"In addition to a raft of enhancements, Microsoft has addressed several key user pain points in this release: allowing multiple applications to use the same MIDI device and port simultaneously, and permitting users to control the names assigned to MIDI ports. MIDI 1.0 dates back to 1983, and official support appeared with Windows 3.1, although extensions were available in earlier versions."
"At the time of the preview, a musician pal of The Register enthused, "Having inbox MIDI 1.0 and 2.0 drivers means the end of badly written OEM drivers. The new multi-client MIDI implementation ensures you're no longer locked into a single application, allowing for custom MIDI routing while still using a DAW.""
Windows 11 includes native MIDI 2.0 support that enables multiple applications to access the same MIDI device and port simultaneously and allows users to control MIDI port names. MIDI 2.0 offers faster connection speeds and two-way communication while maintaining backward compatibility with MIDI 1.0. The older usbaudio.sys driver remains available with minor bug fixes, and a new usbmidi2.sys USB MIDI 2.0 class driver can be assigned manually. MIDI 1.0 dates to 1983 and MIDI 2.0 to 2020. A Windows Insider preview appeared in February 2025, and several compatibility and discovery updates were added to the protocol.
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