[sdiy] OT: sequencing over the internet

[Kyn Si]

Hi Glen,

I personally think that realtime midi-transmission via LAN/internet is 
something for the future but at the moment impossible. The biggest problem 
is latency. I have two computers connected to the internet via cable 
(@home) and the ping-time between the two is 40ms. The ping-time to outside-
computers is between 100ms and 1500ms. This is way to much for realtime 
sequencing etc. I think it will take highspeed fibreglass or optical 
wireless laser connections to reach acceptable latency-times. I remember 
seeing an item on cnn about realtime music-composition over the internet 
using laser-technology or fibre-cable with virtually no delay.

Maybe a completely different protocol is an option. Even the connection via 
midi from my computer (mac g3) to my esi isn't fast enough for crispy, 
tight percussion programming. I read things about ZIPI a while ago but I 
think development has stopped. Maybe firewire is an option?

Adios,

Corneel.


-->At 09:27 AM 3/14/01 , Dan Gendreau wrote:
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-->This topic makes me wonder if it would be practical to write some sort of
-->MIDI drivers which would send MIDI info over a LAN, instead of MIDI 
-->cables,
-->at higher speeds than standard MIDI? For example, I'm thinking of having
-->sequencer software on one computer and soft synths on the other computer/
-->s.




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