Doepfer Dark Time

[Peter Korsten]

Op 14-1-2012 11:43, Jay Vaughan schreef:

> Thats the fantastically befuddling thing.  Ethernet can replace MIDI in a heartbeat.  Has it, in the 20 years so far, had a chance?  Nope. wtf?  Okay, yeah.  Ethernet does have hefty power requirements, whereas MIDI could be done with potatoes, me thinks, but .. still.  There is a lesson to be learned here.  Working hardware, counts.  MIDI has lived long because there are plenty of old synths and new synths out there with it onboard, just stock standard.  It costs very, very little to make a MIDI strap-on for whatever else is under the knobs, so yeah.

As Kai pointed out, Ethernet with its 8P8C plugs (also incorrectly 
called RJ45 plugs) is physically weak. Good for an office environment, 
not very good if they get (un)plugged all the time and stepped on.

USB has the same problem, although not as bad. But the plug is still 
vulnerable. And USB has this silly client/server model, with 
asymmetrical cables and all that BS.

So, whilst all of these interfaces are superior to MIDI in some way or 
other, none of them beat MIDI in every aspect, and none of them are as 
robust.

Who has ever heard of a not-working MIDI cable? ;)

> But come on.  Audio/MIDI control over Ethernet?  Isn't it a bit, well .. faded .. in light of, say ANT+ and Bluetooth and so on?

Wireless gives too many headaches with security, interference, security, 
range, and security.

> The old saying goes, as we all know, "its always the f'in cable", so .. Ethernet?  No thanks, I already don't have any ethernet cables, much, around any more .. lets let the old epithet fade into oblivion against, probably, the new ones, like "oh, someone else is rockin' the spectrum, okay then.." and so on.

The only wireless devices in our home are the smartphones and the BD 
player. I've tried wireless, and it's just too much of a hassle for 
devices that never move from their spot anyway.

- Peter