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Thank you for clarifying all of that for me, I had not heard about midi
2, but I had read a bit about OMPS, I had a feeling that you might be
lurking on this thread, so I had hoped that you would clear things up.

I still haven't read the article, so I was making a wild guess that they
maybe had something to do with each other, When are both of these likely
to be implemented?


In article <BDEGIENFICEGELEJDBEEGECCCAAA.gary@...>, Gary Gregson
<gary@...> writes
>Hi Reggie,
>
>Lets not confuse MIDI v2.0 with Open MIDI Plugin System (OMPS).
>
>MIDI v2.0 is likely to be an enhancement to the transmission protocol.
>Basically this will change the recommended Media (i.e. moving from the
>31.25Kbits/s serial cable to 1394 bus at 400Mbits/s or more) and enhance the
>actual protocol (i.e. break the 16 channel/port limit, 7bit/data limit and
>add reliable time stamping). All of this is well overdue and therefore
>thoroughly welcome. Yamaha appear to be at the forefront of this technology
>with their mLan proposals.
>
>[its worth noting that the article referenced in Jons post, highlights the
>technical problems associated with the current crop of USB devices. There
>have been several discussions on the reliability of USB devices within the
>AN1x forum. During those discussions I have never been an advocate of MIDI
>over USB. So I find it refreshing to see an independent article that lays
>down the facts. Hopefully this will encourage more manufacturers to move to
>1394 solutions and to stop pushing USB solutions that for the most part do
>not work reliably under stress]
>
>OMPS on the other hand does not affect the MIDI spec in any way. It is
>simply a software plugin format (similar to DirectX or VST plugins for
>audio). I have been working with Yamaha/Microsoft/Cakewalk on this format.
>The aim is really to allow the MIDI functionality of sequencer products to
>be enhanced by third party plugin components (So for instance third parties
>can provide device editors, enhanced edit views, MIDI processors and other
>MIDI data manipulation functions as simple plugins to existing sequencer
>software). This will deliver timely support for new devices/MIDI formats etc
>to end users within their chosen sequencing environments.  OMPS can also
>potentially deliver more flexible softsynths than are currently possible
>under VST. This does not mean OMPS is intended as a replacement for
>VST....its more of a complimentary technology.
>
>So for example in future, it may be possible for me to provide editors
>similar to XGedit/AN1xEdit that run directly within your sequencer.....no
>more Hubi cables or device conflicts etc and no need to export data to MIDI
>etc for transfer to your sequencer. Instead the editor would be capable of
>directly reading and writing the sequencers tracks, automating from playback
>data and sending data directly via the sequencers MIDI ports.
>
>Really the only tie in between OMPS and MIDI v2.0 is that OMPS has been
>specified so as to be extensible and can accommodate larger numbers of
>channels/higher data widths than the current MIDI specification.
>
>The good news is ....that contrary to popular belief....MIDI is not dead!
>For some time MIDI has appeared to be the poor relation to Audio
>technologies as far as development is concerned. However with these recent
>developments MIDI will get some of the attention it deserves and continue to
>be a relevant factor in music production.
>
>Regards
>
>Gary Gregson
>
>Email:gary@...
>http://www.yme.co.uk/yme
>
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See ya,

Reggie