If you're fortunate enough to have gigabytes of sounds, redundant disks add up to real money. SMDI also provides a method for transmission of MIDI messages. The same idea applies to CD-ROM sound libraries. As more manufacturers adopt SMDI, the more it will help. If you'd like to see that happen, make your voice heard.
Manufacturers do listen, especially when many voices are talking.
Matt Isaacson lives in San Francisco and has been a design and development engineer with Sequential Circuits, Yamaha, and Peavey over the last nine years. Specifications and Features subject to change without notice. Please review our Online User Notice .