Add Bluetooth MIDI support to Wifi Expander

It would be great if wireless MIDI controllers or sequencers could be used with the Metamodule through Bluetooth using the Wifi Expander.

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it would be cool! interestingly, it seems the wifi expander could maybe support this:

guesing @danngreen would know fully whether or not its even possible.

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From a hardware perspective, it’s possible, though we had no plans to support Bluetooth MIDI in the near future. Though… could happen someday?

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Or even RTP-MIDI ? :wink:

I’d love rtp-midi, though I have to admit, (outside of apple devices), Ive had a nightmare of a time with it.

at one time, I had a host of rtp midi enabled devices (mostly linux based instruments/eurorack modules), and also an iConnectivity mioXM.
I dreamed of getting rid of a lot of wires and/or replacing with ethernet.

but, every time I turned them on, there’d be issues with them rediscovering, reconnecting.
the only devices reliable were the iPads/Macs, everything was a pain in the a**

its still a dream, I do think ethernet for high bandwidth/low latency midi IS the future.
though, my main hope now is on midi 2.0 delivering this, as part of an official standard.

ive tried using rtpmidi between ios>window, as well as ios>linux and it was quite dodgy/disconnecty