MIDI 2.0 Inspires
Innovation
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The 2024 MIDI Innovation Awards Show
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Synthfest UK
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The MIDI Association At Music China 2024
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AES 2024
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GameSOUNDCon 2024
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Audio Developers Conference 2024
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We inspire innovation
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 Stories
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The Interactive Audio SIG
Composer Steven Horowitz is the chair of the Interactive Audio (Game Audio) Special Interest Group of The MIDI Association and the executive director of Technology and Applied Composition (TAC) program at San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Horowitz comes to SFCM after 23 years as Audio Director at Nickelodeon.
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MIDI IN Music Education
Lee Whitmore, Focusrite’s VP of Education has been passionate about music education his whole life. From his tenure at Berklee to his leadership at the Grammy Music Education Coalition and now chairing our Music Education Special Interest group working with SAE Latin America to create a Creative Commons curriculum for MIDI.
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