Morning All, Does anyone have any update with regards to the windows update becoming available to rectify the MIDI issues. Currently when attempting to access the software is freezing on the “initialising midi” stage and then doesnt respond. I have previously been told a windows update would be rol…

Pete from Microsoft said that the fix will be rolled out during this month (May).

See the information below: [image] The Microsoft Windows MIDI Services rollout -- Important info Announcements Posting this so we can point people to this post vs cluttering up the forums with discussion about Microsoft bugs. The Windows MIDI Services rollout …

What MIDI runtime do you have? I’m currently running 1.0.17-rc4.25 and it’s working MUCH better than what I had previously!

Same here, working fine so far. N.B. note the bit in Pete’s post about not needing most 3rd-party drivers any more, and that loopbacks are now native to Windows 11.

Indeed! I immediately made the switch to the MIDI services loopbacks, though took me a bit to get the updates applied correctly to enable MIDI 1.0 loopbacks. I still have loopmidi installed but am not using it for loopback now.

I assume you have an inMusic device of some sort (AKAI, m-audio, RANE, etc.). As others have said here, the workaround for that started rolling out at the end of last month and will be fully enabled on up-to-date PCs by the end of this month. If you need the workaround now, it has been available as…

Same issue here, Cubase locks up on “initialising midi” starting sequence.

And the same replies are valid in your case, too.

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MrSoundman May 12, 2026, 10:06am 3

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