OVERRIDING M.I.D.I.

[Josh Rowe]

On  Wed, Jan 29th, Jonathan Mayer posted

"no matter how open the standard, the replacement for MIDI will have to be
an industry-wide effort, not just some one-vendor wanking."

Jonathan is right.  Without a standard implementation for any update 
to MIDI, we'll end up even more frustrated than some of us are now.  
Unfortunately, this means that a large number of users will have to 
show a demand for an improved MIDI scheme, and frankly I don't think 
most (ie: typical) users have a problem.

I was looking at the MIDI Manufacurer's Assoc. webpage at 
http://home.earthlink.net/~mma/ and they have a interview with the 
president of the MMA about the future of MIDI.  He mentions something 
about Fire Wire IEE 1394, but I couldn't access the page (frames, I 
think).

I think long-range solution would be to use one of the unused wires 
on the cable and run that wire at a MUCH higher speed, keeping the 
same data formats, etc.

But for now I think we should work smarter, not harder.  Like someone 
mentioned, quantatize CC messages and run high bandwith machines on 
separate MIDI chains.

My .02.




Josh Rowe
jrowe at everest.acpl.lib.in.us