Editing MIDI (section)

===Timestamping===
One solution to MIDI timing problems is to mark MIDI events with the times they are to be played, transmit them beforehand, and store them in a buffer in the receiving device. Sending data beforehand reduces the likelihood that a busy passage overwhelms the transmission link. Once stored in the receiver, the information is no longer subject to timing issues associated with MIDI or USB interfaces and can be played with a high degree of accuracy.<ref>"[http://www.sweetwater.com/expert-center/glossary/t--MTS-MOTU Glossary: MTS (MIDI Time Stamping)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121205041728/http://www.sweetwater.com/expert-center/glossary/t--MTS-MOTU |date=5 December 2012 }}". ''sweetwater.com''. Sweetwater Sound. n.d. Web. 17 August 2012</ref> MIDI timestamping only works when both hardware and software support it. MOTU's MTS, eMagic's AMT, and Steinberg's Midex 8 had implementations that were incompatible with each other, and required users to own software and hardware manufactured by the same company to work.<ref name="WalkerTime" /> Timestamping is built into FireWire MIDI interfaces,<ref name="WalkerLate">Walker, Martin. "[http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Oct02/articles/pcmusician1002.asp The Truth About Latency: Part 2] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111225130148/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/oct02/articles/pcmusician1002.asp |date=25 December 2011 }}". ''Sound on Sound''. SOS Publications. Oct 2002. Print.</ref> Mac OS X [[Core Audio]], and Linux ALSA Sequencer.