Re: R: opinions on analog - USB converters

[rich <rich@nuvisionsca.com>]

really?  right now i'm running my sequencer on an old powermac 
through a midiman  midi box to my gear.  i've just acquired a new g3 
powerbook and was interested in locking it in to my setup.  i'm not 
pushing things really hard, but the new USB/Midi interface that i 
would need to buy would be of worse performance than my current 
setup, by what you are saying?

If this is the case, then what is someone to do?  I would like to 
take advantage of the new features offered in current software (which 
my old machine can't handle, processor wise), but my new powerbook 
doesn't have serial ports...USB seems my only choice...

any advice?

best regards,

rich


>From what I've heard, USB is a buffered interface which means
>you cannot predict the latency very well.  This doesn't matter
>for many uses but for MIDI and other real-timing-critical
>applications it is not the best choice.