[LAD] basic MIDI note-on/note-off questions

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 08:29 -0400, Paul Davis wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 6:55 AM, James Morris <james at jwm-art.net> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I keep getting surprised at some of the most basic problems I run
> > into... This time, processing order.
> 
> just remember that in "real" MIDI, nothing can be simultaneous. its a
> serial protocol without timestamps. with traditional serial MIDI, the
> time interval between bits and bytes is also fixed, creating a fixed
> minimal interval between any two note on/off messages.

In addition, the UART gives information about being ready to send. It's
not fixed to e.g. 1ms. There's a register giving this information.