MIDI 2.0 - a great news for Windows 11 users

• Feb 7, 2025 - 15:12

https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2025/02/05/announcing-windows…

Quote:
Windows MIDI Services is our new MIDI stack which handles not only MIDI 2.0 but also brings our MIDI 1.0 implementation up to modern expectations. It works on 64-bit operating systems on all supported processors, including Arm64. Windows MIDI Services offers the following benefits:

Full support of the MIDI 2.0 Standard, including high-speed data transmission, higher-fidelity messages, increased resolution for controller values, and full in-service MIDI 2.0 endpoint discovery and protocol negotiation.
Faster transports, leading to better timing and reduced jitter.
Faster USB MIDI driver with full support for both MIDI 1.0 and MIDI 2.0.
Every endpoint is now multi-client, meaning multiple apps can use a device at the same time.
Better endpoint and port
In-service scheduling of outgoing timestamped messages, and timestamped incoming messages, for apps using the new Windows MIDI Services App SDK.
!!!!! Built-in loopback and app-to-app MIDI !!!!!
Automatic translation between MIDI 1.0 and MIDI 2.0 based on API, application, and device needs.
Much more device metadata available to applications.
Better device add/update/remove notifications.
Backwards compatibility with our WinMM (MME) MIDI 1.0 API (and WinRT MIDI 1.0 in the future) enabling applications to light up with new features without any changes, and even access MIDI 2.0 devices at a MIDI 1.0 feature level.
Open source. The MIDI Service, all its transports, all the tools, the tests, and the SDK are all MIT-licensed open source, and have been developed in concert with hardware and software partners around the world.