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# MIDIDriverKit

Develop drivers for MIDI devices.

## Overview

Use the MIDIDriverKit framework to implement a MIDI driver extension that communicates with Core MIDI. The framework handles all user-client communication between your driver extension and the Core MIDI server so you don’t need to implement a MIDI driver plug-in. You can also leverage other transport-based driver extension frameworks, such as <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/USBDriverKit>, in your implementation.

## Topics

### Essentials

[Creating a MIDI device driver](/documentation/MIDIDriverKit/creating-a-midi-device-driver)

Implement a configurable virtual MIDI driver as a driver extension that runs in user space in macOS and iPadOS.

  <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/BundleResources/Entitlements/com.apple.developer.driverkit.family.midi>

### Classes

[`IOUserMIDIDestination`](/documentation/MIDIDriverKit/IOUserMIDIDestination)

[`IOUserMIDIDevice`](/documentation/MIDIDriverKit/IOUserMIDIDevice)

[`IOUserMIDIDriver`](/documentation/MIDIDriverKit/IOUserMIDIDriver)

[`IOUserMIDIEndpoint`](/documentation/MIDIDriverKit/IOUserMIDIEndpoint)

[`IOUserMIDIEntity`](/documentation/MIDIDriverKit/IOUserMIDIEntity)

[`IOUserMIDIObject`](/documentation/MIDIDriverKit/IOUserMIDIObject)

[`IOUserMIDISource`](/documentation/MIDIDriverKit/IOUserMIDISource)

### Reference

[MIDIDriverKit Constants](/documentation/MIDIDriverKit/mididriverkit-constants)

[MIDIDriverKit Data Types](/documentation/MIDIDriverKit/mididriverkit-data-types)


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