Simple , Midi controls do not use as much data.
(Same thing for cdj's a HQ audio only has 320KB per second so there's no need for alot higher transfer speeds and there is alot of headroom)
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USB speeds for ddj-t1
I looked into USB transfer speeds and found something interesting. I did a system check on my Mac (late 2011) seen the ddj-t1 has a max USB transfer speed of up to 12 mbs. I found this to be strange as all of my other gear follows USB 2.0 protocol of up to 480 mbs. I wonder why my ddj-t1follows USB 1.0? Seems strange as USB 2.0 has been around for ages and any computer meeting the specs to operate the ddj-t1 has multiple USB 2.0 ports?
I am curious of the USB transfer rate for the ddj-s1? If anyone can answer that I would appreciate it.
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In terms of transfer rates repectively compared to resolution the ddj-t1 has the same resolution as my keyboard or my track pad? so the audio stream is mixed and compressed to a hi quality mp3 and the midi signals generated by the ddj send to the computer to be processed and midi return to signal led's all in a 12 mbs transfer rate? I am amazed! iPhone, control f1, audio 6, machine mikro all have 480 mbs rates. there has to be some proprietary circuits that manage the data stream to achieve the marks the ddj-t1 makes. I am wondering tho why pioneer would limit the rate to the 12mbs? talk about a bottle neck.
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There's no bottlenecking. Even if you were playing 24bit/96kHz WAV files within Traktor, pushing that to the soundcard is only 57KB/s. MIDI can only transmit 4KB/s. At a total of 61KB/s, you're still WAAAAAY under the theoretical maximum of USB2's rated 60MB/s or the real-world speeds of 30MB/s. Even if it's USB1.1 rated, there's still plenty of USB headroom.
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