Windows (not officially supported)

Though likely to work on many systems, Windows 11 is not officially supported by Woovebox due to dependency on third party drivers, as Windows is the only operating system that does not natively expose MIDI over BLE devices to applications such as your browser.

Step 1. Pairing your Woovebox

Perform the following steps in exactly the following order;

• Turn off your Woovebox.
  
• Bring up your Windows Bluetooth devices ("Bluetooth & other devices").
• Remove any previously WB, WOOVE or WOOVEBOX-xxxx devices (if any).
  
• Click Add Bluetooth or other device.
• Select Bluetooth; Mice, keyboards, pens or audio and other kinds of Bluetooth devices.
• Turn on your Woovebox, while holding 1/Cd or 2/bS.
  
• Once your Woovebox has booted up, it should show in the list as WOOVEBOX-xxxx (1/Cd), WB (2/bS enhanced compatibility mode) or WOOVE - see further below if it fails to show up
  
• Connect to the found device. After connecting, the "Your device is ready to go!" message should pop up.
• "Bluetooth & other devices" should now list your device under Other devices.
  
• Your deviceshould list as Connected whenever it is available and MIDI traffic is flowing.

If the device keeps rapidly flipping between Paired and Connected by itself, try removing the device and perform the above procedure again.

If you are not able to get your Woovebox to show up in the list of devices on your Windows machine, first check device manager, and under the Bluetooth section check for an item called "Microsoft Bluetooth LE Enumerator." If this entry is unavailable then unfortunately your machine's Bluetooth adapter does not support Bluetooth LE. If this entry does appear, however, go to settings > bluetooth & devices > view more devices. Scroll far down near the bottom and search for an item called "Bluetooth devices discovery". Set this item to "Advanced". From here, if you try to pair your Woovebox again, it should hopefully show up.

Step 2. Drivers

The above procedure may successfully pair your Woovebox. However Windows is the only operating system that still lacks any further functionality to expose devices as MIDI devices to the wider operating system. For applications that don't implement their own MIDI over BLE drivers (some of the latest versions of popular DAWs for Windows do), further 3rd party drivers or applications are required. Two known generally applicable solutions exist;

Method 1. Setup and run KORG BLE MIDI drivers

BLE-MIDI drivers from KORG are used by most people as a general purpose MIDI over BLE solution. These drivers have known to break between major Windows updates, so no guarantees can be given that these will work for you or will keep working for you in the future.

This method allows for full-duplex (MIDI in and out) communication between Windows and a your Woovebox.

Method 2. Setup and run "loopMIDI" and "MIDIberry"

Once paired do the following;

• Obtain loopMIDI by Tobias Erichsen (free) and install it.
• Create a device named loopMIDI WOOVE IN (case sensitive, and please note the space).
• Create a device named loopMIDI WOOVE OUT (case sensitive, and please note the space).
• Obtain MIDIberry from the Microsoft store (free) and install it.

For receiving data from your Woovebox;

• In MIDIberry, under INPUT, select WOOVE (Bluetooth MIDI IN).
• Under OUTPUT, select loopMIDI WOOVE IN.

For transmitting data to your Woovebox;

• In MIDIberry, under INPUT, select loopMIDI WOOVE OUT.
• Under OUTPUT, select WOOVE (Bluetooth MIDI OUT).

Please note that due to MIDIberry only allowing one connection, data may only flow in one direction (from your Woovebox or to your Woovebox). If you wish to switch direction, you will have to change the routing in MIDIberry. If you require data to flow in both directions, it is recommended you use MIDIberry to send data to your Woovebox, while using a wired MIDI interface to connect to the MIDI OUT of your Woovebox, allowing you to simultaneously receive data from your Woovebox. A paid version of MIDIBerry exists that allows for bi-directional communication, but please note that Woovebox does not endorse this application, nor has tested this application; purchasing this application is done at your own risk and Woovebox does not warrant that this solution will work.

Disclaimer; please note that Woovebox does not endorse, nor is in any way, associated with loopMIDI, nor MIDIberry, nor KORG. The latter names and companies are all owners of their respective trademarks.