Microsoft Blog Explains What’s New for MIDI In Windows 11
MIDI Association Exec Board chair Pete Brown and Gary Daniels (both from MIDI Association member Microsoft) just published an article on the Windows blog about how “Making music with MIDI […]
The Piano Profile at NAMM 2026
One of the most important things that The MIDI Association showed off at NAMM 2026 was The Piano Profile. The Piano Profile standardizes the velocity and pedal curves and the […]
DAW Control Profiles Update at NAMM 2026
Join members of the DAW Control Profile Working Group as they review the progress on creating a number of different MIDI 2.0 Profiles to replace proprietary protocols for controlling a […]
New MIDI 2.0 Transports-BLE, Web MIDI and Transport Remote Management
NAMM 2026 Update Join members of the Transport Working Group as they highlight the latest progress on MIDI 2.0 transports for Bluetooth, Web MIDI and updates to the Network spec […]
SMF2 Container Format For Data Exchange
Update at NAMM 2026 At the 2026 NAMM show, Ben Israel from Yamaha’s Content and Research Development Center explained The MIDI Project Container File format. The SMF 2 container format […]
MIDI 2.0 Coming to Windows 11
One of the most significant developments for MIDI 2.0 at the 2026 NAMM show was that announcement by Microsoft that the new Windows MIDI Services (a new MIDI API, Service, […]
NAMM 2026 Soundgirls Panel with Karrie Keyes, Erika Earl and Mike Bangs
Karrie Keyes Karrie began her career in live sound at the age of 18, Karrie Keyes has been the monitor engineer for Pearl Jam and Eddie Vedder for 27 years. […]
NAMM 2026 MIDI Innovation Awards Panel
At NAMM 2026, the MIDI Innovation Award’s Jean Baptiste Thiebaut, Judge Lucas Cantor Santiago, and MIDI Innovation Award winners Anthony Dickens from Circle Instruments, and Mike Venter from Azotech discussed […]
NAMM 2026 MIDI In Music Education Panel
At NAMM 2026, Athan Billias (from The MIDI Association), Robert De La Pena (from SAE Mexico), Professor Jennifer Amaya (from Riverside City College), Gillian Demarais from TI:ME (Technology In Music […]
The MIDI Association at Music & Drama Education Expo UK (MDEE 2026): members powering accessible, modern music learning
The Music & Drama Education Expo returns to London on 12–13 February 2026 at the Business Design Centre, bringing together educators, publishers, instrument makers, and music-technology innovators focused on improving […]
NAMM 2026 Wrap Up
As usual, NAMM 2026 was a blur of activity at The MIDI Association booth. We hosted 21 events over three days at our booth and participated in many Tec Tracks […]
pBone Music and Yamaha Music UK Host Music Hub Conference
There was so much going on in January for Music Accessibility. The month started with the CES show-CES Show report on Accessibility. We followed up with a year in review […]
The MIDI Association Music Accessibility Initiative: A Year of Demos, Partnerships, and Practical Progress
Over the past year, The MIDI Association’s Music Accessibility work has focused on something very concrete: getting more people to the “I’m making music” moment—faster, with fewer barriers, and with […]
The MIDI Association Welcomes PopuMusic as a New Member
The MIDI Association is pleased to welcome PopuMusic as a new member of our global community of companies building the future of music and music technology. PopuMusic is best known […]
CES 2026: MIDI Gear to Watch—and the Accessibility Tech That Can Change How We Make Music
CES 2026 ran January 6–9, 2026 in Las Vegas, and once again the show floor was full of ideas that matter to music creators: new ways to control software, new […]
Soundgirls and The MIDI Association
We have been announcing a lot of new relationships between The MIDI Association and other non-profits including GiveANote , RAMPD and TI:ME, but we are not done yet. Brian Hardgroove, […]
TI:ME To Connect With MIDI
The MIDI Association is pleased to announce a new relationship with TI:ME (Technology in Music Education)—centered on a shared goal: helping music educators confidently and creatively integrate technology into teaching […]
RAMPD + MASSIG: Turning Music Accessibility Into Real-World Standards
When we talk about “music accessibility,” we’re not talking about a single feature—or a single community. We’re talking about the real-world ability for disabled music creators and professionals to build […]
The MIDI Association joins forces with GiveANote.org
The MIDI Association and SAE Mexico are close to launching a free MIDI Curriculum on Coursera. So now seemed like the perfect time to engage with some of the other […]
Caedence named finalist for 2026 NAMM TEC Awards
MIDI Association member Caedence has been named a finalist in the 41st NAMM TEC Awards in the Audio Apps & Hardware / Peripherals for Smartphones & Tablets category, alongside global […]
2025 MIDI Association Annual Meeting
Every year The MIDI Association meets with its corporate members and members of the MIDI Association Special Interest Groups to participate in all member online meeting. As there were no […]
