Odp: [sdiy] MIDI spec

[charlie lamm]

Thanks everyone for the help.

Not to get off on a rant, but midi.org is as far from a "dot org" as I
have seen.  If it's really non-profit, then I suspect someone is eating
too many midi.org expensive account dinners w/ the guys from Roland and
Korg.  Compare midi.org to a real "open standard" site like
php.net....hmmm, quite a difference in the amount of available
documentation on line, eh?

As I see it, Midi.org's site is a joke.  The official spec doc apparently
has not been updated since 1996, and a "new one" is due in 2002--they'd
better skip a few dinners out and get cracking!  For $50 I don't want to
roll the dice on a document that is getting revised (real soon now??)

Everything--membership, getting a sysex ID, the documentation for the spec
itself--costs a surprising amount of money.   They should call it
midi.com.  Maybe that domain name was already taken?



On Sat, 30 Nov 2002, Roman Sowa wrote:

> Try these:
> http://www.borg.com/~jglatt
> http://www.harmony-central.com/MIDI/Doc/doc.html
>
> doesn't www.midi.org have everything you need?
>
> Roman
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: charlie lamm <charlie at www2.charlielamm.com>
> To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 2:45 AM
> Subject: [sdiy] MIDI spec
>
>
> > anyone know where one can get this on the web?  I think
> the MMA wants
> > USD$50 for the book that documents it....
> >
> >
>