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How long will all these technologies last?
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Sadly, this is the best argument for MIDI, in my opinion. Personally,
I'm no fan at all of MIDI for SysEx and things like that... I find it to
be a real bear. The last time I had any fun with transferring patches to
& from my synthesizers was using Sequencer Plus Gold (DOS).
But when you consider that PC interfaces come and go so quickly, perhaps
at the end of the day MIDI really is preferable to USB, &c.