MIDI and/or CV output to 'the World'

[eenixon]

Yes, of course, I forgot the kinesthetic side. It is important. Although, I personally don't remember anyone reminiscing too much about the physical appeal of agitating a film canister or sloshing with passion that print in the fixer bath. But I'm sure it was more holistic and subtle than I make out.

I think the question of integrating the various digital CV approaches is just basic commerce: there's no solid value proposition in it. In fact, there might be an argument that says: it just makes my competitive market larger and more elastic. Harder to sustain profits.

Much of tech innovation is based on the business theory of creating competitive barriers; it's only later after they've exhausted themselves in their niche that the notion of standardizing or integrating has appeal.

The MIDI standard is probably an example of this; it actually came in in the twilight of the first analog era. That said, I don't think anyone would have predicted the incredible durability of that standard. It keeps morphing, being enriched within its restrictions, e.g., the new Multidimensional Polyphonic Expression (MPE) standard. And they sneak real numbers in to replace those eight bit integers...

[dpcoffin]

Originally Posted by eenixon

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Much of tech innovation is based on the business theory of creating competitive barriers; it's only later after they've exhausted themselves in their niche that the notion of standardizing or integrating has appeal.

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Hopefully a few more 3rd-party devs will be willing to sacrifice some effort for the team in the meantime—kudos to the Beans

[eenixon]

An item of interest that seems relevant:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=6mOAgqcM2eI

A comprehensive and well done overview of integrating Eurorack with VCV Rack or Softube modular -- Expert Sleeps ES-3 or Motu 8A.

[djb]

I suspect this falls under the category of "stuff no one will spend a lot of effort on because it's something that can be solved by MIDI 2.0", which will probably begin to materialize into real things over the next couple of years. Someone will create a protocol that is data-efficient when it can be, and high-resolution and fast when it needs to be. So until then, I wouldn't expect much in the way of virtual CV standardization.