16 Feb
2015
16 Feb
'15
8:15 p.m.
On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 10:11:50 -0700 (MST), Jonathan E. Brickman wrote:
1. Is MIDI-over-USB as constrained in timing, as
MIDI-over-DIN?
As Paul already said, no, it isn't.
If/when more than 16 patches are needed in a setup
based on my
current, I'll probably do some sort of bank switching based on program
change commands
You can use several "virtual" MIDI outs and you also can use several
hardware outputs.
[rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ amidi -l
Dir Device Name
IO hw:0,0 HDSPMx579bcc MIDI 1
IO hw:1,0 TerraTec EWX24/96 MIDI
IO hw:2,0 TerraTec EWX24/96 MIDI
For audio and MIDI I use the PCIe HDSP card and for MIDI in addition I
use at least one of the TerraTec cards. IOW I've got 3 * 16 channels.
Sometimes it's also good to have separated interfaces, even if you're
using less than 16 channels.
I'm using USB MIDI to dump data from external synth, but for short
SysEx data in "quasi real time" I'm using the PCIe and PCI devices.
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