The MIDI Association At Audio Developers Conference 2025
After the whirlwind tour around the world at Music China, The Kakehashi Foundation, Tokyo Gakki Fair and Music Tectonics, The MIDI Association MASSIG was well represented at Audio Developers Conference […]
The MIDI Association at Music Tectonics 2025
After a week in China and a week in Japan, we got on a plane headed back to the US on November 3. The plane was three hours late taking […]
The MIDI Association at Tokyo Gakki Expo 2025
The Tokyo Gakki Fair was held on November 1 and 2 at The Science Museum 1F Exhibition Hall 〒102-0091 Kitanomaru Park, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 2-1. The MIDI Association had a booth […]
MIDI Meet Up Event At The Kakehashi Foundation
After Music China closed on Saturday night, we packed up, grabbed some dinner and then on Sunday flew to Tokyo. On Monday, The MIDI Association was part of an event […]
Interview with Robkoo’s Oscar Xie
We caught up with Oscar Xie CEO & Founder of Robkoo at Music China 2025 to discuss the latest releases from Robkoo and Pedro Eustache, wind synthesist and performer with […]
Playtonik at Music China 2025
Antony Nasce from 5of12 , the company that makes the mobile app Playtonik which won the Non-Commercial, Software MIDI Innovation award this year explains Playtonik and talks about his experience […]
Azoteq at Music China 2025
Mike Kent, MIDI Association Exec Board member and chair of the MIDI 2.0 working group provides updates on the Azoteq keyboard sensing technology that won the MIDI 2.0 category of […]
MUSIC ACCESSIBILITY AT MUSIC CHINA
We had a lot going on at Music China, but one of the most popular areas was the Music Accessibility demo. The Filisia Cosmos dots, an AFK Audio Drum Beam, […]
Music China 2025 Day 2 Report
Day 2 at Music China focused on a presentation of the X Stage by MIDI 2.0 WG Chair Mike Kent and Technical Standards Board Chair Andrew Mee and then the […]
Music China 2025 Day 1 Report
The MIDI Association has been coming to Music China for many years, but each time we come we are inspired and invigorated by the energy around innovation and new technology […]
The MIDI Association at Music China 2025
The MIDI Association has a lot of plans for Music China 2025. We will have a booth similar to what we had in 2024, but it will be in the […]
The 2025 Chinese Users Choice Awards
The “Chinese Users’ Choice” poll was organized by Music China in cooperation with The MIDI Association and the Future Music Technology Committee of the Chinese Musical Instrument Association. The finalists […]
The JamBot at ISMIR 2025
The 26th International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference (ISMIR 2025) will take place at the KAIST campus in Daejeon, Korea, from September 21 to 25, 2025. ISMIR is the […]
Andrew Huang Hosts MIA Awards Show 2025
Andrew Huang is a musician, video creator, and bestselling author. He will be hosting and announcing the winners of the 2025 MIDI Innovation Awards on Thursday, September 25, 2025 10am […]
SoundWithoutSight and Accessible Gaming
MIDI Association partner Soundwithoutsight are excited to announce their next Monthly Meet-up on Thursday 21, August 2025-a presentation and Q&A with the award winning and multi-credited accessibility consultant and gamer […]
The PhotoSYNTH and accessible music making
The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world’s most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence. For over three decades the Royal Society […]
Legends of Digital Synthesizers Event at Kakehashi Foundation – June 15, 2025
🎹 Legends of Digital Synthesizers – A Special Event in Tokyo Date: June 15, 2025Location: Artware Hub KAKEHASHI MEMORIAL, Tokyo The Kakehashi Arts & Culture Foundation is proud to present […]
#MakeMusicwithMIDI
#MakeMusicWithMIDI on June 21 Make Music Day June 21 is International Make Music Day. We are asking everyone to help us create a worldwide day of celebration of making music […]
Music Accessibility Webinar June 5th 10 AM Pacific
Date: Youtube Premier On Saturday June 5, 2025 at 10 am Pacific The Music Accessibility Special Interest Group will host a Youtube Premier on June 5th at 10 am Pacific […]
MIDI and Music Education: Expanding Access and Engagement Worldwide
Date: Youtube Premier On Saturday May 31, 2025 Event: MIDI In Music Education Working Group Presentation and Webinar The MIDI Association will host an education-focused webinar, bringing together music educators, […]
AMEI Receives Award in Music Technology from Music Awards Japan
We are pleased to announce that our partner MIDI organization in Japan (AMEI) have received an award for their achievements in MIDI. This year, for the first time, the “Music […]
MIDI Association Member Booths at Super Booth 2025
MIDI Association Member Booths We published a list before Super Booth of all the MIDI Association companies that would be participating in Super Booth 2025 which is now the largest […]
Super Booth 2025 MIDI Association Booth Report
