diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e3b983d..79650fb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@
     "sinon-chai": "^2.8.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "babel-runtime": "^6.9.2"
+    "babel-runtime": "^6.9.2",
+    "safe-buffer": "^5.0.1"
   },
   "release": {
     "verifyRelease": {
diff --git a/src/format.js b/src/format.js
index 8cd8fa0..5b305ca 100644
--- a/src/format.js
+++ b/src/format.js
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import rolandChecksum from './rolandChecksum';
+import isBufferEquivalent from './utils/isBufferEquivalent';
+import asBuffer from './utils/asBuffer';
 
 function requiredSize (message) {
-  if (Buffer.isBuffer(message)) return message.length;
+  if (isBufferEquivalent(message)) return message.byteLength || message.length;
   if (typeof message === 'number') return 1; // make it simple
   if (!message) return 0;
   switch (message.type) {
@@ -35,15 +37,15 @@ export default function format (message) {
   if (Array.isArray(message)) {
     return Buffer.concat(message.map(format));
   }
-  if (Buffer.isBuffer(message)) return message;
+  if (isBufferEquivalent(message)) return asBuffer(message);
   if (!message || typeof message !== 'object') throw new Error('Message must be an Object or a Buffer');
   const size = requiredSize(message);
   const buf = new Buffer(size);
   buf.fill(0);
   let i = 0;
   const write = data => {
-    if (Buffer.isBuffer(data)) {
-      i += data.copy(buf, i);
+    if (isBufferEquivalent(data)) {
+      if (data.byteLength || data.length) i += asBuffer(data).copy(buf, i);
     } else {
       buf[i++] = data;
     }
@@ -52,13 +54,13 @@ export default function format (message) {
     case 'sysex':
       write(0xF0);
       if (message.data) {
-        if (Buffer.isBuffer(message.data)) {
+        if (isBufferEquivalent(message.data)) {
           write(message.data);
         } else if (message.data.vendor === 'Roland') {
           write(0x41);
           write(message.data.deviceId);
           write(message.data.modelId);
-          if (Buffer.isBuffer(message.data.command)) {
+          if (isBufferEquivalent(message.data.command)) {
             write(message.data.command);
           } else {
             switch (message.data.command.type) {
diff --git a/src/parse.js b/src/parse.js
index 04f26d7..8ffba87 100644
--- a/src/parse.js
+++ b/src/parse.js
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import rolandHexParser from './peg/roland';
 import assert from 'assert';
+import isBufferEquivalent from './utils/isBufferEquivalent';
+import asBuffer from './utils/asBuffer';
 
 /**
- * @param {Buffer} buf  A buffer containing MIDI messages.
+ * @param {Buffer|Uint8Array} buf  A buffer containing MIDI messages.
  * @returns {Array<MIDIMessage>} - Contains SysEx messages parsed from the buffer.
  */
 export default function parse (buf) {
-  assert(Buffer.isBuffer(buf), 'Argument should be a Buffer');
-  return rolandHexParser.parse(buf.toString('hex'));
+  assert(isBufferEquivalent(buf), 'buf must be a Buffer or Uint8Array');
+  return rolandHexParser.parse(asBuffer(buf).toString('hex'));
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/asBuffer.js b/src/utils/asBuffer.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f58c0b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/asBuffer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import SafeBuffer from 'safe-buffer';
+
+/**
+ * @private
+ * Ensure that {@link buf} is a @{link Buffer}
+ * @param {Buffer|TypedArray|ArrayBuffer} buf  A buffer or typed array.
+ * @returns {Buffer}
+ */
+export default function asBuffer (buf) {
+  if (Buffer.isBuffer(buf)) return buf;
+  if (buf.buffer instanceof ArrayBuffer) {
+    return SafeBuffer.Buffer.from(buf.buffer);
+  }
+  return SafeBuffer.Buffer.from(buf);
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/isBufferEquivalent.js b/src/utils/isBufferEquivalent.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63fd164
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/isBufferEquivalent.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/**
+ * @private
+ * Check that {@link buf} is a {@link Buffer} equivalent (e.g. a typed array)
+ * @param buf
+ * @returns {boolean}
+ */
+export default function isBufferEquivalent (buf) {
+  return Buffer.isBuffer(buf) || (buf.buffer instanceof ArrayBuffer) || (buf instanceof ArrayBuffer);
+}
diff --git a/test/specs/format.js b/test/specs/format.js
index 16166ec..25d6ca6 100644
--- a/test/specs/format.js
+++ b/test/specs/format.js
@@ -96,4 +96,20 @@ describe('format()', () => {
       }
     }).should.deep.equal(hex `F0   41 10 6A  12   00 00 00 01   7F F7`);
   });
+  it('should accept Uint8Array for embedded data as well as Buffer', () => {
+    format({
+      type: 'sysex',
+      data: {
+        vendor: 'Roland',
+        deviceId: 0x10,
+        modelId: 0x6A,
+        command: {
+          type: 'DT1',
+          address: 0x00000001,
+          body: new Uint8Array([]),
+          checksum: 0x7f
+        }
+      }
+    }).should.deep.equal(hex `F0   41 10 6A  12   00 00 00 01   7F F7`);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/specs/parse.js b/test/specs/parse.js
index 9f7125f..096d56d 100644
--- a/test/specs/parse.js
+++ b/test/specs/parse.js
@@ -50,4 +50,21 @@ describe('parse()', () => {
     (() => parse(hex `F0   41 10 6A  12   00 00 00 01   11 F7`)).should.throw(/checksum/i);
     (() => parse(hex `F0   41 10 6A  11   01 02 03 04   00 00 00 00   12  F7`)).should.throw(/checksum/i);
   });
+  it('should parse DT1 from Uint8Array', () => {
+    parse(new Uint8Array([0xF0, 0x41, 0x10, 0x6A, 0x12, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x7F, 0xF7]))
+    .should.deep.equal([{
+      type: 'sysex',
+      data: {
+        vendor: 'Roland',
+        deviceId: 0x10,
+        modelId: 0x6A,
+        command: {
+          type: 'DT1',
+          address: 0x000000001,
+          body: new Buffer([]),
+          checksum: 0x7f
+        }
+      }
+    }]);
+  });
 });