[sdiy] MIDI over Ethernet (was Microchip DSP kit $60 > AVR32)

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Tuesday 25 March 2008 12:56, Gene Stopp wrote:
> The big question is - what really is the demand? Is MIDI really that
> crummy? Does it get the job done? How many instruments need to be
> controlled at the same time, from the same source? How big does the MIDI
> orchestra need to be? What subtle additional performace nuances are
> currently missing? Well, MIDI actually is kind of crummy given the state
> of the art in everything else. You *can* hear the difference between a
> performance on a "real instrument" and something controlled over MIDI.

One time while at Yamaha for one of the two P.A.C.E. seminars I got to,  they 
had all of us in a rather large room,  with 3-4 people at each table,  and 
equipment on each table,  all wired together.  At one point during the 
proceedings they played it a bit.  It was rather impressive,  and not as flat 
as you might have expected.  I don't recall now what exactly the equipment 
was any more,  that had to be either '86 or '88 and they may even have been 
playing samples,  or something,  but it sounded pretty good.  (And must have 
taken them a _while_ to set up!  :-)

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