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Most technologies continue to improve with innovation, like WiFi. What is a technology that was nearly perfect upon conception? (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] 32 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The MIDI protocal. The technologies that use it have evolved in all sorts of ways, but the protocol has remained unchanged.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    MPE and MIDI 2.0 would like a word zir

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That’s fair. But the fact that MIDI 1.0 isn’t going away anytime soon shows how good it was from conception. From Sweetwater:

    Because MIDI 2.0 coexists well with MIDI 1.0, it’s likely MIDI 1.0 devices will continue to be produced in the future if MIDI 2.0’s features are not needed for a particular application. In developing MIDI 2.0, backward compatibility with MIDI 1.0 was always a priority.

    MIDI 2.0 is not about replacing the original specification but about adding features that enhance the spec with features users have wanted almost since MIDI 1.0 appeared.

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