Ethics of AI MIDI
The ethics of AI music became a heated topic at industry panels in 2024, sparking debates around the notion of “fair use”. AI music tech companies have admitted to training […]
Audio Developers Conference 2024
Tickets to ADC24 Tickets to ADC24 are available for both in person and virtual attendance and range in price with discounts for Academics and Students. Click the button below to […]
Tokyo Gakki Expo 2024
We said we would be traveling the globe and promoting MIDI 2.0 around the world. Our friends from the Japan Programmers Association and Association of Musical Electronics Industry (AMEI) recently […]
Microsoft’s Major Moves To Make Making Music on Windows Easier
Pete Brown is both the MIDI Association Exec Board Chair and a Principal Software Engineer in the Windows Developer Platform team at Microsoft. He focuses on client-side dev on Windows, […]
Digishow-Jam With Everything
At the MIDI Forum, there were a number of technology presentations and one of the most fascinating was from Robin Zhang about the open source software he developed called Digishow. […]
The MIDI Forum at Music China 2024
With the help of Geoffery Ge from Medeli and Yitian Zhao from CME Pro, Music China arranged for a MIDI Forum with experts from all over the world. The setup […]
Audio Developers Conference 2024
Announcing Audio Developers Conference 2024 The 10th Audio Developer Conference (ADC) returns in 2024 both in-person and online in a new city, Bristol, UK. The in-person and online hybrid conference […]
Building a USB MIDI 2.0 Device – Part 3
This is the third part in this series on how developers go about building a USB MIDI 2.0 Device. Please read Part 1 and Part 2 before reading Part 3. […]
MIDI 2.0 Device Design: Property Names and Mapping
MIDI Association OS API Working Group MIDI 2.0 defines a number of device properties which are declared across 4 layers: A single device might declare values for any of these […]
6 New Profile Specifications Adopted
The MIDI Association and AMEI continue to push MIDI 2.0 forward Profiles are one of the most powerful mechanisms in MIDI 2.0 and in the past few months the MIDI […]
MIDI2.dev: Open-Source Resources for MIDI 2.0 Developers
We recently sent out a survey about our NAMM plans and one of the interesting comments came from a developer. I’ve been following up with the development of MIDI 2.0 […]
Microsoft’s Presentation at ADC 2023
If you are developer of MIDI products, you will definitely want to check out this in depth look at the significant upgrades happening to MIDI in an upcoming version of Windows from […]
New MIDI 2.0 Products Released-November, 2023
In the past few weeks, a number of MIDI Association member companies have released MIDI 2.0 products. In this article, we’ll give a brief overview of those new MIDI 2.0 products, describe what their […]
Building a USB MIDI 2.0 Device – Part 2
By Andrew Mee in collaboration with the OS API Working Group. This is the second part of a series demonstrating how a developer may go about building a USB MIDI […]
Microsoft Adds MIDI 2.0, Researches AI Text-to-MIDI in 2023
The MIDI Association has enjoyed an ongoing partnership with Microsoft, collaborating to ensure that MIDI software and hardware play nicely with the Windows operating system. All of the major operating […]
Building a USB MIDI 2.0 Device – Part 1
By Andrew Mee in collaboration with the OS API Working Group USB MIDI 2.0 was released by the USB-IF in June 2020, with Apple adding support within CoreMIDI in […]
Detailed timeline of MIDI 2.0 developments since January, 2020
The core specifications for MIDI 2.0 were adopted by the AMEI and The MIDI Association in January of 2020. Since that time the MIDI Association and its members have been developing […]
What Musicians & Artists need to know about MIDI 2.0
This article is to explain the benefits of MIDI 2.0 to people who use MIDI. If you are a MIDI developer looking for the technical details about MIDI 2.0, go […]
New Windows MIDI services Spring 2023 update
Check out Pete Brown’s post on the Microsoft Dev blog for important updates on MIDI 2.0 Pete is not just the designated representative to the MIDI Association for Microsoft, he is […]
MIDI is about collaboration, not competition
All kinds of companies, all kinds of devices One of the things that has always made MIDI unique in the world of standards is that no one owns MIDI and the MIDI Associations […]
The MIDI Association at ADC 2022
The MIDI Association will be presenting two very important sessions at the Audio Developers Conference in 2022 There are two very important MIDI Association sessions for developers at ADC 2022 described below. Those sessions are important […]
AMEI to Fund Open SourceMIDI 2.0 Driver for Windows
November 1, 2022 – The Association of Musical Electronics Industries (AMEI), the organization that oversees the MIDI specification in Japan, has committed to funding the development of an open-source USB […]
The MIDI Association Announces MIDI 2.0 Development Tools
MIDI Association announces global initiative by over 50 MIDI Association companies to prototype MIDI 2.0. The MIDI Association has released details of the ongoing, industry-wide initiative by over 50 MIDI Association companies […]
The MIDI Association Announces MIDI 2.0 Over A2B™
Los Angeles, CA – June 1, 2022.The MIDI Association announced today the addition of MIDI 2.0 capabilities to the Automotive Audio Bus (A2B®) from Analog Devices, Inc. The technology was […]
The MIDI Association Announces the v1.1 Update to the MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) Specification
Los Angeles CA, May 1, 2022 – The MIDI Association announces the release of an update (v1.1) to the MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) (v1.0, January 2018) specification. In March of […]
Music Tectonics Podcast 2.5 Billion MIDI Devices: How MIDI is Powering the World
