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Re:MIDI 2.0 Prototyping announced by tomphoolery on Saturday January 19, 2019 @02:03PM (#18948571)
Speaking of this, I was trying to reverse-engineer the operating system for the DSI Tempest because you can send its binary data as firmware updates over SysEx messages. So you have the binary source of the OS, but not the source code. Unfortunately, I can't figure out what processor it uses without opening the thing...
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Re:MIDI 2.0 Prototyping announced by phire on Sunday January 20, 2019 @05:02AM (#18952254)
There are people who are pretty good at guessing the CPU architecture just from a hex dump.

Though, CPU architecture is only part of the problem, identifying the actual SoC is easier when you open the device.

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Re:MIDI 2.0 Prototyping announced by timc3 on Saturday January 19, 2019 @04:05PM (#18949164)
Open it! You never know what you will find inside..
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Re:MIDI 2.0 Prototyping announced by gcb0 on Saturday January 19, 2019 @04:46PM (#18949383)
likely a void warranty on a $2k glorified synth. just return it and buy one that publishes specs.
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