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Originally Posted by TS-12  Sound Blaster? a consumer sound card has better MIDI than all these "Pro" ones? Is there a specific Sound Blaster Model or all Creative Sound Blaster Cards have good MIDI? |
its just the serial (or joystick) port on a PCI card works faster than USB, doesnt matter what card.
I don't actually know why this should be as Universal
Serial Bus is also a serial connection but it does NOT work faster from the PCI slot (why would it?): I know because ive tested with a PCI USB card, which performed worse (as you would expect) then the USB slots directly connected to the Mo Bo.
i suspect if you had an old fashioned printer port you would also have a super tight midi system.
it's just easier with soundcards because they have a 'game controller' driver which has had midi bolted on to it for years. it just works.
having said this, i use USB. my stuff is tight enough. it's really about how uniform your midi timing is rather than how fast it is, because you can adjust in DAW if you need to take out the latency in recording.