<div dir="auto"><div><div>We could, but I invoke xkcd #927.</div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">/Didrik</div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 4 Jun 2026, 15:31 Benjamin Tremblay via Synth-diy, <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Why can’t we just develop a new protocol based on cheap UARTs and passive components that runs I dunno 25x faster and works like patch cords instead of hubs, isn’t gated by some consortium, and is backward compatible if you add a cheap adapter?<br>
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> On Jun 4, 2026, at 8:47 AM, Neil Johnson via Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> Agree on the spec, but 48V would destroy many of these Chinese MIDI<br>
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> div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yes - the bonus feature.</div><d=<br>
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