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Subject: Midi thru box
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Original Message 1/16 17-Sep-98 @ 07:03 PM - Midi thru box
Are they a real heap of shit?
Whoops!
What about 'Philip Rees'????
Message 2/16 18-Sep-98 @ 03:22 AM - RE: Midi thru box
xoxos.
Message 3/16 18-Sep-98 @ 03:23 AM - RE: Midi thru box
xoxos.
Message 4/16 18-Sep-98 @ 05:31 AM - RE: Midi thru box
The dude had a few, so if you need one let me know and mebbe...
Message 5/16 18-Sep-98 @ 06:35 AM - RE: Midi thru box
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Message 7/16 18-Sep-98 @ 08:55 AM - RE: Midi thru box
Message 8/16 18-Sep-98 @ 04:16 PM - RE: Midi thru box
xoxos.
Message 9/16 18-Sep-98 @ 06:18 PM - RE: Midi thru box
Message 10/16 18-Sep-98 @ 10:19 PM - RE: Midi thru box
Thanks
Message 11/16 19-Sep-98 @ 01:57 AM - RE: Midi thru box
Message 12/16 19-Sep-98 @ 10:13 PM - RE: Midi thru box
Message 13/16 20-Sep-98 @ 03:14 AM - RE: Midi thru box
xoxos.
Message 14/16 20-Sep-98 @ 08:59 PM - RE: Midi thru box
on the subject of sequencers.... apparently Emagic are coding a pc ground-up version of L-Audio.... so i guess in light of all the cubase problems, it's worth a wait...
Message 15/16 20-Sep-98 @ 10:19 PM - RE: Midi thru box
Message 16/16 21-Sep-98 @ 06:01 PM - RE: Midi thru box
midi transmits at 30Khz. that's 1/30Khz seconds/bit.
breaking out my calculator...that's 3.2ns (nanoseconds!)
there's 10 bits/digit (8 bits + start/stop) so 25.6
nanoseconds (that's .256ms!) Now, there are 3 bytes
in a typical midi message, so multiply by 3 = 76.8ns
(that's .768ms...i may have the 'n' wrong though).
That's how long it takes a midi message to be transmitted.
OTOH, the speed of light is 186,000 miles/second.
A mile is 5280 feet (US). So, the electrical signal
will travel the 6 feet from your computer to the
end of the chain in approximately 6.109x10-9 s
for comparison, the time above is 7.68x10-5....
this isn't exactly right, but it's close enough...
most midi thrus are hardware i.e. the midi in is
connected directly to the midi out with wire, nothing
in between. then you are just putting a lot of load
on that wire which degrades signals. this isn't so
bad.
however, some synths (like the tx81z is one I know of)
have "soft" thrus, meaning that the synth reads the
byte off the port, and then spits it back out the thru.
these suck. there's no telling how long it will take
to spit out the message, and most don't pass sysex.
it can be up to 30ms, which is in Dolby surround
territory......
another advantage to midi thrus is if you have a pc
or mac midi editor for more than one of your synths,
but only one midi input...you can use the patchbay
to determine which one is talking back to the computer
during programming, then switch easily back to the
controller.....
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