MIDI.org Forum - Recent Topics https://midi.org/community MIDI.org Discussion Board en-US Wed, 05 Aug 2026 06:18:30 +0000 wpForo 60 Forum login not sticking https://midi.org/community/the-midi-association/forum-login-not-sticking Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:44:06 +0000 I have to re-sign in nearly every single time I go to the forum.  This has been happening for at least the past month or two.  No matter what I choose for saving the login, I am almost always forced to re-login.  When I do, instead of going back to the forum page, I am brought to the profile update page.  This is happening on both mobile and PC.

]]> Jason https://midi.org/community/the-midi-association/forum-login-not-sticking Question on the notion of a client "session" with a host in Network MIDI 2.0 https://midi.org/community/midi-specifications/question-on-the-notion-of-a-client-session-with-a-host-in-network-midi-2-0 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 21:47:32 +0000 Knowing that Network MIDI is in its first official specification release in MIDI 2.0, it is primarily focused with a peer-to-peer connection between devices, and likely that will tend to be a 1->1 relationship between client and host, although the spec does support multiple client connections to a host, including from a single device.  The specification mentions the ability for a client to essentially determine that a host is not available after a "reasonable amount of time" when submitting repeated Invitation packets (Network MIDI 2.0 Section 6.4), but is there an equivalent concept of the host determining that a client is no longer reachable, in case the device has been powered off, or otherwise removed from the network before sending a Bye packet?  For a host process that might want to only accept a certain number of client connections, such a timeout strategy would help to free up a connection for a client that is no longer active.  I am unable to find any discussion of this within the Network MIDI 2.0 specification.

]]> Robin Bayer https://midi.org/community/midi-specifications/question-on-the-notion-of-a-client-session-with-a-host-in-network-midi-2-0 My first ever real MIDI https://midi.org/community/creating-with-midi/my-first-ever-real-midi Sat, 25 Jul 2026 17:33:51 +0000 Hey everyone, I don't know if this is the right place to upload this MIDI, but I made my song Broken Heart (available on every platform by EthanMG250) and I wanted to make a MIDI version of it so... Yeah, i think it's really good for my first ever serious MIDI. It has patch changes in the middle of the song (because I have 16 channels and i needed a 17th one so i made one channel change its patch), volume automations, modulation and velocity changes. Hope y'all enjoy it! removed link (Official).mid/file

]]> Daniel Khrisov https://midi.org/community/creating-with-midi/my-first-ever-real-midi Research survey on music accessibility and AI https://midi.org/community/creating-with-midi/research-survey-on-music-accessibility-and-ai Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:53:51 +0000 Are you a musician who uses MIDI and other digital tools, and interested in accessibility and AI in music?

The <a href=" removed link " target="_blank" rel="noopener">Accessible Digital Music Network, in collaboration with the ERC G3S Project, is currently running an online survey on Accessible Digital Music and AI. Everyone with experience using digital music tools who identifies as living with a disability or access requirement is welcome to participate!

The survey covers AI in digital music, spatial audio, and accessible music practice more broadly. The spatial audio section is skippable, so you can answer whichever parts match your experience. It takes approximately 25 minutes, though the duration may vary depending on your replies to specific questions.

The survey works best on a computer (we have tested it with Mac VoiceOver for Chrome): <a href=" removed link " target="_blank" rel="noopener"> removed link

We are looking forward to getting to know more about you and your views and ideas regarding Accessible Digital Music!

]]> Emma Frid https://midi.org/community/creating-with-midi/research-survey-on-music-accessibility-and-ai Forum Search not working https://midi.org/community/midi-news-stories/forum-search-not-working Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:49:28 +0000 Currently, the forum search box is not working on Waterfox/Firefox.  I can type a query in the box, but pushing enter does not search, nor is there a button to initiate the search.

