thnx Chork
also Luis, there is no discernable difference between
USB 1.0 and Firewire when sending midi (even midi dumps, as midi is such a
basic protocol)
USB 2.0 & standard Firewire have comparable transfer rates
the new Firewire has faster transfer than USB2, but this
is only noticable when working with large amounts of data
even then, the transfer rate is fast enough to only be important when
backing up bulk data
it's not terribly relevent for audio apps
On 1/16/06, Chork the Jangler <meatsock@gmail.com> wrote:
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> From: kenny ***** <kenny****@gmail.com>
> Date: Jan 16, 2006 8:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [idm] USB/Firewire 2 MIDI?
> To: Chork the Jangler <meatsock@gmail.com>
>
>
> MOTU micro lite (5x5 in/out) is nice solution if you intend on
> acquiring more midi controllers/modules
> if you're only using one controller, a cheapy USB to Midi will be fine
>
> yes, you should write custom controllers (OSC spec is great)
> PureData and Supercollider are awesome languages
> but Reaktor has a much faster learn curve and more graphical interface
> it also has total OSC integration
>
> all the NI samplers sound great, very EMUish
> great for glitches, breaks, idm in general
> if you can't splash on Kontakt2, check out Kompakt - much smaller and
> cheaper
> still sounds great - just minus the really powerful functions
>
>
>
>
> On 1/16/06, Chork the Jangler <meatsock@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > you can get an maudio usb to 1x1 midi adaptor for like $30
> >
> > midi adaptors are a commodity, since they all perform the same thing
> > in the same way; there's no better brand than another just so long as
> > it conforms to midi spec.
> >
> > On 1/15/06, Luis-Manuel Garcia <lgarcia@uchicago.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > So, I just "inherited" a MIDI controller keyboard and I want to make
> > > it speak with my laptop. Does anybody have a particular adapter that
> > > they are fond of? Any substantial difference between USB-to-MIDI and
> > > Firewire-to-MIDI? Should I dismiss MIDI as decadent and write
> > > everything by hand in Max/DSP and Supercollider? (kidding)
> > >
> > > Anyway, any suggestions would be much appreciated. Also, any
> > > recommendations on a small-scale software sampler would be great,
> too...
> > >
> > > cheerio,
> > >
> > > LMG
> > > Chicago,IL
> > >
> > > p.s. actually, I wasn't kidding all that much about Max/DSP and
> > > Supercollider. If I had time (ha!) I'd love to become fluent in
> > > their language of robot love.
> > >
> > > p.p.s. I know this is old news by now, but I'm *still* loving Jackson
> > > and his Computer Band. Sort of like IDM + Akufen.
> > >
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