Midihub 2.0 wishlist: 3.5mm MIDI + USB-C = half the size?

Midihub Feature Requests
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First of all, Midihub is amazing! A central MIDI routing piece of my live setup.

I just find myself wishing it was… even more compact? 4 + 4 MIDI DIN connectors, while standard, require a large surface area on the device, similarly the USB Type-B connector is also bulky. Would love to see a next gen version with:

  • 3.5mm MIDI in/out (4+4 is more than enough)
  • USB-C for power and PC connectivity
  • Much smaller device box + tighter cabling for a more compact footprint
  • Optionally, Bluetooth MIDI support?

Oh and the current rubber legs can basically be used to PAINT on white surfaces :smiley:

Linkėjimai,

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Hopefully this would be a Midihub Slim or something because it would feel like a downgrade compared to Midihub that exists today.

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Is that two buttons at the top? :slight_smile:

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Yes, it would be cool to be able to manage some basic settings with a combinations of button pushes. i.e. presets, inputs, outputs, press quickly, long press, press together, press at startup. I guess the more options the better without having to use the software editor.

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Perfect summary. All my ideas added. Would immediately order this kind of v2.

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Oh, and please consider giving users the ability to edit the ‘device name’ (USB-MIDI and Bluetooth) which is shown in the OS. This is necessary if you want to run multiple devices via USB in the same OS to differentiate them. Pirate MIDI has added just that, my feature request on their Bridge4/6 MIDI foot controllers, it’s very cool. Thanks a lot for that!

Ideally also allow to hook an USB hub on the USB-A host port for the potential Midihub v2.0, so we can connect more USB-MIDI controller, what would be awesome!

Superdope would be if we can edit the name of each connected MIDI port which is shown in the OS to differentiate them, if technically doable.

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Really cool would be 8x MIDI IN (3.5mm). :heart:

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  • USB-C of course!
  • Midi 2.0 and MPE support (the box hangs with 2 much MPE information)
  • a bigger device with more space for 8 I/O DIN-Midi
  • a new Software that also handles interdevice connections - i only say copperlan as inspiration
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MidiHub2: integrated flanges with pre-drilled holes (for desktop securing) which also conform to whatever the closest Vesa mounting hole setup is to the evetnual dimensions of the box so the MidHub2 can be mounted securely onto even the most ridiculous mass produced mounting solutions.

bonus: “MidiHub2Anything” (“anything” can be almost anything, or whatever) is the obvious yet totally sensational marketing gimmick (thank me later blokas advertising division) that also solves 99% of my MidihubOne issues (it wouldn’t not move around).

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Love all this. Also separate power input option would be great so it stays on even if power disappears from USB.

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What would be really really nice would be if it could handle MIDI over USB but then also be used like a USB hub.

Because currently I have my USB devices plugging into a pisound & some of those devices have windows/ios only software that I can’t run on my rpi. So if I want to get into the software I have to start messing around with unplugging stuff and thus programming patches that involve multiple devices is a bit of a chore.