[gmpi] Re: Drilling down into MIDI->GMPI conversion
- From: "gogins@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <gogins@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 13:49:54 -0400
The salesmen are selling in the music stores only because somebody invented
something for them to sell. Every great oak from a little acorn grew --
MIDI was no big deal to start with, so your argument from usage avails not.
It occurs to me that my posts may seem incoherent because I talk about (a)
no MIDI in graph and (b) extending MIDI. I can simplify things by saying
that as far as I'm concerned it's a categorical requirement that musical
performance gestures be captured and represented at the highest technically
feasible precision and in an extensible way. This could be done with
parameters/callbacks or with messages, including extended MIDI messages --
I don't really care which. I would categorically oppose any use of MIDI
that restricts precision, restricts bandwidth, or retains awkwardnesses
such as MSB/LSB, variable length fields, etc. I would also oppose
unnecessarily complicated software engineering, so would favor NMIG or
extended MIDI over some hybrid of GMPI and MIDI.
Original Message:
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From: Ron Kuper RonKuper@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 13:22:53 -0400
To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gmpi] Re: Drilling down into MIDI->GMPI conversion
>>>
No. People use hard disk recording, not MIDI, when they must care about
the limitations of MIDI.
<<<
I agree. But people who have MIDI gear will continue to want to use
MIDI. And there is a lot of MIDI gear out there.
>>>
Or they use OSC.
<<<
Not in any statistically significant way when you compare units or
dollars against MIDI. OSC may be technically better, but ask any
salesman in any music store about it...?
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