Re: [linux-audio-dev] a question re: the MIDI spec

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] a question re: the MIDI spec
From: Martijn Sipkema (msipkema_AT_sipkema-digital.com)
Date: Fri Sep 10 2004 - 14:49:54 EEST


>> [...] the USB specification. And it even appears like some vendors
>> are (finally!) starting to follow suit:
>>
>> http://midiman.com/products/en_us/KeystationPro88-main.html
>>
>> - "USB class compliant-no drivers required for
>> Windows XP or Mac OS X"
>
> M-Audio started following suit only after they hung their engineers
> with a USB cable and bought Evolution who had always made
> class-compliant devices.
 
The problem here is that class compliant devices suffer bad timing
because they use bulk transfers for MIDI data. The standard for
MIDI over FireWire is much better.

--ms


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