What Is MIDI 2.0? - How MIDI Version 2 Will Change Music Production Forever!
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2024
- Sam runs through the main benefits of MIDI 2.0 and what it will mean for your music production in the coming years.
Find out more about MIDI 2.0 and compatible devices at the PMT blog: www.pmtonline.co.uk/blog/2020...
Announced in early 2020, the MIDI manufacturers association are calling MIDI 2.0 "the biggest advance in music technology in decades". Prior to MIDI, which if you didn’t know, is acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, there was no real standardised way of getting instruments such as synths and drum machines to talk to each other. But in 1983, MIDI 1.0 was introduced and adopted by all the major manufacturers, such as Roland, Yamaha and Korg, as the first universal digital interface for instruments, which meant that there was now an really simple, standardised way to link, sync and control hardware devices, and later down the line software, regardless of different brands or the type of digital instrument.
It’s testament to how well thought out that original version of the MIDI was, as nearly 40 years later, it’s still the standard way of getting devices and software to talk to each other, and it’s become and absolute essential for both recording studio setups as well as live performers. But now in 2020, MIDI has evolved...
Key features of MIDI 2.0...
Backwards compatibility - If a MIDI 2 devices connects to a non-2.0 device, it will just continue to communicate using MIDI 1.0 in the way that we’re used to MIDI devices talking to each other.
Bi-Directional communication - MIDI messages can now be sent 2 ways between devices across a single connection.
MIDI Capability Inquiry (MIDI-CI) - Allows MIDI 2.0 compatible devices to automatically talk to each other so they can understand each other’s capabilities.
MIDI Profile Configuration - Dynamically configures a device for a certain use, so for example, if a control surface inquires a device that has a “mixer” profile, then the controls will automatically map to faders, pan pots and other parameters associated with a mixer.
MIDI 2.0’s Property Exchange - Discovers and retrieves specific information from another device such as, preset names, individual parameter settings and other unique functionalities. This means for example, you might be using a hardware synth connected to your computer, but if it’s MIDI 2.0 compatible, your recording software will be able to automatically detect every single parameter of the synth and display it on your computer screen, effectively giving your hardware synth the same level of recallability and easy in-depth editing as it’s soft synth counterpart.
Higher Resoloution - MIDI 2.0 dramatically improves on the amount and speed of data that can actually be communicated between devices. Supporting up to 256 MIDI channels and 32-bit resolution, MIDI 2.0 means that communication between devices can be much more complex, making timing characteristics more reliable and less buggy, and control changes more efficient. That higher resolution allows for much more detailed control of parameters. Think of it this way, MIDI controls on version 1.0 allowed for adjustments of a parameter between the range of 0 to 127. With MIDI 2.0, this range goes into the thousands, so let’s say you’re controlling a parameter using a knob or a fader on your controller surface, those adjustments are going to be much smoother and more precise, kind of how you’d expect from an analog control knob.
Future-Proofed - MIDI 2.0 has also been future proofed to enable it’s functionality to evolve and expand over the years to come. MIDI 2.0’s new Universal MIDI Packet format makes it easily implemented on any digital transport such as USB or Ethernet. There's also ample space reserved for the creation of brand-new MIDI messages in the future, so hopefully, just like it’s predecessor, MIDI 2.0 will be the standard musical instrument digital interface for decades to come.
Intro Music: "Dreams" - Courtesy of Bensound.com
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I have been using MIDI starting in 1984 With 3 Roland Keyboards, & have been in MIDI heaven ever since . Using MIDI with Guitar, and hearing of MIDI 2.0 I'm ELATED!!! Thank you from the bottom of my Heart. Learning curve Two here we come. Thank you so much.
No more programming drum maps? Count me in. Making sure MIDI is connected and not worrying if it's IN/OUT/THRU? I'm loving it. 256 CHANNELS? (heart attack)
Thanks for this video. Full midi 2.0 support coming in Cubase 13
Thanks for the excellent explanation.
Thanks for this!!
Does exporting in MIDI 2.0 include each and every parameter in the MIDI file such as slurs/legatos? MIDI 1.0 exports ties but not slurs (for use in other DAW apps) unless it is in MusicXML format (for use in scoring apps).
MIDI 2.0 will have a more inclusive and growing set of musical information. Some of the new features have already been defined in the core MIDI 2.0 specifications. Other new features will be defined in the months and years ahead. For example, MIDI equivalents of musical information found in Music XML, such as slurs and ties you mention, are currently being developed in an Orchestral Articulation Profile and the Standard MIDI File v2.
Thanks for the info. When will 2.0 be implemented in new hardware and software?
We expect the first MIDI 2.0 products to appear in 2021. We need the support of operating system companies. Apple, Microsoft, and Google have all participated in the MIDI Association during the development of MIDI 2.0 but those companies generally do not announce release schedules until they are ready to deliver. We also need the support of DAW companies (who rely on the operating system support) to allow for wider implementation across a whole system of MIDI 1.0 + MIDI 2.0 products. Covid19 has definitely set back some of the development schedule and continues to do so, especially for OS companies. As I wrote above, the first products will likely be available in 2021. But it will take 2-3 years for adoption to become more widespread.
@@mikekent7724 can existing keyboards like Roland Fantom 2019 flagship be upgraded to MIDI 2 when it becomes available through a software update or do they need to launch a new version of Fantom keyboard for MIDI 2?
@@MobileMusic I do not know about the Fantom specifically, but certainly some current products can be upgraded to add various features of MIDI 2.0. Some features might be easier to retrofit than others and which features some devices could add might be different from what other devices are able to add.
@@mikekent7724 2022, any updates ?
@@IDGs_space Roland A88 MK2 is the first midi keyboard with MIDI 2.0
All of this interdevice computery stuff is great. But can it represent pitch-bends, quarter tones, crescendi and the like, in a beautiful way? If not, it's not much use to me.
We need a standard that defines music in terms of the way it's made by real instruments. Curves, not notes. Think vectors. Think the difference between PNG and SVG. This is the only way we will get to realistic-sounding music.
I have a quuestion... Whose using outboard gear at all, and why? What music are you making that you couldnt have made in the massive software world?
I'm using primarily physical instruments, because I don't want to rely on a laptop - too often been stuck while my laptop had updates take all priority over me trying to be creative... Plus I've had some synths (Korg, Roland, Kurzweil) for decades, and they're still going very strong. No laptop does that, longevity doesn't exist there.
I'm not saying VSTs have no place, I definitely LOVE for instance ROLI, EZDrummer2 and Omnisphere.
But I'm not relying on them in a live situation.
Oh, and absolutely NOTHING virtual comes close to my no1 love on this planet: my vintage '61 Hammond B3. You can always tell if someone's faking it.
Capturing a perfomance on an acoustic or analog instrument will always be superior to software instruments in certain aspects.
In order to “change music production forever”, first it needs to start changing music production at all. Two years after release, all we’ve got to show for it is a lousy 88-key controller from Roland that doesn’t even have aftertouch!