[sdiy] New MIDI (was free AS3320, AS3340, AS3310 and AS3360 samples)

[paula at synth.net]

Gordon,

yup, CAN is a good idea, still more pricey than regular serial (it's a 
licensed technology IIRC) but WAY cheaper than ethernet :)



On 2017-11-02 11:54, Gordonjcp wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 02, 2017 at 11:34:27AM +0000, paula at synth.net wrote:
>> Gordon,
>> 
>>  There's already a bunch of things going on with rtpMIDI and MIDI
>> over IP, to be honest my big problem is that it adds a huge cost to
>> small developers as they'll need a CPU/MCU capable of driving
>> ethernet and handling the ethernet Stack.
>> 
>>  I was involved, whilst at Modal, with the MMA (working on the MPE
>> standard) but I know they were working on a MIDI V2, will be
>> interesting to see what approaches they take.
>> 
>> Paula
> 
> Most decent modern microcontrollers have a couple of CANBus ports, 
> which
> might be handy as a replacement for MIDI's physical interface?