Are there Nords that send midi via USB 2.0, not v1.1?

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Re: Are there Nords that send midi via USB 2.0, not v1.1?

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maxpiano wrote: 24 Jun 2025, 23:24 OK but since a Nord has to send MIDI both on USB and DIN, at an overall system level the max manageable speed is the one of the slowest interface (by definition).
There is nothing requiring that limitation. The two interfaces are separate and the limitations of one do not have to be the limitations of the other. It will all depend on how Nord has implemented the drivers for those two interfaces.
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Re: Are there Nords that send midi via USB 2.0, not v1.1?

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cgrafx wrote: 25 Jun 2025, 00:03
maxpiano wrote: 24 Jun 2025, 23:24 OK but since a Nord has to send MIDI both on USB and DIN, at an overall system level the max manageable speed is the one of the slowest interface (by definition).
There is nothing requiring that limitation. The two interfaces are separate and the limitations of one do not have to be the limitations of the other. It will all depend on how Nord has implemented the drivers for those two interfaces.
That is not the point, since they send exactly the same messages, so the fact that USB sends them faster is irrelevant, when you have a buffer of messages to be sent you need anyway to “wait” for the slowest to finish and think also about real time messages like MIDI Clock
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