There is better than MIDI for a long time; it's called OSC. It's a shame the industry did never embrace it. I had some contact with Roland and the MMA, and they

There is better than MIDI for a long time; it's called OSC. It's a shame the industry did never embrace it. I had some contact with Roland and the MMA, and they explained to me that the industry did invest so much into MIDI in term of hardware development that it will be tough to replace it.