Originally Posted by
nem0nic
To the OP, I'm not sure I would frame the essay in that way. You seem to imply that this is a new phenomenon, when in truth it was what MIDI was DESIGNED to do back in the early 80s. The barrier wasn't that a suitable protocol didn't exist, but rather that the cost of entry was high enough that it was out of reach for most people. Instead, a more accurate way to frame the discussion would be that as computing power becomes commoditized, more hardware and software has been developed to leverage that newly accessible power.
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