[gmpi] Re: 3.15 MIDI

  • From: "Ron Kuper" <RonKuper@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 12:52:02 -0400

I can handle the updating MIDI part with Chris G and Tom W, plus any
other MMA members who can move this forward.  

For the purposes of this discussion, assume MIDI had a way to move float
values around.  Now what? 

-----Original Message-----
From: gmpi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gmpi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Steve Harris
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 12:35 PM
To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gmpi] Re: 3.15 MIDI

On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 06:29:08 +0100, Martijn Sipkema wrote:
> [...]
> > MIDI can easily be brought up to date to support float values.  
> > There are already 14-bit NRPN messages, 2x3 byte messages.  We could

> > easily work with the MMA to define other multi-message float message

> > types.  Or we could use SysX buffers to send data.
> 
> I don't think it would be easy and it would certainly take some time 
> before it would happen. Apart from that it is questionable if that is
the way to go.
> And the way MIDI evolves is not really relevant to this list; we 
> should use MIDI the way it currently exists or not use it at all.

For once I agree. Updating MIDI is not our job.

- Steve

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