Somewhat OT: Wireless MIDI

[David Griffith]

On Tue, 17 Oct 2006, der Mouse wrote:

> >> From vague foggy probably incorrect memory - isn't the baud rate on
> >> midi ports/cables unusually high - far higher than typical serial
> >> ports?
>
> > Wired midi is a balanced current loop running at 19.2kbps.
>
> Not 19.2.  It's high but not insanely high, somewhere in the low tens
> of kbps I think.  However, I'm quite sure it's not one of the usual
> serial-port speeds, which rules out 19.2 kbaud.
>
> It's also *opto-isolated* current loop.

I should know better having built homebrewed MIDI gizmos.  38.8 or 32.x
aroundabouts.


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