[sdiy] MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) specification

[Tom Wiltshire]

> On 6 May 2018, at 13:28, Michael Zacherl <sdiy-mz01 at blauwurf.info> wrote:
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>> On 6 May 2018, at 11:17, Tom Wiltshire <tom at electricdruid.net> wrote:
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>> The plan is to give each note it’s own MIDI channel, until you run out of channels, at which point you start having multiple notes on each channel. 
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> So after sixteen notes it starts over with channel one adding a second note to it and continues with channel two and so on?
> What Problem are they trying to solve?
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> m. (not into MIDI that much)

They’re playing catch-up with things like the Roli Seaboard and the Continuum controller and so forth, which offer far more control than a MIDI-based controller can manage.

Really, they should bite the bullet and do the job properly and design MIDI 2.0. They’ve clearly reached the limit of the original specification. I think it’s been a remarkable success. The degree of integration between different manufacturer’s bits of kit is frankly amazing, and the lifespan it’s managed to achieve is also something incredible.