And we already know, as those are the hacks we use and have used for years. They're still limiting tho for the intended purpose.
And if you're not using CCs/Sysex in an ad-hoc way, e.g. if you can get VST vendors to agree on some semantics for those, then you've just built a new protocol layer on top of MIDI, only you did it as a kludge, with whatever was available as a "safety net for unknown stuff" from 40 years ago, and not a proper design...
coldtea|3 years ago
And if you're not using CCs/Sysex in an ad-hoc way, e.g. if you can get VST vendors to agree on some semantics for those, then you've just built a new protocol layer on top of MIDI, only you did it as a kludge, with whatever was available as a "safety net for unknown stuff" from 40 years ago, and not a proper design...