Why MIDI? (was Re: Why DIY? (was Re: [sdiy] Another new hard to find part....))

[Glen]

At 04:28 PM 7/7/04 , cheater wrote:
(Heavily snipped, or course.)

>Midi specification sheets anyone? *puke*
>continuous versus 127 discrete settings? *puke*
>How about velocity? 127 settings? *puke*
>Or let's take on non-standard scales. *puke*
>With software? *puke*
>etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, *puke*
> etc, etc. Again, *puke*
>forgot what synth it was created on - *puke*
>MIDI timing issues? *puke*
>Sending samples down through Midi? *puke*
>Interfacing synths with eachother at all? *puke*
>What the hell is that crap supposed to be? *puke*
>Remember, kids: Midi = *puke*

>So maybe we could talk about the possibilities of this, hm? :o)

I doubt that anyone wants to get close enough to have that conversation,
until you manage to stop spewing puke everywhere.   :)

Until your medical condition improves, perhaps you might at least ponder
what you meant by MIDI being so very proprietary? I have a copy of the
original spec. Newer and much more up-to-date copies are available from the
MMA, to anyone who wants to purchase a copy. That certainly doesn't seem
extremely proprietary to me. 

I could probably find other issues in your original post to debate, but I
was too busy dodging all that projectile vomit to pay full attention to
everything you wrote.  ;)


get well soon,   :)
Glen