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
Music Is For Everyone: MIDI MEETUP 2026 at the Kakehashi Foundation
The first MIDI MEETUP built entirely around music accessibility — Yamaha’s Anyone’s Piano, Sony’s Hug Drum, InstaChord, DropTone, REFLECT, and the MIDI-CI Profile for Assistive Text.
The MIDI Innovation Awards at Music China 2026
Part 3 of five. The MIDI Association at Music China, Shanghai, 28–31 October 2026. One face of the Lab 99 booth was given over to the MIDI Innovation Awards: this year’s entries, a QR code to the full list, and — more to the point — several of them sitting on the counter where you […]
Music Accessibility and MIDI In Music Education at Music China 2026
Part 2 of five. The MIDI Association at Music China, Shanghai, 28–31 October 2026. Two adjacent displays on the Lab 99 booth were given to the two sides of the same question: who gets to make music, and what is standing in the way. One wall carried Music is for Everyone (人人都能做音乐) and Music Accessibility […]
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, and once again the centre of gravity for everyone working on music technology was Hall N2, the Music Technology & Innovative Audio Pavilion. At the […]
