[sdiy] USB to CV

[Colin f]

> What I would do is have a MIDI port AND a USB2 (or even Fire 
> Wire) port on
> the back of my techno-goodie. I would give the USB port all the same
> functionality as the MIDI port. THEN what I'd do is tell 
> everyone that we're
> proposing a MIDI 2.0 spec. Functionally, it would be EXACTLY 
> the same as the
> existing MIDI spec. The ONLY difference would be changing 
> over to a higher
> speed interface.

There's already a MMA approved standard for midi over firewire.
http://www.midi.org/about-midi/abtmidi1.shtml
http://www.midi.org/about-midi/rp27v10spec(1394).pdf
But for some bizarre reason, it only supports midi up to 3 times the
standard rate.

Cheers,
Colin f