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

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>
> not for the time, it was great!
>

So was asbestos :)

>
> damn, you mean you can turn a knob to say, 16bit resoloution?
> I mean, in a 270degree turn of knob you can pick out value 43271?
>

I sure can filter-sweep with infinite resolution. I can't do that with midi.

>> How about velocity? 127 settings? *puke*
>
> again, you really think you can hit keys with such accuracy that it needs
> more than 7bits?

I can bet Chopin could - and I can bet Keith Jarret can now.


> fair point, but thats a limitation of the fact you're using a keyboard to
> start, which implies 12 notes to an octave.
>

Using a keyboard is a limitation of midi as well.
It's like a vicious cycle.

> Huh?
> Sorry, show me how you can connect an Arturia moog modular to Rebirth with
> analogue patch leads, I'm intrigued.

I was talking about analogue modulars :)

> The argument is flawed, as neither of these apps was deisgned for this...
> Can you connect a DX7 to a Prophet 5 via analogue?
> errr, no, they're not designed for that...

But you can connect a CV-modded TR-808 to a Juno-6 alright.

>
> ok two points, firstly you complain you can't do this with synths, then you
> say you want it?

Where do I complain?

> Get MLan if you just want the one data/audio cable.
>
>> How about non-standard patch memories? Everyone has a kink of their own.
> And managing
>> that is just a big pain in the ass. Come to think of a sound which you
> stored and
>> forgot what synth it was created on - *puke*
>
> Sorry, again, if we're talking analogue modulars, Whats a patch memory?
>

We're talking about all kinds of synthesizers.

>
> This is my only issue with MIDI, bandwidth..
> And given the time it was made, and what CPUs were around, you can
> understand it.

The UK Royal Airforce doesn't use propeller planes anymore. And they
used to be good for their time.


>> Interfacing synths with eachother at all? *puke*
>
> Huh?
> Don't get what you mean here, sorry...
> You mean can you feed the output of DX7 operator into a Prophet 5 filter?
> Again, design....
>

No, I mean setting up about a thousand little settings on a master keyboard
for it to work with the sampler module, and then setting just about a thousand
other settings in the sampler for it to work as well.


> Ok, so you're a troll, you entire system is based around pure analogue, no
> computers anywhere and you have one patch cable running between everything,
> man that must sound interesting, not...

I never said that.

>
> you mean like MLan?
>
> The problem is you can't just pick a new cable, there is a HUGE array of
> problems, and then you need to get everyone to switch, and THATs the hard
> part..
>

Exactly. But that doesn't stop us from talking about it, finding issues,
fixes to them, etc, does it?

Besides: just about every synth has a clone of the moog vcf.

If you come up with something revolutionary, the switch will come by itself.