[sdiy] MIDI Sys Ex ID $$$?

[Scott Gravenhorst]

Neil Johnson <neil.johnson97 at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Scott Gravenhorst wrote:
>> Well, probably not an idea you want to hear, but what about a configurable ID?  In
>> other words, you don't put one in there, you let the user assign it (with a DIP
>> switch or something similar)?
>
>By now most Manufacturer IDs are three bytes long, so that would be a 
>lot of DIP switches!
>
>> In my case, I just picked 7F out of my rear, but I don't or haven't sold anything yet.
>
>Well, 7F is for Real Time Universal System Exclusive Messages, so you 
>might have problems with anyone using MIDI Time Code, Show Control, etc.
>

Heh, so it is.  I don't use any of that in my studio, so I'm OK, but I do take your point.

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