[sdiy] Daft Idea, LINUX SYNTH

[Paul Maddox]

Matti,

> MIDI simply isn't enough for a real modular; lag, bandwidth, serial
> nature, 8 bits control  (for note number anyway)..... . I think everyone
> would a ppreciate a "MIDI 2.x".

check out the PPG BUS system, 20KBYTE per second...
its dual 8 bit parallel Bus system... Fantastically quick....

> On the note of compatibility....I'd hate to see a modular that you can
> only control digitally.

what do you mean?
It would have knobs and such on the front of the modules, if you designed a
module with them.
The idea is essentially a structured approach to a common backplane..
how each module is controlled and is interfaced to the user is entirely down
to the deisgner, though a common front panel/interface would make things a
lot better looking when it came to building systems/modules...

Paul
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