Still not Midi 2.0 Ready

Using s88 and noticed it has a 2.0 option. Switched, rebooted, deleted midi controls and the keys won't produce sound in either Logic or Ableton. Switch back to 1.0 and they work again. Apple says they're compliant. NI says they're compliant. I don't know who to to trust but one of you is wrong and/or needs to provide more documentation on how the switch from 1.0 to 2.0 is done without crashing the DAW.

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Vocalpoint

Is the DAW compliant? If not - you have your answer.

Not many DAWs out there support MIDI 2 at this point.

And regardless of what Apple says - their actual support will not be bulletproof for several years yet. Probably OS 27 as a sold starter.

This tech is nowhere near ready for primetime here in Oct 2025.

Kymeia

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/245643#Comment_245643

I don't know about Live but MIDI 2 in Logic is definitely broken and best to have it turned off.

PoorFellow

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/48429/still-not-midi-2-0-ready

Switched, rebooted, deleted midi controls and the keys won't produce sound in either Logic or Ableton.

Apple says they're compliant. NI says they're compliant.

Did you follow correct procedure (same procedure as had you switched from Midi 2.0 to Midi 1.0) ?

Ref. : "On macOS, you need to perform these additional steps" part of : How to Switch a Kontrol S-Series MK3 Keyboard to MIDI 1.0

Have you given ALL NI apps including NTKDaemon and DAW full disk access. : Howto Enable Full Disk Access on macOS

And N.I.apps and DAW must be added to the Local Network (Ref.: How to grant audio apps access to your local network on macOS 15 Sequoia)

timrae_NI

Which MIDI 2.0 feature specifically are you wanting to use? Other than the recently released piano profile, I don't think there's many user facing features that you could even use. The Kontrol Mk3 already supports high resolution plugin parameter updates in FW v2.0 via MIDI 1 sysex messages btw, so for the time being you're definitely better off staying in MIDI 1 mode.

The current blocker for MIDI 2 adoption in the context of a DAW is in the plugin APIs… Apple and Steinberg are actively working on adding MIDI 2.0 capability enquiry features to the plugin APIs. There are also various other DAW profiles that we are working on with the MMA, but these likely won't see widespread DAW support for a number of years.

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