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another thing we have just bought that we have been eyeing for ages: an “Intech Studio KNOT”. this is a tiny, very cute little box with open-source hardware and firmware, but also a commercial product you can just buy, and it's seemingly the world's best USB to (TRS) MIDI adapter

we've been wanting one so that we can use the PSS-A50 with our old MIDI devices without needing a computer in-between, but we've been hesitating because it is, like, slightly more expensive than the PSS-A50 itself as an accessory! however, it really seems like it's worth it?

we'd also been wanting to just make our own MIDI host with an Arduino or something, and make such a thing solve all our other problems too, but the thing is we still haven't Done that! it seems good to own something that just solves the biggest problem and solves it very well

oh my god right if we have one of these we'll be able to play the Squier Stratocaster Guitar and Controller (the Rock Band 3 electric guitar/MIDI controller hybrid) into the PSS-A50… very exciting

our Intech Studio KNOT arrived! look at this thing, isn't it adorable? there simply is no USB MIDI host on the market that has a smaller or higher-quality enclosure than this, and it's open-source hardware, open-source firmware and made in the EU to boot!

feels good to own

we had to patch a bug in the KNOT's firmware (https://github.com/intechstudio/knot/pull/28), but with that done, the PSS-A50 and the Squier Stratocaster Guitar and Controller can finally be friends!!! yesssssss

@hikari oh it supports host! you're not just patching everything on a computer