Hey everyone, 3 questions:
What USB speed connection/protocol does the Prologue have - 1.0 or 2.0?
Are there any benefits from using the USB connection vs a regular MIDI cable connection?
Is either MIDI or USB more reliable and have less latency?
Thanks for any and all tips!
What USB connection does the Prologue have, 1.0 or 2.0?
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I prefer din midi for the following reasons
- the midi interface usb connection drivers is dedicated to do just that, the actual product is the interface. Not a side functionality that have very little attention.
- you dont get any ground loops since optocoupler through midi cables
- you can use really long, like 10m midi cables
- midi ports are there all the time, no need to power up all midi gear unless needed.
Usb cables I had issues with already at over 2m length.
Tiny bends at connector are enough to cause disconnect, I had on Prologue side even.
USB is sensitive to glitches and magnetic pulses, like I have a lamp with a transformer and if power on that some midi interfaces stop working, even the ones I use for midi cables.
And overall, usb root hubs on computers I had is usually 2 - one for front panel group usb connectors and one group for back panel. So if running audio also I would see to that on different root usb hub.
In windows at least, usb ports are in devices.
- the midi interface usb connection drivers is dedicated to do just that, the actual product is the interface. Not a side functionality that have very little attention.
- you dont get any ground loops since optocoupler through midi cables
- you can use really long, like 10m midi cables
- midi ports are there all the time, no need to power up all midi gear unless needed.
Usb cables I had issues with already at over 2m length.
Tiny bends at connector are enough to cause disconnect, I had on Prologue side even.
USB is sensitive to glitches and magnetic pulses, like I have a lamp with a transformer and if power on that some midi interfaces stop working, even the ones I use for midi cables.
And overall, usb root hubs on computers I had is usually 2 - one for front panel group usb connectors and one group for back panel. So if running audio also I would see to that on different root usb hub.
In windows at least, usb ports are in devices.
MIDI gear: Sequential REV2.16, Prologue-8, Hammond XK-3C, Kawai MP7SE piano, Nord Lead 2X, Roland D-05
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