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RTP and TCP based MIDI over IP protocols

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In this paper we introduce a relatively large number of RTP and TCP based MIDI over IP protocols and perform statistically significant quantitative experiments on these protocols. We used two baseline simple and naïve TCP protocols, one with the Nagle algorithm disabled and one with the Nagle algorithm enabled. We want to determine which of the protocols would be best for performing a musical duet and which protocol would be satisfactory for the network transmission of a MIDI sequence. The MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) specification was created in 1983 and efforts to exploit this musical gesture language in networking protocols began in earnest in the 1990s. A unique design feature of the JMF (Java Media Framework) makes the utilization of reliable transport protocols such as TCP or SCTP possible for either the control channel or data channel or both channels of RTP.

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  • (2005)A musical duet performance MIDI over IP systemJournal of Computing Sciences in Colleges10.5555/1089053.108909221:2(258-264)Online publication date: 1-Dec-2005

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    ACMSE '05 vol 2: Proceedings of the 43rd annual ACM Southeast Conference - Volume 2
    March 2005
    430 pages
    ISBN:1595930590
    DOI:10.1145/1167253
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    1. MIDI
    2. MIDI over IP
    3. RTP
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    • (2007)Binding external interactivity to X3DProceedings of the twelfth international conference on 3D web technology10.1145/1229390.1229409(109-112)Online publication date: 15-Apr-2007
    • (2005)A musical duet performance MIDI over IP systemJournal of Computing Sciences in Colleges10.5555/1089053.108909221:2(258-264)Online publication date: 1-Dec-2005

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