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Nothing is stopping equipment having USB ground isolation - it's just never specified.</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Synth-diy <synth-diy-bounces@synth-diy.org> on behalf of John Speth via Synth-diy <synth-diy@synth-diy.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 09 March 2024 15:14<br>
<b>To:</b> synth-diy@synth-diy.org <synth-diy@synth-diy.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [sdiy] MIDI Clock sync advice</font>
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<div class="PlainText">On 3/9/2024 7:00 AM, Benjamin Tremblay via Synth-diy wrote:<br>
> USB is just not ideal for music devices because of the star networking pattern. If we could evolve to a point where every usb cable is usb C and all connections are peer-to-peer, we could finally sunset five pin midi.<br>
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Except that 5 pin MIDI has the most excellent ground isolation. We don't <br>
get that with USB MIDI.<br>
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