iConnectivity mio 10 MIDI Interface

The mio 10 is a compact MIDI router and interface that earns its half-rack footprint by doing work that most rigs quietly need but rarely plan for carefully. Its ten ports break down as two TRS 1/8-inch MIDI ins, two TRS 1/8-inch MIDI outs, two USB Host ports, one USB Device port, and an Ethernet RJ45 port for network MIDI — giving you a surprising amount of reach for a box that weighs half a kilogram. Its real job is sitting at the center of a MIDI ecosystem, routing messages between playback computers, hardware controllers, in-ear mix systems, and any DIN-based gear that still lives in your rig.

At load-in, the standalone routing matters more than almost any other spec on the sheet. Once you've programmed the mio 10's internal routing table, it powers up and works without a laptop attached — your scene-change triggers and patch changes fire the moment the rack comes on, not after a driver handshake. The dual USB Host ports let you connect two USB MIDI devices directly without a computer in the chain at all, and the Ethernet port opens up rtpMIDI or session-based MIDI over your show network if you're running that infrastructure. Power draw is negligible at 3–5 watts, so it won't stress a conditioner that's already feeding a full playback rig.

This box belongs in any rig where a playback system or show controller needs to talk to more than one or two MIDI destinations reliably every night. It pairs logically alongside something like a PlayAUDIO12 in a shared 1U space, turning a single rack unit into a complete playback and MIDI nerve center. If your MIDI needs are genuinely simple — one keyboard talking to one sound module — this is more interface than you need and a basic single-port USB device will do. But if you're managing click, cues, IEM mix recalls, and lighting triggers from the same rig, the programmable routing and filtering here will save you from cable rats and show-stopping merge conflicts.