The real issue is that there is no *standard* way of doing these things. So mainstream sequencers don't support them. We need a standard way to do per-voice controllers. Chris G's proposal provides exactly that. In a fully backward compatible manner. It's going to bring a lot of exciting 'experimental' stuff into the mainstream. I am very happy. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom White" <twhite@xxxxxxxx> To: <gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 10:33 AM Subject: [gmpi] Re: Drilling down into MIDI->GMPI conversion > > The problem with these "here's a really painful way to do > > this with MIDI" statements is that Yes, you are correct. But > > practically, the sequencer GUI is not going to present this > > in any meaningful way. > > I'm not sure what you mean, so I disagree. If you mean no > existing sequence is designed to present this information > in a meaningful way, then of course not... that's because > a fraction of their customers are able to use such a feature > because synths generally don't support it. If people want > such a feature, sequencer makers will provide it... > > > Same as the "put each note on a separate MIDI channel" > > suggestion I got when I asked "how to support MIDI guitars". > > If I then want to select and drag a chord as one logical > > 'thing', I can't, the notes are all on different channels. > > Same answer. Sequencer makers can certainly figure out a view > that hides the fact that all notes are on different Channels > is they wanted to... MIDI doesn't mandate a track <->Channel > display in sequencers. > > > "but someone will provide software to make it easy" > > They've had 20 years. They haven't... Time's up. > > Well, if something other that MIDI is needed before software > developers can figure out how to make MIDI work in the examples > you cited, then I guess that's what is needed. But I hope not. > > - Tom White > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Generalized Music Plugin Interface (GMPI) public discussion list > Participation in this list is contingent upon your abiding by the > following rules: Please stay on topic. You are responsible for your own > words. Please respect your fellow subscribers. Please do not > redistribute anyone else's words without their permission. > > Archive: //www.freelists.org/archives/gmpi > Email gmpi-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx w/ subject "unsubscribe" to unsubscribe > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Generalized Music Plugin Interface (GMPI) public discussion list Participation in this list is contingent upon your abiding by the following rules: Please stay on topic. You are responsible for your own words. Please respect your fellow subscribers. Please do not redistribute anyone else's words without their permission. Archive: //www.freelists.org/archives/gmpi Email gmpi-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx w/ subject "unsubscribe" to unsubscribe