Yeah, for one thing everyone uses a different setup. So how it will affect/benefit them is variable.

"MIDI 2.0 natively offers bidirectional communication, automatic device discovery and protocol setup, uncapped speeds, intentional high-resolution controllers (no 0-127 limitation or multi-message workarounds for larger values), per-note articulation, self-describing devices, and a decoupling of the protocol from the transports enabling easier adoption of new transports like Network MIDI 2.0 as they emerge."

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2026/02/17/making-music-with-midi-just-got-a-real-boost-in-windows-11/

/PGMusic users; note that bold part smile

Also (and this is a biggie) -
"The No. 1 request for MIDI in Windows has been to allow multiple apps to use the same MIDI port/device at the same time. We call that “multi-client.” Until now, this was only possible with custom vendor drivers.

Now, every MIDI 1.0 port and MIDI 2.0 endpoint is multi-client, regardless of the driver or API used. In most cases, vendor-specific MIDI drivers are no longer needed or recommended, although they will still work if they are kernel streaming drivers.

Multi-client is available for all MIDI 1.0 and MIDI 2.0 apps and devices"

Last edited by rharv; 11 hours ago.
I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome
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