Re: [sdiy] MIDI isn

[jhaible at debitel.net]

Ingo Debus <debus at cityweb.de> schrieb: 
> jhaible at debitel.net wrote:
> > 
> > I thought polyphonic AT is about the worst that can happen to fill up the Midi
> > data stream. (?)
> 
> In my experience it isn't that bad. I never had MIDI bandwidth problems
> with my Roland A-80 (although I never recorded the poly AT data into a
> sequencer). After all, you can press only 10 keys maximum, and apply
> force to only a few of them most of the time.


... which leads us to the "other" problem of polyphonic AT: that it is often not sensitive
enough. Just as you said, it needs "force". Exactly my experience with an Ensoniq
SQ-80, and exactly why I sold it after a few days. 
The (monophonic) AT of a CS-50 or a SH-2000 is so sensitive that it only needs a
gentle touch to be activated (in its lower range). This is how it should be, especially
with polyphonic AT where all fingers might be in duty for AT and not just the strongest
one.So I guess if the poly AT would really do what it should (be sensitive), it would
also fill the Midi stream more than it does.

I'm aware that I'm mixing two different problems here. I just say that you might only run
into the second one (Midi flood) when you solved the first one (lack of sensitivity).

JH.