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--- In AN1x-list@y..., Reggie <reggie@t...> wrote:
> As a vst user I would favour OPT over nothing, because that is 
> effectively what we have in VST for external Midi devices at the 
moment.
> 
> At the moment we have to use Hubis and another external midi 
> application, which is a pain in the backside, and unnecessary.  
WE can't 
> use logic environments, but with OPT there is no need for 
external apps, 
> so it will keep the system/midi overheads to a minimum too, 
plus 
> providing more than just synth editing options.
> 

Okay *now* it's beginning to make sense to me :-)

 I didn't pick up on it in the previous posts but when you said 
"have to use Hubis and another external midi application, which 
is a pain in the backside" a little bell went off. We have a similar 
situation on the Mac OS with OMS, and FreeMIDI, as they serve a 
similar purpose as Hubis (inter application communication and 
a shared timing soure amongst other benefits.) It's getting long 
in the tooth after having been ignored by 'Gibcode' for so many 
years - I've (reluctantly) made a concious effort to move off OMS 
when and where possible and have centered everything around 
Logic Audio and a multiport MIDI Interface run in MTP Emulation 
mode (the next step is a proper Emagic MIDI Interface.)

regards,

Jon