BBC how midi changed the world

[pucho812]

Neat little article about midi



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20425376

 

[kevinkace]

Cool article, though it doesn't mention CV...

Major thanks to Smith and Wood!

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For Dave Smith, MIDI could only become a success if every manufacturer adopted it - "we had to give it away", he says.

The universality of the format was perhaps an early example of what now gets called "open source" technology - MIDI's backers intended it to be a free gift to the world which allowed anyone access.
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[pucho812]

at the end of the article it  mentions of a full report on a BBC program. I guess that means there is a longer article either in audio or written form somewhere.

 

[sahib]

I listened to it on the radio last week.

 

[pucho812]

I listened to it on the radio last week.

how was it?

 

[sahib]

It was very well presented with interviews. Dave Smith said something like l if he only made some money out of it but it was not the idea at the time. To me guys like him are the real heros. They pushed boundaries.

 

[pucho812]

very cool. I'll have to wait until it's released online to hear the whole thing

 

[Balijon]

We were the first company to implement the midi-protocol into lighting equipment in the early 80's.
68HC11 and assembler were our friends.
Current DMX today is a no-brainer, at the time this was a big step forward, especially on larger configurations.
It also made it possible to add programmable sequencer function's at the cost of a few buttons and lines of code, formally only available on very expensive desks.
I came across this small set a few months ago, still in daily operation after almost 3 decades 

 

[sahib]

Great stuff.