Re: [LAU] Midi Sample Dump transmission

Brent Busby wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Jan 2011, David Santamauro wrote:
> > man amidi
> >
> > that should be all you need
> > ...
>
> Yes, I read all that...but should I take this to mean that a Midi sample
> dump has no headers, no terminating bytes, no anything that isn't in the
> file? It's like a sysex dump? I've gotten the impression from some
> things I've read that Midi Sample Dump involves the receiving device
> sending back acknowledgement bytes during the transfer -- maybe *too*
> much...some people have said it's chatty enough to slow the transfer
> down to an irritating degree.

And many devices choke if the transfer isn't that slow.

Sending MIDI sample dumps requires a program that actually speaks
the protocol.

Regards,
Clemens
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Received on Wed Jan 26 12:15:01 2011