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Subject: Re: [AN1x] USB Midi Cable

From: Peter Korsten <peter@...>
Date: 2013-06-07

Op 6-6-2013 17:15, john_merrit_70 schreef:
> What about my old Creative Labs Soundblaster Live! Platinum with the Live! Drive add-on ?
>
> [...]
>
> Is there any special thing I need to do/setup on the AN1x ?
> I have all the channels on 1, Device = ALL, etc..

The issue is the buffer size. On cheap MIDI devices (and that includes
your ancient sound card, which is from 1999 if I'm not mistaken) that
buffer is not big enough for sysex dumps. So everything would be
working, and you're wondering what you're doing wrong, but it's the
buffer size. With a professional audio interface, this buffer would be
several times bigger than on for example a USB-to-MIDI cable, and that's
the crucial difference between whether or not you get a buffer overrun.

- Peter