Hi @brettyriley,
sorry for the confusion! Yes, they are completely separate.
I have an M8U attached to my PC. The ports of this interface are directly available to the PC’s operating system (and Bome Network).
Then I have my BomeBox with M4U, Launchpad Mk2 and LPK25 attached via USB. Since all these devices are class compliant, BomeBox automatically recognizes them.
The new thing with the BomeBox Beta version which @stevec pointed out in his reply is that you now can establish direct connections to each individual Midi device on a BomeBox. Please find the attached screenshot to get an impression how this will look like.
Once the connection to the BomeBox’ Midi devices is established they can be used on the PC like a locally attached devices. You could use them directly in your DAW, or like in my case, with Bome Network’s Advanced Midi Router in between.
Hope this helps!
Matthias