Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2002 10:14 pm
Hi you all Pulsarians!
As I feel, MIDI control should be completely redesigned since long.
The new computers are massive powerhouses compared to the little amount of data that MIDI causes, I´m thinking about the idea of a new MIDI standard since years now, but nobody seems to care, or even spend his or her own thoughts on it, or just never spoke about it.
Having rotary controls on your software synths/fx (...) you might all have already seen the phenomenon of being able to set values much more precisely than it could be done by MIDI as is. What I´m wanting to say is: A new 16bit MIDI standard should be launched, to regain the smoothness in remote-controlling your gear. I´m doing a lot with MIDI, and I lately more and more often find, that these 128 steps that 7bit MIDI provides is simply no more sufficient for really smooth-sounding modulations. Take the BosFilthar (free-)device for example, set resonance to max, other modulations off, click on the cutoff knob dragging the mouse pointer far from its center, moving along the edges of your screen slowly and listen to the fine and smooth way the sound pitches, very softly and without annoying steps. Then try to smoothly control the cutoff via MIDI instead, you´ll get nothing comparable out of it anymore.
I mean, what sense does a precise and crystal clear sound engine like the one that pulsar provides make, if you can´t remote-control it in an adequate way to really have it rocking and singing like it easily could?
Even if all the hardware so far can´t be changed in this matter easily, well, the software at least could...
IMHO this would be the greatest advance in sound technology that pulsar could provide, if CW would program a software sequencer which is capable of a special MIDI standard to control pulsar devices with a complete new feeling and precision. They could be the banner-carriers for a new generation of sound technology, and we, the users of Pulsar, finally had the best reason ever to be really proud on our equipment, knowing what we spent so much money on, at least until the first hardware manufacturers will think about a new standard, too.
What do you think? This should be not the highest demand, it´s more a basic need for our generation of electronic music production.
MIDI "as is" is overaged! Having "virtual analog" synths and filters all around, then why is the control still so unprecise and digital?
As I feel, MIDI control should be completely redesigned since long.
The new computers are massive powerhouses compared to the little amount of data that MIDI causes, I´m thinking about the idea of a new MIDI standard since years now, but nobody seems to care, or even spend his or her own thoughts on it, or just never spoke about it.
Having rotary controls on your software synths/fx (...) you might all have already seen the phenomenon of being able to set values much more precisely than it could be done by MIDI as is. What I´m wanting to say is: A new 16bit MIDI standard should be launched, to regain the smoothness in remote-controlling your gear. I´m doing a lot with MIDI, and I lately more and more often find, that these 128 steps that 7bit MIDI provides is simply no more sufficient for really smooth-sounding modulations. Take the BosFilthar (free-)device for example, set resonance to max, other modulations off, click on the cutoff knob dragging the mouse pointer far from its center, moving along the edges of your screen slowly and listen to the fine and smooth way the sound pitches, very softly and without annoying steps. Then try to smoothly control the cutoff via MIDI instead, you´ll get nothing comparable out of it anymore.
I mean, what sense does a precise and crystal clear sound engine like the one that pulsar provides make, if you can´t remote-control it in an adequate way to really have it rocking and singing like it easily could?
Even if all the hardware so far can´t be changed in this matter easily, well, the software at least could...
IMHO this would be the greatest advance in sound technology that pulsar could provide, if CW would program a software sequencer which is capable of a special MIDI standard to control pulsar devices with a complete new feeling and precision. They could be the banner-carriers for a new generation of sound technology, and we, the users of Pulsar, finally had the best reason ever to be really proud on our equipment, knowing what we spent so much money on, at least until the first hardware manufacturers will think about a new standard, too.
What do you think? This should be not the highest demand, it´s more a basic need for our generation of electronic music production.
MIDI "as is" is overaged! Having "virtual analog" synths and filters all around, then why is the control still so unprecise and digital?
I agree. Better midi params which would enable smoother contol is definately the way we should go. I too don't understand why there hasn't been a second Midi controller language. I'm sure it can't be too difficult. With other interfaces having revisions in their controller languages why not in Midi, it does seem strange. Is it because none of the technically minded musos who designed the midi format have modern equipment to play on? It makes you wonder. Come on CW set the example in this field. An easy idea that would be great for your publicity.