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Why 12 Notes?
By Eamon McGinn and Sergey Alexeev
MIDI note number 60 is middle C. Number 61 is C-sharp, 62 is D, and 72 is C an octave higher. The ordinary MIDI note map mirrors the piano keyboard, carrying centuries of Western musical practice into the…
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 strips, DMX fixtures, 3D worlds.
We went back through every…
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, Rudess will improvise live with jam_bot — an AI model trained on…
Public Voting for the 2026 MIDI Innovation Awards Closes Sept. 22
Voting runs September 8–22, 2026. The floor is yours.
Public voting for the 2026 MIDI Innovation Awards runs from Tuesday 8 September through Tuesday 22 September.
This year’s field is includes hardware and software, shipping products…
Two Boards, One Story: Preserving Alan Pearlman’s Legacy — And Why This Fall Matters
I sit on two boards that don’t, at first glance, look like they belong together: the Alan R. Pearlman Foundation and the MIDI Association.
The longer I serve on both, the more I’ve noticed how much of this story runs through my own hometown, and…
From the Community: Accessibility Resources and Insights from Sound Without Sight
Accessibility in music technology moves fastest when the people building it are also the people using it. That’s the idea behind Sound Without Sight, a community hub for blind and partially sighted musicians, audio engineers, and industry…
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 Association’s Music Accessibility Standard…
MIDI Association and AMEI Release the Piano Profile and Implementation Guide
The MIDI Association and the Association of Musical Electronics Industry (AMEI) have released the MIDI-CI Profile for Piano (Document M2-126-UM, Version 1.0), together with its companion Implementation Guide (M2-126-IG).
For…
Assistive Text in MIDI: A New Path Toward More Accessible Music Technology
Music technology has always been about connection. MIDI connects instruments, computers, controllers, apps, and creative ideas. Now, MIDI may also be able to help connect more musicians to the information they need to create, perform, and produce…
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…
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…
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…
IASIG Launches New Audio Education Working Group to Strengthen Pathways Into Game Audio
The MIDI Association welcomes the launch of the Interactive Audio Special Interest Group’s new Audio Education Working Group and encourages educators, students, and industry professionals to participate in the growing conversation around music…
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…
NYU Tandon’s SynthAccess Project Points Toward a More Accessible Future for Synthesizers
Modern synthesizers are powerful, expressive instruments, but they are often built around visual feedback. Screens, menus, LEDs, soft buttons, and multi-function controls can make it difficult or impossible for blind and low-vision musicians to…
Berklee’s AI Music Summit Brings Artists, Educators and Technologists Together to Shape the Future of Music
From June 3–5, 2026, Berklee College of Music hosted AIMS: AI Music Summit on its Boston campus, bringing together musicians, educators, researchers, technologists, legal experts and industry leaders to explore one of the most important questions…
Remembering Alan R. Pearlman, Founder of ARP Instruments
June 7 marks the anniversary of the passing of Alan R. Pearlman, the visionary engineer and founder of ARP Instruments.
Pearlman founded ARP in 1969, and the company quickly became one of the most important names in the history of electronic…
The Record Co. – Providing Affordable Access To Recording In Boston
During our recent trip to Boston for the AI Music Summit at Berklee College we had a chance to get a tour of the Record Co from Wilce Mascary.
The Record Co. is a Boston-based nonprofit music workspace that provides affordable access to…
May Is MIDI Month 2026 Wrap Up
May Is MIDI Month 2026 was a busy and meaningful month for The MIDI Association.
Across MIDI.org, the month’s articles highlighted a clear theme: MIDI is not only a technical standard, but a growing global community focused on…
MIDI In Music Education: Expanding Access to Music Technology Learning
As part of May Is MIDI Month 2026, The MIDI Association presented a new MIDI In Music Education webinar focused on expanding access to music technology learning for students, teachers, schools, and the broader music products industry.
…
The MIDI Association at Microsoft Ability Summit 2026
The MIDI Association participated in Microsoft Ability Summit 2026, joining accessibility professionals, technology companies, educators, researchers, assistive technology developers, and disabled creators from around the world for Microsoft’s…