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I’ve being using MacOS’s UDP MIDI over Wi-Fi and Ethernet for a long time. I use an iPad based MPE virtual keyboard called KB-1, and I send its MIDI data over Ethernet to control MPE instruments. I use the KB-1 in situations where I need a MPE controller that’s portable. However, I have no evidence to believe that MPE is supported over Network MIDI UDP. So I guess I’m asking, is bi-directional communication available with Network MIDI 2.0 UDP?
I’d like the KB-1 configuration as the sender to communicate with a receiver for setup.
Can anyone speak to this?
Regards,
Steve
Posted : 04/01/2025 1:09 pm
Steve, MPE can be done over RTP (MacOS’s UDP MIDI), as it is just MIDI 1.0 MIDI messges.
The new Network MIDI 2.0 spec transmits UMP messages. UMP messages can transmit both MIDI 1.0 and MIDI 2.0 Protocol MIDI messages - which includes MPE 🙂
The new network spec is also designed to be bidirectional.
Does that help?
Posted : 06/01/2025 1:46 pm
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Hi Andrew, Yes, I’ll check it out. I’m aware that MPE is MIDI 1.0. And as far as I know, bi-directional communication between the sender and a receiver are up to the sender and receiver. For instance, a Lumi or Seaboard will talk back and forth with the ROLI synths. But many third party synths won’t configure the sender. I should have thought of this but I’ll use Network MIDI to see if the Seaboard can talk to the ROLI software and synths in MPE mode.
Thanks!
Posted : 07/01/2025 2:37 pm
