diff --git a/src/wrapper/clap/wrapper.rs b/src/wrapper/clap/wrapper.rs
index cd06f731..fad200c8 100644
--- a/src/wrapper/clap/wrapper.rs
+++ b/src/wrapper/clap/wrapper.rs
@@ -1650,8 +1650,9 @@ impl<P: ClapPlugin> Wrapper<P> {
                     Ok(note_event) => {
                         input_events.push_back(note_event);
                     }
-                    // `NoteEvent::from_midi` contains more detailed tracing
-                    Err(_) => nih_debug_assert_failure!("Could not parse SysEx message"),
+                    // `NoteEvent::from_midi` prints some tracing if parsing fails, which is not
+                    // necessarily an error
+                    Err(_) => (),
                 };
             }
             _ => {
diff --git a/src/wrapper/vst3/wrapper.rs b/src/wrapper/vst3/wrapper.rs
index 01eff8bc..ecc4f1fa 100644
--- a/src/wrapper/vst3/wrapper.rs
+++ b/src/wrapper/vst3/wrapper.rs
@@ -1235,10 +1235,9 @@ impl<P: Vst3Plugin> IAudioProcessor for Wrapper<P> {
                                 Ok(note_event) => {
                                     process_events.push(ProcessEvent::NoteEvent(note_event));
                                 }
-                                Err(_) => {
-                                    // `NoteEvent::from_midi` contains more detailed tracing
-                                    nih_debug_assert_failure!("Could not parse SysEx message");
-                                }
+                                // `NoteEvent::from_midi` prints some tracing if parsing fails,
+                                // which is not necessarily an error
+                                Err(_) => (),
                             };
                         }
                     }