MIDI2 in the Real World With Zephyr
summary
Shows a concrete MIDI 2 implementation on Zephyr that sends and receives UMP packets over USB and UDP, with device tree descriptions, input callbacks and a working synth demo that plays and records. USB support is merged in Zephyr 4.1 and the Network MIDI2 host code and UMP stream responder are in a PR, making Zephyr effectively the first open source OS with network MD2 support. Demos use USB-MIDI2 endpoint per UMP group and Network MD2 over UDP with DNS-SD discovery and they successfully discover topology and exchange high‑resolution 16‑bit velocity and Q7.9 pitch attributes.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00MIDI and Zephyr intro
- 5:17MIDI 2 and UMPs
- 10:58USB MIDI 1 vs 2.0
- 14:11Zephyr for MIDI 2.0
- 19:53USB MIDI 2.0 demo
- 22:00Network MIDI 2.0 benefits
- 25:53Network MIDI 2.0 in Zephyr
- 30:13MIDI 2.0 device discovery
- 32:23MIDI 2.0 and Zephyr recap
- 33:26Q&A on MIDI tools








