as a transport layer... MIDI to
TCP/IP converters would fill a similar function that CV to MIDI
converters do now. But I reckon there's not enough demand at the
moment to make it worthwhile. IMHO 99.9% of everyone is either happy
enough with the MIDI setup they already have, or can put up with its
limitations considering its flexibility.

-matt

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