Web MIDI API

Defines an API supporting the MIDI protocol, enabling web applications to enumerate and select MIDI input and output devices on the client system and send and receive MIDI messages.

Comments

IE views: Web MIDI API is currently listed as "Not currently planned". However, Web Audio API which is a pre-requisite for a significant chunk of the use cases is in development (https://status.modern.ie/webaudioapi?term=web%20audio)

Documentation

• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MIDIAccess
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MIDIConnectionEvent
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MIDIInput

Specification

Working draft or equivalent

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink

Enabled by default (tracking bug) in:

• Chrome for desktop release 43
• Chrome for Android release 43
• Android WebView release 43

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: Public support
• Edge: Mixed public signals
• Safari: Opposed
• Web Developers: No signals

Owners

• toyoshim@chromium.org
• cwilso@chromium.org

Last updated on 2018-02-28