What
WE Do
We are an all-volunteer, nonprofit trade association whose mission is to make it easier for everyone to create music and art digitally. We nurture a global community of creative people who share a passion for music, art and innovation.
MIDI 2.0 Inspires
Innovation
Hall N2, Music X and Lab 99: The MIDI Association at Music China 2026
Part 1 of five. Music China, Shanghai New International Expo Centre, 28–31 October 2026. Music China returned to the Shanghai New International Expo Centre from 28 to 31 October 2026, […]
MIDI and the Visual Stage: The State of MIDI Control of Video and Graphics
MIDI was designed to contol notes between synthesziers in 1983. Four decades on, a sizeable slice of what it actually controls is light — video clips, camera feeds, shaders, LED […]
Jordan Rudess + jam_bot at MIT October 3
On Saturday, October 3, 2026, Jordan Rudess brings a project that MIDI.org readers have been following for two years to its biggest stage yet. At MIT’s Thomas Tull Concert Hall, […]
Music Accessibility SIG holds Assistive Text Session
MIDI has always been about connection. For more than four decades it has been the shared language that lets instruments, computers, controllers, and creative software understand one another. The MIDI […]
