To find midi devices known to work check the midi_interface_whitelist.
Problems with SysEx transfers have been noticed with following MIDI interfaces:
| Vendor | Model | notes |
|---|---|---|
| Access | Virus TI Polar  | Works unreliable for SysEx transfers under OS X (10.5). Suspected SysEx filtering. Plain MIDI sending/receiving seems OK. |
| Akai | MPD24 | |
| Behringer | BCA2000 | Works unreliable for SysEx transfers under Windows XP. Plain MIDI sending/receiving seems OK. |
| Behringer | FCA1616 | No SysEx activity on Mac OS X and Windows 7. |
| BCR2000 | Works unreliable for SysEx transfers under OS X (10.5) and Windows (e.g. Vista). Plain MIDI sending/receiving seems OK. | |
| Cakewalk/Roland | UM-1G | See this post and this info @ Roland for details. |
| CME | VX 5 | Works unreliable for SysEx transfers under OS X (10.5). Suspected SysEx filtering. Plain MIDI sending/receiving seems OK. |
| Conrad Electronic | UA0037 | Bytes get lost during SysEx transfer under OSX and WinXP |
| E-MU | Xmidi 1×1 Tab | Works unreliable for SysEx transfers under Windows 7 64. See this thread for more details. |
| Xmidi 2×2 | Same as above for Windows XP-64 bit. This thread describes the symptoms. | |
| elektron | TM-1 | |
| ESI | MIDIMATE | Works unreliable for SysEx transfers under Windows XP. Plain MIDI sending/receiving seems OK. |
| RoMI/O II | In opposite to the RoMI/O I model this device uses native OS drivers and will therefore not be recognised by MIOS Studio. | |
| iConnectivity | mio | Midi Out will not work through an LPC17 unless R21 & R26 are changed to 47 Ohm. See updated schematic and BOM in the mbhp_core_lpc17 page. |
| JUstin | Midi USB | Unstable SysEx Transfers (checksum errors) under MacOS, probably also under Windows. |
| M-Audio | Audiophile USB | |
| Keystation Pro 88 | Works unreliable for SysEx transfers under Windows XP. Plain MIDI sending/receiving seems OK. | |
| MIDIsport 2×2 | Unstable SysEx transfers under MacOS 10.6 with most recent driver (last update: 2011) - was working stable years before, still works stable under Windows and Linux | |
| NI | Kore 1 | Unstable SysEx transfers (sporadic checksum errors) under MacOS, probably also under Windows. |
| noname | MIDI USB Adapter | Sold at ebay for US$7.99, also available at Maplin for £29.99 (what a difference…!) - incomplete SysEx transfers under MacOS! |
| Novation | Remote SL | Unstable SysEx transfers |
| Novation | Remote SL37 limited edition | Unstable MIDI, manifests as core resets, on Mac OS X. |
| Swisssonic | MIDI-USB 1×1 | Works unreliable for SysEx transfers under Windows (e.g. Buffer overrun messages during code upload) |
| Tascam | US-122 | Bytes get lost during SysEx transfer, even with the most recent windows driver version 3.3; model US-122L is OK! |
| Yamaha | UX256 | Bytes get lost during SysEx transfer under WinXP and 2000 (earlier versions not tested), even with most recent MIDI drivers (Yamaha universal drivers) |
Devices marked with a should be confirmed to be not working by a second user. If you can confirm that a device isn't suited for MB-usage, edit this page and remove the corresponding .
When adding to this list, try to keep it sorted alphabetically, please.