[gmpi] Re: 3.15 MIDI
- From: Paul Davis <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 15:49:32 -0400
>>>>
>I would not like adding some NEW MESSAGES to carry floats; I would only
>accept enlarging the fields of the existing messages and adding
>timestamps and IDs.
><<<
>
>But that loses backwards compatability. For boring musical applications
><g> a conventional MIDI voice message would probably cover 90% of the
>use cases.
>
>What I had in mind was more like how MIDI Machine Control works. Define
>a space of realtime SysX messages and format their contents whatever we
>need for GMPI. Then GMPI supports these, plus the usual voice, CC and
>xRPN messages.
this isn't the only problem with MIDI. whether you agree with michael
about the musical limitations/implications of MIDI, there is the
control issue. MIDI CC's and xRPN's do not have enough semantics to
support full control of GMPI plugins, as i think you've recognized
above.
this would mean that you'd essentially be wrapping a GMPI control
protocol in MIDI.
and what exactly is the benefit of that? after answering that, then we
can revisit the "musical" objections :)
--p
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