[sdiy] MIDI too fast?

[Joel B]

Wonder if the cpu's on these old synths could be replaced with  
something faster that has the same instruction set or over clock the  
cpu, without screwing up the functionality... I would imagine it would  
depend on how the coding was done, if the programmers used the CPU  
speed to calculate timing that would probably mean you are stuck with  
that CPU...

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On Jun 16, 2010, at 2:02 AM, "Colin f" <colin at colinfraser.com> wrote:

>
>
>> Too dense note messages choke most 80s and early 90s synths.
>> In my experience Yamaha does a bit better than Akai or Roland.
>> Worst case would be the D50, use of the internal midi delay
>> feature may cause notes to hang.
>
> Personal worst case here is the Groove-MIDI'd JP8.
> Use of pitchbend can easily cause a crash that will randomise patch  
> memory.
> The frustration caused is not balanced by the one good patch I got  
> out of
> this...
>
> Cheers,
> Colin f
>
>
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