When Roland’s A-88MKII MIDI keyboard was launched, in early 2020, one of the promises was that it was ‘MIDI 2.0-ready’. Well, a free update means that the next-gen interfacing standard is now fully supported.
The question, of course, is how this will actually impact your music-making, and that’s still slightly unclear. In theory, MIDI 2.0 will bring various benefits, such as - in Roland’s words - “dramatically increased musical expressivity”. This relies not only on your keyboard being compatible, though, but also whatever you’re controlling with it.
