[gmpi] Re: 3.15 MIDI
- From: "gogins@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <gogins@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 08:29:26 -0400
Some users are programmers, since some users, some musicians like myself,
make music by programming -- not by playing keyboards or other instruments.
Your distinction is artificial, and will become increasingly irrelevant as
more and more musicians do some programming as part of making music.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Miller (MULTIMEDIA)" <davmil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 8:04 PM
Subject: [gmpi] Re: 3.15 MIDI
> > The problem is that doing a workaround using MIDI doesn't mean that
> > MIDI "can do it properly" (if it can be done in the first place).
>
> Saying "This is the way to do X in MIDI" is not a "workaround" by any
> definition.
>
> > But to a composer/musician who has to deal with these workarounds,
> > it's very annoying/disturbing
>
> If a certain implementation of a specific feature gets complex (and it
> will, no matter WHAT protocol is used) it should be transparent to the
> end user anyway. If it isn't, then it is a very bad UI. Whether or not
> GMPI uses MIDI internally is completely irrelevant to an end user, it is
> only relevant to the programmer. The end user only wants to know if
> their app using GMPI plugins can receive/modify/send MIDI data as well
> as audio data. If we can accomplish that without the plugins dealing
> with MIDI, then great.
>
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