[sdiy] MIDI Sys Ex ID $$$?

[Karl Ekdahl]

So does this only pertain to sysex? Are there any other licensing requirements to incorporate MIDI in a commercial product? Couldn't really find any info pointing at that but i thought i'd ask...

Karl

--- Den tors 2011-04-28 skrev ChristianH <chris at chrismusic.de>:

> Från: ChristianH <chris at chrismusic.de>
> Ämne: Re: [sdiy] MIDI Sys Ex ID $$$?
> Till: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Datum: torsdag 28 april 2011 10:59
> On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:50:02 -0700
> "Speth, John" <John.Speth at coherent.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > > > 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.
> > 
> > I don't think that your choice of 7F was random. 
> I think I recall that 7F was reserved for
> unassigned/hobby/whatever use before the MMA started to cram
> in more functionality than what MIDI was intended for.
> > 
> > I too picked 7F with my MIDI designs but I don't sell
> too.
> > 
> > My 2 cents: I love the idea where the user can pick
> the ID.  That would eliminate some compatibility
> problems for users that have problems.
> 
> If he is smart enough to do so. And - if he is smart enough
> to see that
> his problems are due to an ID collision. I guess even quite
> a number of
> programmers might spend some time to find out, but I
> wouldn't expect
> that from some musician who just wants to make some music.
> 
> Maybe a more usable way is to "loan" an ID from a company
> that has gone
> down years ago. But then, even the Sequential ID lives on
> (Dave Smith
> still/again uses it).
> 
> Another possibility is to use the Roland scheme. Even
> though they have
> something like family and model IDs, they have a pretty
> generic dump
> protocol. It's just block move operations without
> predefined meaning,
> using a virtual device space. Each model is described by
> its own address
> mapping for patches, performances, system setup etc. That
> could be
> applied to about any synth.
> 
> BTW, paying for a sysex ID isn't particularly new, as the
> original
> poster seems to suggest. IIRC, it has always been that
> way.
> In fact, I'm surprised it's only $200. I thought I had seen
> something
> more prohibitive before. Might be that it also requires
> some nonsense
> like mandatory MMA membership or whatever, don't remember.
> 
> Christian
> 
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