Latency is all about your computer. Amateurs trying to set up a home studio for the first time are usually trying to use a low cost weak PC for recording and the the number one question they have is why do I have this delay when I try to play a software synth live or the flip side of that, why to I get these weird glitches in my audio?

Otherwise, yes we older guys don't get why midi 2.0 is important because we're not using all these complicated synth controllers or control surfaces like the Ableton Push to produce music us older people can't stand listening to. We're all mostly guitarists or keyboard players while young "bedroom producers" are not making music that way. It's all computer based and then the older midi standard can be a pia to work with because of all the control surface midi mapping required especially with an older piece of gear.

The bigger thing for me is the much higher resolution and almost unlimited amount of CC's available in the new standard. How many times have we read even here on this forum "How can I make my midi tracks sound more realistic?" It's all about controllers and interacting with midi software. If all you're doing is step editing notes and then quantizing them then the new standard won't matter, the result will still sound stiff and mechanical. But, if a good player is using controllers and software that can handle the new midi standard then all that goes away and it will be a very big deal.

Biab is midi based in everything it does. It uses midi commands to execute things we want to do like generating RT's and everything else. If it can be made to handle the new standard it could be a big deal but I have no idea if that's possible without a complete rewrite of the code.

We're still a ways away from those new products becoming available, this is just an agreement about the new standard and I read there were just a few pieces of gear at NAMM that conform to it. One is a new Roland 88 key keyboard controller. If it's connected to a software VST that also conforms then we could start hearing some examples but I've not see that yet.

Bob

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