On Jul 7, 2005, at 7:02 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
On 7 Jul 2005 at 17:13, Christopher Smith wrote:
On Jul 7, 2005, at 3:36 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
Do you have a non-USB keyboard port? If so, I'd try getting the
keyboard off the USB bus so that MIDI is on USB and the rhythmic
values you're typing is *not* on USB.
Umm, AFAIK USB is the only option for Mac keyboard plugging in.
Sounds like bad design, in my opinion.
High-end machines that are used for music ought to have options.
Of course, that option might be an add-on serial port card?
Yes, that was an option suggested to me by Darcy as well (USB that is.
Serial is no more.)
Well, what about a non-USB MIDI interface? Did they also take away
the printer port (isn't that what used to be used for MIDI, given how
I remember all the complaints about contention for the port?)?
You and Darcy seem to think alike 8-)
He suggested a FireWire MIDI interface, too.
My printer(s) are on the Mac's built-in Ethernet. I have 2 Firewire
ports (1 free right now) and 2 USB ports (one free right now, though
both would be free if I switched to a FireWire MIDI interface), plus
the USB keyboard/mouse connection on my monitor.
I will look into the suggestions to see if there are any improvements.
Thanks for the insights.
Christopher
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