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
AES Accessibility Summit Highlights Growing Momentum for Inclusive Audio and MIDI Innovation
The Audio Engineering Society’s inaugural Accessibility in Audio Summit demonstrated just how quickly accessibility is becoming one of the most important conversations in professional audio. Held online on July 9-10, 2026, the two-day event brought together engineers, developers, educators, manufacturers, artists, researchers, and accessibility advocates to explore practical solutions for making every aspect of audio […]
The Circle Piano Comes to The Met: PianoArc at Musical Bodies
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition Musical Bodies explores a powerful idea: the human body is itself a musical instrument, and musical instruments often reflect the shape, movement, identity, and imagination of the people who play them. For anyone interested in the future of music technology, one of the most striking objects in the exhibition […]
Jordan Rudess Brings MIT’s JAM_BOT to Life at the Berklee AI Music Summit
At the 2026 Berklee AI Music Summit, Jordan Rudess showed the audience what happens when one of the world’s most innovative keyboardists meets a real-time AI improvisation system built for the stage. The performance featured JAM_BOT, a collaborative music system developed through a partnership between Jordan Rudess and researchers at the MIT Media Lab. Rather […]
Emotional Magenta: Rob Jaret Wins the MIDI Association’s Most Accessible Product Award at the Music Hackspace Boston Hackathon
At the Music Hackspace Boston Hackathon in June 2026, composer and technologist Rob Jaret received the MIDI Association-sponsored Most Accessible Product award for Emotional Magenta, an innovative project that explores how facial expressions and emotional input can be used to create and shape music. Emotional Magenta is based on Google DeepMind’s Magenta Realtime 2 Collider, […]
