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Yes, it’s all MIDI. People complaining about it are ignoring the fact that it’s beyond ubiquitous and has not required a change for literally decades. It’s a smashing success, warts aside.

The dude replying to you with “Sibelius” apparently doesn’t understand that, like all other DAWs and notation programs…Sibelius uses MIDI, because of course it does.

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> "People complaining about it are ignoring the fact that it’s beyond ubiquitous and has not required a change for literally decades."

It sounds like MIDI is meeting your expectations, but people who have different requirements might disagree.

As an example, consider notating this in proper, exact just intonation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I49bj-X7fH0&t=1s

There are probably some composition programs that can do this, but MIDI is more of a hindrance to that task than a help.

MPE is kind of a kludge, but it works decently well and it absolutely addresses a real use case. For a certain kind of user it was a welcome addition to the MIDI spec.

I hacked together a just intonation thing for a friend using midi notes for a friend using midi and puredata a while back. It didn’t take long - less than an hour. Obviously took advantage of pd’s implementation detail.

The MPE presets I’ve messed with with some Roli kit have been fun.

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