Nektar WIDIFLEX Wireless Bluetooth MIDI Adapter

Designed as an ideal way to untangle all those messy MIDI cables in your live or home studio setup, the WIDIFLEX Wireless Bluetooth MIDI Adapter from Nektar lets you minimize cable clutter while enhancing your ability to control and organize your MIDI devices. The WIDIFLEX interconnects regular MIDI gear, such as synthesizers, drum machines, keyboard controllers, and even computers over Bluetooth, with the ability to create groups, direct instrument-to-instrument connections, or fixed pairs. With ultralow latency, a huge range of 65′, and sophisticated automatic-pairing technology, the Nektar WIDIFLEX is a great solution for unraveling your complicated MIDI setups.

What Is WIDI?

Put simply, WIDI is a wireless standard designed to send full MIDI information over Bluetooth. WIDI includes a collection of smart algorithms like Adaptive Frequency Hopping to optimize the performance by selecting the best performing frequency at a given distance between devices. The latency between connected WIDI products is extremely low at only 3 ms: MIDI only transmits data at a standard speed 31.25 kb/s via cable and WIDI products using Bluetooth 5 go up to 400 kb/s. WIDI products are 100% MIDI compatible and transmit all MIDI messages over Bluetooth, including MIDI clock, long SysEx, and MPE. They provide full bidirectional transmission and reception with dual-role automation as both central and peripheral.

How It Works

All you need to do is to plug WIDIFLEX into your MIDI gear’s MIDI DIN sockets. The large plug goes into the device’s MIDI Out, while the small detachable one goes into the MIDI In. For a direct MIDI-to-MIDI connection, simply plug a second WIDIFLEX set into the gear you want to connect with. Automatic Pairing will auto-connect both devices, and you are good to go with full bidirectional transmission of all MIDI data, including MIDI Clock and MPE. For a computer-to-MIDI connection with current macOS computers or iOS devices, you can pair WIDIFLEX with their built-in Bluetooth right away. Bluetooth (BLE) to MIDI connections are also supported. With WIDIFLEX, you can pair Bluetooth MIDI controllers with your stage piano or synthesizer, and play them from the front of the stage.

Create WIDI Groups

Set up WIDI groups of up to five Bluetooth MIDI devices with one central WIDI device and up to four peripherals over 16 MIDI channels. You can easily do this via the free WIDI app for iOS and Android or with the group auto-learn mode. The WIDI app also lets you store setups for instant recall.

Create Fixed Pairs

Create fixed pairs when working with multiple wireless MIDI connections at once, and run multiple groups with automatic pairing from default memory. When you plug in your WIDI units, these connections are restored automatically every time.

Compatibility

The WIDIFLEX is compatible with all WIDI devices (including CME and Artesia Pro), Bluetooth MIDI controllers, Mac, iPhone, and iPad with Bluetooth 4.0 or later.