From the article: > When you connect devices together, the Capability Inquiry will immediately determine what each instrument is able to do: Your new MIDI 2.0

From the article: > When you connect devices together, the Capability Inquiry will immediately determine what each instrument is able to do: Your new MIDI 2.0 controller will automatically know which pieces of your rig are equipped with MIDI 1.0, which are capable of 2.0, and tailor its messages accordingly. So hopefully backward compatibility Just WorksTM.