#: 5085 S4/MIDI and Music
    11-Jul-90  16:31:02
Sb: #5051-midi help
Fm: Pete Lyall 76703,4230
To: Mike Knudsen 72467,1111

Maximum data rate is 31200 bps, or 3120 bytes/sec. That equates to a resolution
at highest density of .00032 sec (320 usec). Assuming a note on/off event is
your prime concern, they typically float around in 3 byte packages [note on &
ch # | note # | velocity], that would add up to just under 1 millisecond. Also,
if several note-on's were sent as a stream, a 'running status' in the MIDI spec
allows for only one NOTE-ON/CH# byte, followed by any number of two byte tuples
of NOTE#|VELOCITY. Theoretical worst case for resolution on the timer there
would be 640 usec or so.

Pete