yawetaG wrote:Some combinations of computers and USB MIDI interfaces have serious timing issues (in some cases this is entirely due to the MID […]
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Some combinations of computers and USB MIDI interfaces have serious timing issues (in some cases this is entirely due to the MIDI drivers and/or interface).
Simple advice:
- Don't cheap out on the MIDI interface.
- Don't get a no-name Chinese interface.
- If buying a vintage USB MIDI interface, do your research first.
Yea, most importantly: if you use a decent interface, with decent drivers (Roland, E-mu etc), then USB MIDI will work fine.
In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if most musicians use USB MIDI these days. They generally use laptops these days (especially DJs traveling the world), so PCIe cards aren't an option to begin with (which is why they're so rare these days, I suppose). It's USB or FireWire, but it seems that FireWire has gone out of style years ago, since I don't see it as standard on the average laptop anymore.
Also, avoid VIA USB controllers like the plague. I had lots of problems with my Athlon back in the day, with a KT133A chipset. Its USB implementation was useless for audio use (heck, the PCI implementation was worthless as well, because even my Terratec EWX24/96 card was acting up in that machine).