]]> Jason https://midi.org/community/midi-news-stories/forum-search-not-working SMF download sites paid and free - Introducing myself https://midi.org/community/creating-with-midi/smf-download-sites-paid-and-free-introducing-myself Sun, 12 Jul 2026 19:06:38 +0000 Hi,

My name is Joël and I work with computer music for 20 years. I started with Gtk+-2.0 for UI as it was released around 2002 and did my first programming experience with ANSI C99. Most coding was done on an intel based notebook running debian unstable.

Since hacking is a time expensive task, I enjoy creating music by importing SMF to my sequencer software.

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A future goal would be to make more music and less programming.

So can you recommend any websites for SMF download?

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regards, Joël

]]> Joël https://midi.org/community/creating-with-midi/smf-download-sites-paid-and-free-introducing-myself Working Group List? https://midi.org/community/midi-specifications/working-group-list Sun, 12 Jul 2026 03:16:22 +0000 At NAMM 2026 I spoke with Chris Stone who I believe was on an Orchestra Articulations Working Group. At least I believe that's what the group was named. 

Is there somewhere I'm missing on the forum or main TMA webpage that has a list of the current and past working groups? And possibly WGs being considered for the future for review or display of interest? Or maybe these are by invitation only? 

Thank you

]]> bdc91709 https://midi.org/community/midi-specifications/working-group-list Nektar Impact GX49 issues with usb midi hub https://midi.org/community/midi-hardware/nektar-impact-gx49-issues-with-usb-midi-hub Tue, 07 Jul 2026 07:37:23 +0000 Hi,

Im currently trying to connect my gx49 via usb midi hub (CME H2, Kenton) to control my 3rd wave desktop module but Im running into note hanging issue.

When I play note quickly and use pitchwheel at the same time notes tend to get stuck (remain playing) after the key is released, other notes can be played while this happens, the note stops playing only after the same note is played again, this happens also in daw when I tried to play the keyboard through the CME into Ableton.

Ive tried both the CME and Kenton hub, same thing happens on both. Also tried different midi keyboards, even another Nektar gx61 and only both of those Nektar keyboards created this issue ( I need to use this one because of my limited space in my case).

Ive manage to get it working only when I ran it like this:

Nektar -> usb C ABLETON -> usb C CME -> 5pin 3rd Wave

This makes no sense to me since I read that Ableton is not altering midi notes going through.

Did anyone else encounter any issues trying to use Nektar midi with usb hubs?

Any suggestions what this might be about?

Thanks for any inside.

]]> Jan Dobrovolný https://midi.org/community/midi-hardware/nektar-impact-gx49-issues-with-usb-midi-hub Default Expression level? https://midi.org/community/creating-with-midi/default-expression-level Fri, 03 Jul 2026 22:16:10 +0000 Is there a standard default value that is assumed for expression if none exists in a MIDI file?  I'm leaning toward 127, but I don't know if that's correct.  I need to add in some default expressions before the file eventually changes it.

]]> Jason https://midi.org/community/creating-with-midi/default-expression-level spc2midi-tsuu: A new SPC-to-MIDI converter https://midi.org/community/creating-with-midi/spc2midi-tsuu-a-new-spc-to-midi-converter Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:28:25 +0000 Recently, I released spc2midi-tsuu, an open-source SPC-to-MIDI converter.

spc2midi-tsuu converts SNES SPC sound files to Standard MIDI Files (SMF). It is strongly inspired by the classic spc2midi by GIGO and Hill. I respect the original spc2midi very much, but I wanted to make a new converter with a workflow that makes MIDI editing easier. VGMTrans is also an excellent tool, but for SPC files I wanted to explore a different conversion approach, especially around pitch slides and the MIDI editing workflow.

spc2midi-tsuu is based on SPC playback emulation and focuses on MIDI editing, especially easier MIDI program assignment.

The tool is open source and available here: removed link

Please note that spc2midi-tsuu does not provide or distribute SPC files, ROMs, commercial game data, or converted MIDI files.

Questions, suggestions, and bug reports are welcome.

]]> aikiriao https://midi.org/community/creating-with-midi/spc2midi-tsuu-a-new-spc-to-midi-converter