MIDI 2.0 (and enhanced MIDI 1.0!) comes to Windows 11: What would/will be its benefit(s) to mainly music-listening multichannel audio enthusiasts?

[dualazmak]

Even though I do not know whether this new thread with above title would be suitable/feasible in this "General Audio Discussions" forum, or not...

Today, I found these two interesting (at least for me) articles.

Making music with MIDI just got a real boost in Windows 11

MIDI 2.0 (and enhanced MIDI 1.0!) comes to Windows 11 Non-musicians sometimes associate MIDI only with .mid music files, or with the late 80’s General MIDI sound sets. But it is so much more than that. For musicians, MIDI is essential to e

blogs.windows.com

and, I do hope your web browser would properly translate this Japanese page into English or your mother tongue language.

Windows 11が「MIDI 2.0」を完全サポート：音楽制作の未来を変える革新的アップデートの全貌 | XenoSpectrum

2026年2月18日、MicrosoftはWindows 11において「MIDI 2.0」を正式にサポートし、同時に従来のMIDI 1.0スタックを全面的に刷新した「Windows MIDI

xenospectrum.com

 

[somebodyelse]

It's got advantages for the people making electronic music, but nothing for people just listening to music - MIDI just doesn't feature in that scenario, unless you're using a relatively unusual bit of equipment that uses MIDI for control (some RME interface perhaps?).