Re: OT: midi mergers

[Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 1:28 AM, james fowler <twostroke@gmail.com> wrote:
>>  Or a MIDI split interface; making sure you send only the relevant MIDI
>> data to each receiving unit. That would reduce the stress of multiple
>> simultaneous packets crowding the linear MIDI protocol paths.
>
> yes, but i don't know that this would alleviate "competing" data that is
> headed toward its intended destination.  or this could all be just be 
>the
> eventide not working correctly.
>
> - jim


The key word here is *linear*. If sending a lot more data as MIDI than
the receiving device is listening for there is not going to be a
steady flow of accurate data coming through. Everything simply can't
be sent at the same time and the data intended for a certain receiving
device may have its packages interrupted by other, irrelevant, data.
If the receiving device needs to get information in a certain order to
react correctly there might be issues.

Per