From the fountains at the Bellagio to Beethoven’s 10th Symphony, MIDI has been powering live music and immersive experiences for nearly 40 years. In this week’s episode, Tristra Newyear Yeager […]
AES Inside Track features MIDI 2.0 discussion with Jennifer Hruska, Rick Cohen, Mike Kent, and Dave Smith
MIDI 2.0 — What’s New and How it Will Affect the Way We Work Join Jennifer Hruska as she moderates a discussion with leading experts about this major update to […]
MIDI 2.0 logo in Dezeen’s top ten rebrands of 2021
Dezeen names top rebrands of 2021 and lists Facebook’s Meta, Volvo and the Whitehouse along with MIDI 2.0 Dezeen is the world’s most popular and influential architecture, interiors and design magazine, […]
Geert Bevin discusses MPE and MIDI 2.0 on the Gaz Williams Show
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 […]
MIDI 2.0 Developers Webinar- Saturday, May 22 10 am Pacific
Join members of the MIDI Association Technical Standards Board and MIDI 2.0 working group chairs for an in-depth look at all the MIDI 2.0 specifications under development As you can see from the […]
Getting started with MIDI 2.0 development – Live workshop series with the Music Hackspace
This event is organised by the Music Hackspace. Date & Time: Mondays 7th / 14th / 21st / 28th June 6pm UK / 7pm Berlin / 10am LA / 1pm NYC. […]
Details about MIDI 2.0, MIDI-CI, Profiles and Property Exchange (Updated June, 2023)
This article is for companies looking to develop MIDI 2.0 products, both software developers and hardware manufacturers. If you are a MIDI user looking for the benefits of MIDI 2.0, […]
Synth and Software’s MIDI 2.0 interview
Synth and Software’s Nick Batzdorf interviews the MIDI Association about MIDI 2.0, Orchestral Articulations and more! Check out this interview with MIDI Association Exec Board member Athan BIllias as Nick […]
Pentagram Designs the New MIDI Logo
From Master Card to Mister Mayor all the Waze to MIDI Pentagram , the global multi-disciplinary, independently-owned design studio with offices in Austin, Berlin, New York and London has done some of the most […]
MIDI 2.0 for Developers YouTube Video
Check out the MIDI 2.0 webinar for developers from May Is MIDI Month 2020 00:00:00 Athan Billias, Welcome to the Webinar 00:01:43 Rick Cohen,How MIDI Standards are Developed 00:05:30 Mike […]
The MMA adopts 8 new MIDI 2.0 specifications
The MIDI Manufacturers Association adopted 5 core MIDI 2.0 specifications on February 20, 2020. MIDI 2.0 Specification Overview This document defines the specific collection of MMA/AMEI specifications that collectively comprise […]
MIDI 2.0 Progress Continues with Updated USB Specification
As computers have become central components in many MIDI systems, USB has become the most widely used protocol for transporting MIDI data. With the introduction of MIDI 2.0, the USB […]
VST 3.7 SDK Includes MIDI 2.0 Support
HAMBURG, Germany — Steinberg todayannounced the immediate availability of its latest VST SDK. VST 3.7 introduces several enhancements of the SDK interface that allow new levels of integrations between VST 3 hosts and plug-ins, […]
Roland Announces “MIDI 2.0 Ready” A-88MKII MIDI Keyboard Controller
Roland (LVCC Central Hall, Exhibit #10719), one of the co-founders of the original MIDI specification, introduces the A-88MKII, a powerful new 88-note MIDI keyboard controller for studio and stage. The […]
MIDI 2.0 at the 2020 NAMM Show
Calendar of MIDI Events at NAMM 2020 Thursday January 16 Who: MMA and CMIA Members plus invited guests What: Meeting with the Chinese Musical Instrument Association (CMIA) to discuss promotion of MIDI at Music […]
ADC 2019 Features MIDI 2.0 and more
ADC- the largest audio developers conference in the world The Audio Developer Conference (ADC) started 5 years ago and has quickly become the leading conference for audio and MIDI programming professionals to gather and discover the […]
Developing MIDI applications on Android
About Android MIDI In 2015 Android introduced MIDI support. Android has billions of users which means there’s a whole lot of people with MIDI compatible devices in their pocket! In […]
The MIDI Manufacturers Association (MMA) and the Association of Music Electronics Industry (AMEI) announce MIDI 2.0™ Prototyping
For more details on MIDI 2.0, see this article on the site. Details about MIDI 2.0™, MIDI-CI, Profiles and Property Exchange – Core MIDI 2.0 specifications now available. Click here […]
MIDI Capability Inquiry Presentation at ADC
New MIDI Possibilities Outlined at ADC 2017 At the Audio Developers Conference in London, Ben Supper from Roli outlined a new MIDI proposal called MIDI Capability Inquiry ( MIDI-CI) which […]
MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) Specification Adopted!
One of the biggest recent developments in MIDI is MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE). MPE is a method of using MIDI which enables multidimensional controllers to control multiple parameters of every note within MPE-compatible software. […]
MIDI Enhancements in Windows 10
Recently Pete Brown from Microsoft posted a very informative blog post about MIDI Enhancements in Windows 10. The blog post covers a number of topics including UWP MIDI Basics – using […]
Arduino MIDI Output Basics
Introduction The Arduino UNO is a popular open-source microcontroller that, in many respects, is a perfect complement to the extensible nature of the Music Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) protocol. Microcontroller […]
Ask.Audio Article on MIDI Messages
Ask.Audio and Non Linear Educating Ask.Audio is one of our favorite technology websites and has been a great partner to The MIDI Association. We have worked with Ask.Audio’s parent company, Non Linear Educating […]
Basics of USB-MIDI
USB MIDI 2.0 ADOPTED MIDI 2.0 Progress Continues with Updated USB Specification – As computers have become central components in many MIDI systems, USB has become the most widely […]