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> Where you're likely to connect to a plethora of synths from the 80s that have the combined computing capacity of a pregnancy test. In 2025, the most likely u
by PaulDavisThe1st 2y ago
> Where you're likely to connect to a plethora of synths from the 80s that have the combined computing capacity of a pregnancy test.
In 2025, the most likely use for MIDI to connect very contemporary control surfaces with deliciously formed rubber pads and smooooooooth endless rotary encoders to synth plugins that use so much CPU they couldn't have run on an 80s computer, and likely not even one from the mid-2000s.
> Where DIN plugs are the state of the art, like on your oldest Model M.
Almost all current MIDI devices use USB. A few don't even offer DIN anymore.