[LAU] strange behaviour with novation launchpad

[Robin Gareus]

On 07/13/2012 06:41 PM, Kaspar Bumke wrote:
> The problem is basically that the LP doesn't send full midi messages but
> only the type (CC or NoteOn/Off)  for the first message and then just
> messages without the type specified for any subsequent message. 

curious.

Is there a technical motivation for doing that (low-latency, reduce
bandwidth to allow staggering multiple LPs on a single MIDI bus, etc) or
was the protocol simply designed by the marketing dept?