[LAU] what's up with midi clock

[Paul Davis]

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Brent Busby<brent at keycorner.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 29 May 2009, Atte André Jensen wrote:
>
>> Maybe it's all just a shitty old protocol that is finally being replaced
>> by stuff like jack transport (that works very reliable, actually
>> precisely between renoise and ardour).
>
> If you're speaking of MIDI, I have to agree about the actual protocol, but
> we still can't do without it.  I have a Roland Jupiter-8, an Oberheim OB-8,
> an Ensoniq ESQ-1, and a Multimoog connected to MIDI via a CV/gate convertor.
>  There is currently no replacing the sound of these older synthesizers with
> any softsynth I've ever heard, plus there is just something about old
> classic synths.
>
> For the sake of instruments like these, Linux needs good MIDI support! (It
> would be nice for more current hardware to go with something that works over
> gigabit ethernet and uses IP...much less problems I'd imagine...)

I have no idea what you imagine or find Linux to be lacking in terms
of "MIDI support" that would affect any of these devices, unless you
mean actual applications.