Re: [orca-list] DoubleTalk on USB

[Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com>]

I wonder what sound system would drive a hardware synth.  Is the Pulse audio
versus Alsa issue even a concern if one has an external synthesizer?  

Alex M


-----Original Message-----
From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of Luke
Yelavich
Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2014 6:00 PM
To: orca-list gnome org
Subject: Re: [orca-list] DoubleTalk on USB

On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 12:12:19PM EST, Jason White wrote:
> Thomas Ward <thomasward1978 gmail com> wrote:
> > Well, you have two problems. The first is not all USB to serial 
> > adapters will work with your Doubletalk. I tried this option with a 
> > number of hardware synths and discovered that some USB to serial 
> > adapters work, and others don't for some reason.
>
> The reason, according to discussions on another mailing list, is that 
> some USB to serial adapters don't implement all of the serial lines, 
> in particular the hardware flow control required by some devices.

its also worth noting that speakup doesn't work with USB to serial adaptors.
Speakup so far as I know can only work with onboard serial ports that use
the traditional legacy ports, 3F8H etc.

Luke
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