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Convention Paper

Routing MIDI Messages Over Ethernet

Authors: Foss, Richard; Mosala, Thabo

AES Convention 99 · Paper 4057 · October 1995

Abstract

A system, known as the MIDINet system, has been created that routes MIDI messages between MIDI-compatible source and destination devices. These devices are attached to nodes, which in turn are linked into an Ethernet network. Message routing is facilitated by the MIDINet protocol, which is a layer above standard Ethernet. The performance of the system has been measured and documented. In order to address the nondeterminism of Ethernet, a token bus protocol layer has been introduced between the Ethernet and MIDINet layers. The MIDINet system is being used to enhance MIDI routing in a music studio network where studio resources are shared between remote music stations.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 99
AES Convention
99
Paper number
4057
Publication date
October 6, 1995
Session subject
Multimedia and Networking
Affiliation
Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper