Wookiee Posted October 18 Share Posted October 18 Any one tried this update? Has the introduction of MIDI 2.0 had any impact on your MIDI hardware? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Stanton Posted October 18 Share Posted October 18 (edited) ok, updated. it went pretty fast (download and install - 10 minutes?) so it doesn't feel like a large update. so far, testing (~15 min) MIDI with all my devices, everything seems normal. one of my main concerns was Kontakt 8 and KompleteKontrol to my S49 - works fine. all other MIDI functions (for me) are good. Edited October 18 by Glenn Stanton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee Posted October 19 Author Share Posted October 19 Thanks @Glenn Stanton I only asked because there has been some reports from MIDI users of issues with MIDI hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57Gregy Posted Friday at 01:50 AM Share Posted Friday at 01:50 AM On 10/18/2025 at 9:33 AM, Wookiee said: Any one tried this update? Has the introduction of MIDI 2.0 had any impact on your MIDI hardware? Probably coincidental, but after the last update a week ago on this W 10 machine, MIDI has refused to record in Cakewalk Sonar, X3, and SHS 6. It will play back correctly through my Yamaha keyboard, but recording is hit or miss. Sometimes the app will record a few notes but get stuck. The keystrokes were only a quarter note or so, but graphically, the notes are never ending in the TV, PRV and Staff views and in playback. Other times it will begin recording several measures in. Rebooting the Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 didn't help. Waiting for some new MIDI cables to test. It just seemed weird that this happened immediately after the update and my enrollment in the W 10 support extension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee Posted Friday at 07:11 AM Author Share Posted Friday at 07:11 AM @57Gregy has MIDI 2.0 been added to Win 10? I thought the extension to Win 10 was purely security updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57Gregy Posted Friday at 05:58 PM Share Posted Friday at 05:58 PM 10 hours ago, Wookiee said: @57Gregy has MIDI 2.0 been added to Win 10? I thought the extension to Win 10 was purely security updates. Geez, Wookiee, I don't know. How do I find that out? I looked up my update history and checked out the latest info contained in each one and didn't see anything about MIDI 2.0. But I'm not fluent in technese. Read a little about it in Pete Brown's article Windows MIDI Services October 2024 Update - Windows MIDI and Music dev which was the latest paper I saw. It only mentioned 'possible backwards compatibility with W 10 API 1.0'. Or words to that effect. Will do some more troubleshooting tonight once the new cables arrive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee Posted Friday at 06:51 PM Author Share Posted Friday at 06:51 PM @57Gregy a quick search shows that MIDI 2.0 has not been added to the standard Windows 10 update. But it is available to those on the Windows insider scheme to download if they want to try it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57Gregy Posted Friday at 07:38 PM Share Posted Friday at 07:38 PM 47 minutes ago, Wookiee said: @57Gregy a quick search shows that MIDI 2.0 has not been added to the standard Windows 10 update. But it is available to those on the Windows insider scheme to download if they want to try it. Cool. Now I need to check other things. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57Gregy Posted 15 hours ago Share Posted 15 hours ago Changing cables fixed it. For now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amberwolf Posted 11 hours ago Share Posted 11 hours ago 4 hours ago, 57Gregy said: Changing cables fixed it. For now. Something I discovered a long time ago is that, "impossibly", wires just "go bad" all the time, even just sitting there, never moving, no vibration, etc. When I'm troubleshooting something, in any technology, one of the first things I do if I have spare cables, wires, etc., is to swap them out. If it's intermittent, and the wiring is not just a pluggable cable, I'll move it around especially near where it exits or enters a device...and usually I'll find the problem there. There are reasons these failures happen, but...still.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmcleod Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago I was pretty shocked to see that despite doing regular updates, my dev boot was on Win11 24H2, yet my DAW boot was still stuck on Win11 23H2 - and they're on the same machine! But anyhow, I upgraded my machines to 25H2 yesterday. I've not done extensive testing, but my Mackie MCU & C4 are working fine, so no MIDI issues so far with the latest Windows 11. The Mackie's are connected via a MidiTech MidiFace 8, which uses the standard Windows class compliant driver. Also no issues with audio performance/latency, and none of my plugins needed re-authorising after the upgrade. MIDI devices that use a 3rd party driver may require the driver to be re-installed - I can't confirm this, but it's worth doing if you're seeing MIDI issues. FWIW, I'm using MME for MIDI (which will almost certainly not have any MIDI 2.0 support if it exists) - YMMV if you're using MIDI via UWP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee Posted 3 hours ago Author Share Posted 3 hours ago Useful @msmcleod, I only really have one MIDI device, my old Arturia Keylab 88 Mk 1, which is also MME, as I am TITB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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