Michael Gogins wrote:
> 
> I think an Internet protocol for musical messages is an excellent idea.
> 
> Simplify things, however, and just make it MIDI exactly except that all
> fields are floats or, better yet, doubles. Then it would be easy to feed
> MIDI into and out of this protocol, and it would still be easy to use for
> finer control.
> 

Guys, I admit to just stumbling across this, and not following the
entire thread. Having said that, I would urge you do do some research
before inventing yet another "alternative to MIDI" protocol. For
starters, look up ZIPI, and also what Perry Cook has
proposed/implemented with his Physical modelling toolkit. I admit to not
having a lot of knowledge about either of these, but these are just some
similar concepts I have happened to come accross without really looking
for them.

I guess my point is, that is pointless to start musing about "better" or
"alternative" music messaging protocols, without at first seeing  what's
already been proposed or in the works. Granted, you may have already
taken this step and after discussion with the relevant authors, found
irreconcilable differences in your philosophies. In that case, I
apologize in advance.

But I really think the music world does not need four or five different
successors to MIDI!

Larry
     
   
  

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