[sdiy] midi clock

[John Speth]

> I discovered this too, the same way, while writing MIDI 
> filters.  I then read, I
> think here, that most MIDI controllers do this note-on with 
> zero vel thing instead
> of note-off.  My first cut of the code was written for 

I have a vague memory the reason for this is that very early in the MIDI
days, some major manufacturer misinterpreted the spec and ignored note off
msgs.  This mistake had critical mass and everybody had to follow suit.
There were few players during that time and even fewer major players.

JJS

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