MIDI Association Member Expressive E Releases Imagine-multidimensional acoustic tones Expressive E has taken a different approach to synthesis in their newest plugin-imagine. Imagine offers hundreds of instrument layers, meticulously modeled to bring their very own character. Each preset combines two of these instrument layers to of...
MIDI Association Member Nektar Releases IMPACT LX MINI Nektar has introduced the Impact LX Mini, a new mobile USB MIDI Controller Keyboard that offers 2 independent Arpeggiator/Repeat engines, LED drum pads, a joystick, foot-switch socket and a 25-note mini-keyboard with velocity. Impact LX Mini makes the power of Nektar's Impact LX range...
MIDI Association Member Apple Releases Logic Pro 10.7 Apple released Logic Pro 10.7 with spatial audio as the star, but there are also a lot of other new features. New in Logic Pro 10.7 New features and enhancements Mixer now supports spatial audio tools for Dolby Atmos:Expanded pan controls.13 plug-ins expanded for 7.1.2 chan...
There's a lot of excitement in the air - MIDI 2.0, VR/AR, spatial audio, flying taxis and Facebook's own flight of fancy, Metaspace (it took me three goes to stop this being called Meatspace; perhaps aptly?). Back in 1985 there was a similar air of expectation. MIDI had just been ratified by a quorum of MI ...
This is a translation of an article on the Chinese Musical Instrument Association's website. The original article is linked below. Music China is now scheduled for January 14-17, 2022 Creating an interconnected space for music technology and leading the cross-border integration of the musical instrument industry Under t...
Exclusive interviews with the embodme team from their offices in Paris It's always exciting to see something new. On a recent trip to Paris, we got a chance to visit one of the newest members of the MIDI Association, embodme and meet their whole development team that had just finished up and shipped the first units of their Erae Touch MI...
KnittedKeyboard is a recent project coming out from the Responsive Environments Group at the MIT Media Lab. This instrument provides new interactions and tactile experiences for musical expressions, and it can be easily worn, folded, rolled up, and packed in our luggage like a pair of socks or a scarf. The project was initi...
MIDI Association Member Hotone's new Ampero Control is deceptively simple, but extremely powerful At first glance, the Ampero Control looks like it is just 4 simple footswitches, but it is really so much more. Let's take a look at the complete feature set and then dig into details of each feature. Compact, smart 4-foots...
Mark of the Unicorn's newest version of Performer adds MPE support, Articulation Maps, and Per Note Controls It seems like MOTU has been paying close attention to developments in the MIDI Association around MIDI 2.0. Their newest version of Performer adds a ton of new MIDI features. MPE and Per Note CC Support First, Per...
Who are Sound Iron? Soundiron is a recent addition to the growing list of MIDI Association companies. They joined after attending a webinar with developers that was focused on the Orchestral Articulation Profile which will use the new Attribute Types and Attribute Data of MIDI 2.0 to embed sample articulations right i...
ISLA Instruments recently joined the MIDI Association as voting corporate member ISLA Instruments was founded by Brad Holland, a professional musician and studio technician in 2015. He realized his love of music, technology and electronics were perfect for a new type of MIDI controller. ISLA's first produc...
How MIDI helped create one of the most innovative albums in Venezuelan musical history by transcending epochs, distances, styles and production strategies By Bartolomé Díaz & Félix Carmona Caracas, Venezuela Venezuela was, and still is, and extremely musical land, a fact documented by such illustrious travelers as Alexander Von Humboldt upon hi...
A Week of Game Audio Lessons The Interactive Audio Special Interest Group (IASIG) of the MIDI Association is the special interest group that represents MIDI and audio to the gaming community. This year the all virtual Game Developers Conference includes a number of sessions sponsored by the IASIG and other sessions on audio that should be of ...
Geert was instrumental in getting MPE standardized Geert currently works at Moog as a product manager and software engineer, but he was at the center of the MPE revolution and helped develop firmware for several key MPE products including the Roger Linn LinnStrument and the Eigenharp. The whole Gaz Williams show is 2...
MIDI Controllers (Products, Physical Controls, and Messages) Unfortunately the word controller is overburdened in the MIDI lexicon and probably the most overused word in the world of MIDI. It can refer to three different things- products, physical controls and messages. MIDI Controller=Product People can say MIDI Control...
After the successful launch of WIDI Master and WIDI Jack, CME returns with two premium BLE MIDI solutions completely focussed on USB MIDI devices. In its essence, WIDI Uhost offers wireless MIDI solutions for all USB MIDI devices. Both USB hosts as well as USB devices. Together with the already available WIDI solution...
Available in tabletop and keyboard versions, IK's follow up to the original UNO adds a lot of new capabilities The new IK Multimedia Uno Pro lineup has two versions- the Synth Pro features a 37-note Fatar keyboard and pitch/mod wheels while the Synth Pro Desktop version has capacitance-sensing keys and pitch/mod touchstrips. B...
Innovation: AI, AR and Gamification in Music Apps We hosted our final May Is MIDI Month 2021 webinar on May 29 with a focus on Innovation. There were four presenters covering different aspects of innovation around Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, Machine Learning and Gamification A3E Deep Dive™: AI ...
The Problem-No Real-Time Solutions Three years ago, while on tour with my band, Ritual Howls, I encountered a problem. After five grueling hours of sitting in a van on our way to the next gig, I had an idea for a drum beat but no way to capture it. All my gear was surgically packed away and out of reach. How could I capture my idea and turn i...
Ableton 11 adds MPE support The MPE specification was adopted by The MIDI Association at the 2018 Winter NAMM show. MPE is designed for MIDI Devices that allow the performer to vary the pitch and timbre of individual notes while playing polyphonically. In many of these MIDI Devices, pitch is expressed by l...
Massive Technologies releases major update to AR Pianist with new MIDI and Audio features Massive Technologies (MT) newest AR Pianist update shows the unique power of combining MIDI Data with AI and VR technologies and is an incredibly engaging combination of new technologies. They gave The MI...
A DAW's MIDI Plug-Ins Can Provide Solutions to Common Problems In a world obsessed with audio plug-ins, MIDI plug-ins may not seem sexy—but with MIDI's continued vitality, they remain very useful problem solvers. For an introduction to MIDI plug-ins, please check out the article Why MIDI Effects Are Totally Cool: The Basics. Although processing MID...
This just came in at the last minute tonight and we thought we would get it out to everyone. You will see some really cool Augmented Reality and AI from another company that will be an exclusive here later in the month, but we thought this announcement from Artiphon was worth a quick post. "We've been designing AR Music techno...
There's more to life than audio echo – like MIDI echo Although the concept of MIDI echo has been around for years, early virtual instruments often didn't have enough voices to play back new echoes without stealing voices from previous echoes. With today's powerful computers and instruments, this is less of a problem – so let's re-visit MIDI e...
