If that scenario ever actually exists in practice, there is every chance that some/many DAWs will convert your incoming MPE to MIDI 2.0 per note expressive messages that the synth will respond to.Does this all mean that I can't use MPE from Linnstrument with hardware synth if I have:
-Linnstrument
-A hardware synth that supports "Per note expressive stuff" of MIDI 2.0 but not MIDI 1.0 MPE
-DAW that supports "Per note expressive stuff" of MIDI 2.0 and MIDI 1.0 MPE
?
Of course its too early to say for sure, because no such hardware synth exists, and only a few DAWs are just at the first stage of adding support for certain MIDI 2.0 features.
Even if your DAW of choice failed to implement such conversion, someone else will be able to write a live MIDI conversion utility. Including for very small little computers (raspberry pi type stuff) that could be used as a glorified conversion dongle if you wanted to use a MPE controller with a hardware synth without having a full on computer with DAW as part of the setup. Even someone with my level of coding ability could do it. Even at this early stage of MIDI 2.0 I could already do it, but it would be a lot more effort than it will be when more libraries with MIDI 2.0 support exist, and it would be a pointless exercise given the lack of MIDI 2.0 synths. All the same if my life depended on it I could already do it, although I would have to use WoodSynth (a software synth) instead of a hardware synth to actually test that it worked. And I wouldnt gain anything at this stage, because WoodSynth already supports both MPE and MIDI 2.0 per note expressive stuff.
Or someone else will make a proper hardware device that can handle the conversion, if we actually ended up with an era where there was an awkward gap and some resulting consumer demand to bridge that gap in that way.
Statistics: Posted by SteveElbows — Wed Feb 07, 2024 2:55 am