[sdiy] More Midi questions

aankrom aankrom at bluemarble.net
Mon Sep 19 20:19:51 CEST 2011


That makes total sense to me. I used to wonder why MIDI used an 
opto-isolated current loop.

On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:09:09 +0200, Louis van Dompselaar wrote:
> Because midi is opto-isolated to prevent ground loops for compex
> setups.  If they added power on the sockets (needing a ground
> connection) that would defeat that purpose.
>
> Op 19 sep. 2011 om 18:20 heeft aankrom <aankrom at bluemarble.net> het
> volgende geschreven:
>
>> . Frankly I don't know why MIDI doesn't do this;
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