[sdiy] MIDI isn't musical : Flame bait?

[matti]

On Sun, 13 Jan 2002, Ian Fritz wrote:

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>
> I agree with this. MIDI appears to have plenty of bandwidth for
> transmitting controller information to a synth. A MIDI data stream sends
> about 1000 messages per second, comparable to what the most virtuostic
> pianist can produce. Musical limitations stem from limitations in the
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well. once you start sending data that is explicitly timbre, say for FM,
MIDI starts to fall short. Also, there is plenty of quantisation where you
don't want it to be, that the limitations seem inherent to MIDI. Yes, it's
more or less ok for when you want to play the keyboard, if you can accept
a bit of lag. Beyond that, it's trying to fit technologies to processes
not inherently supported.

enjoy


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