On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:43:15 +0100 "Steve McConville" <mcconville.steve@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I am curious - has there been any move to modernize the MIDI > > connectivity standards to include USB or Ethernet? > > There has been - there is a midi over usb standard. > > Midi is a poor starting point for modernisation not just beacause of > the pragmatic compromises mentioned above but also because it is > wholly unlayered (the spec covers everything from the physical up to > the presentational layer), and has it's expansion room squeezed into > the SysEx ghetto. Midi over ethernet would be even less pleasant, and > less logical, than doing RS-232 over ethernet. > > OSC has fixed these problems and should have been built into > everything since the mid-90s but so many people have invested time in > learning MIDI that they wouldn't countenance working with anything > else. It looks like RESTful web services may eventually replace both, > however. I can't help thinking there is also an element of 'if it aint broke don't fix it'. This is true for me. MIDI does everything I want without significant problems OUTSIDE my computer, and once inside, it becomes largely irrelevant. -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/linux-audio-user
