Beginner Questions

[Shaun Oliver]

ok I'm not quoting comments because there's an aweful lot of them.
the Triple-talk USB has provision for serial connectivity as well which 
is probably why kirk suggested it. However I don't lay claim to knowing 
kirk's reasoning.
in any event, as I understand it you can't use an USB to serial 
converter because the USB to serial uses a different uuart than a 
standard serial port.
the problem with Triple-talk is this. access solutions as I understand 
it want people to sign an NDA [NON-Disclosure Agreement] before they 
release the specs on the synth. i.e. Technical documentation command 
codes etc.
NDAs are not the way of the free software movement and signing such an 
agreement suggests you're not going to release any specs as per the 
agreement. quite simply you're not allowed to release source code with 
anything you have to sign an NDA for thus violating the terms of the 
GPL.
I hope this answers most of your questions.
This however doesn't mean someone won't hack at the triple-talk and have 
a fair crack at making it work in it's native mode.

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Shaun Oliver
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