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Thomas,

Intrinsically, there is nothing unstable about the USB interface; in fact, 
it's a better defined interface than any of its predecessors.

The key issue is OS support.  From my personal experience, MIDIMan has the 
Windows side of things well in hand.  I even used my MIDIsport 8x8 to 
update the OS on my KORG CX-3 organ -- two 8MB Flash ROMs, taking over 10 
minutes of solid data transfer!  The have released a multi-client driver 
that seems to be well-built.  The only complaint I have is that the 
interface sometimes hangs if plugged into the PC first, then powered 
up.  (The other way works very well.)

On the Mac side, I have less reliable information.  I have heard good 
things about both MOTU and Opcode, but this is only second-hand information.

As far as I can tell, however, most (all?) of these manufacturers have 
expertise on one side, little or none on the other.

Regards,

-BW

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At 01:11 p 9/11/2001 +0000, Thomas wrote:
>--- In AN1x-list@y..., "Bastiaan van de Werk" <bazziman@h...> wrote:
> > When you buy any midiinterface..make sure you have the people at
>the shop PROMISE you can bring it back when you experience midi-
>timing issues etc... I've heard of many people complaining the midi
>interface causes timing erros, sysexs errors etc... Not that I've
>heard stuff like this about the midisport...but still...
>
>Well, i did hear a lot of timing-probs about those USB-connected MIDI-
>interfaces. Maybe a parallel-port (printer-port) based Interface
>would fit his needs better, depends on his computer. Also there are
>other interfaces on the market.
> >
> >
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: Ronald
> >   To: AN1x-list@y...
> >   Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 11:22 AM
> >   Subject: Re: [AN1x-list] Re: An200 novice
> >
> >
> >   Thanks Thomas,
> >   That blow job was a joke Thom, but i am into music deeply so i
>can never say
> >   what i am ready to do for. Sure there are some borders, i
>wouldn't touch an
> >   animal. Anyway.
> >   Thank you for your advise. It seems i am going to BORROW some
>cach for an
> >   Midisport.
> >
> >   Cheers,
> >   Piotr
> >
> >
> >
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: "Thomas" <tomfinegan@y...>
> >   To: <AN1x-list@y...>
> >   Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:57 AM
> >   Subject: [AN1x-list] Re: An200 novice
> >
> >
> >   --- In AN1x-list@y..., a90@p... wrote:
> >   > buy a midi interface - can i connect as a chain all together
> >   (an200,
> >   > esi4000, a90ex and the phat boy) or i just have to make some
>blow
> >   job
> >   > and buy Midisport4x4 at once?
> >   Well, i don´t know about the blow job....<grin>...but you can
>chain
> >   up to three MIDI-devices, which i wouldn´t recommend, because the
> >   timing gets pretty bad at the end of the chain.
> >   A MIDISPORT 4x4 is fine.
> >   Maybe a MIDImerger (1 MIDI in / 4 MIDI outs) would also be usable
>for
> >   you.
> >
> >   > Thanks for responding,
> >   You´re welcome.
> >
> >   Tom
> >   > Piotr, Poland
> >
> >
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