Here is our report on Super Booth 2025. This year we had a meeting at the Ableton office before Super Booth and then manned our own booth at Super Booth […]
DAW Working Group Meets Face To Face In Berlin
When we started working on MIDI 2.0 we knew it would be a long process to rebuild the entire infrastructure that had been built up for MIDI 1.0. The path […]
Music China 2025 & Music X – Where Music Meets Technology
In 2025, Music China returns to Shanghai with an expanded focus on the fusion of music and technology. This year, the show proudly presents Music X – the Music Technology […]
Super Booth 2025 Booth o243
In May 2024, The MIDI Association (TMA) undertook significant activities in Berlin that included a groundbreaking industry meeting and participation in Super Booth 2024. First DAW Working Group Meeting (Berlin […]
Schedule for 2025 MIDI Innovation Awards Updated
Just this week, we updated the schedule for the 2025 MIDI Innovation Awards to give more time to companies and individuals to prepare for this year’s competition. The 2025 MIDI […]
Jordan Rudess and MIT’s jam_bot: A New Era of Human-AI Musical Collaboration
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Shifting the Soundscape: Highlights from the 2025 ABLE Assembly on Arts and Accessibility
The 2025 ABLE Assembly: Arts Better the Lives of Everyone conference, hosted by the Berklee Institute for Accessible Arts Education, delivered a powerful and inspiring program that continues to shape […]
MIDI Innovation Awards Winner Masary Studios Update
On April 11 on the way to the Able Assembly at Berklee College of music, we stopped in to catch up with Co-Founder and Principal Ryan Edwards and Technical Manager […]
Roles and Specializations for Game Audio Professionals
The Interactive Audio Special Interest Group (IASIG) was formed in 1994 as a special interest group of The MIDI Association to allow developers of audio software, hardware, and content to […]
Able Assembly At Berklee College Of Music
The MIDI Association and Music Accessibility The MIDI Association has been exploring the possibilities of a Music Accessibility standard for several years now. We started by working with Children’s Music […]
The MIDI Association and the IASIG at GDC
The Interactive Audio Special Interest Group of both The MIDI Association and the International Game Developers Association has a number of events planned for next week at GDC. IASIG is […]
MIDI 2.0 Drum Profiles
The MIDI Association has made significant progress this year in developing two Profiles focused on electronic drums and drum machines. The Default Drum Map Profile defines a MIDI-CI Profile for […]
MIDI In Music Education and SAE Mexico
SAE Mexico has been selected to begin work on The MIDI Association’s MIDI In Music Education curriculum by the NAMM Foundation. They will provide the curriculum materials in both English […]
Plugin Formats Open Source Support for MIDI 2.0
The MIDI Association member companies that develop plugin formats – Apple (Audio Units), Avid (AAX), Bitwig (CLAP) and Steinberg (VST) are working together to develop open-source software that will enable […]
Latest MIDI 2.0 Developments in Apple, Google, Linux and Microsoft Operating Systems
The MIDI Association and its members provided updates on the latest developments in the major operating systems at Winter NAMM 2025. Microsoft announced updates to both MIDI and Audio at […]
MIDI Association Open Meeting At NAMM 2025
The MIDI Association had a full schedule of events at the 2025 NAMM show. We will be publishing articles on each of those events , but we wanted to start […]
Windows MIDI Services Customer Preview 1
In our NAMM wrap up , we reported on all the exciting things that are happening in the world of MIDI 2.0. Today is a major step in the adoption […]
The MIDI Association NAMM 2025
The MIDI Association and MIDI Showcase at NAMM 2025 continued to grow in both size and attendance at events. Over 30 companies from The MIDI Association had booths at NAMM […]
Network MIDI 2.0 (UDP) Overview
User Datagram Protocol for Universal MIDI Packets (aka Network MIDI 2.0) defines a standard way to connect MIDI devices (MIDI 1.0 and MIDI 2.0 protocol) via Ethernet and wireless LAN. […]
CES 2025 Booth 8578 LVCC, North Hall
We have received our CES Allied Association Booth for 2025 and want to invite everyone to come see us at Booth 8578 of Las Vegas Convention Center in the North […]
The MIDI Association At NAMM 2025
MIDI Association NAMM Booth Events Thursday, January 23 MIDI Association Lifetime Achievement Awards 2025 Thursday, January 23 11:00 AM-11:45 AM 45 minutes (America/Los_Angeles) MIDI Association Booth 10302 (Hall A) In-Person […]
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 […]
GameSOUNDCon 2024
2 Days of Video Game Music, Sound, Dialogue and More Game Music and Sound Design Conference GameSoundCon 2024- October 29-30- Burbank Convention Center- Burbank, CA & Online GameSoundCon 2024 is […]
Music Tectonics features MIDI Association companies at Creators Fair
On October, 23, 2024, Rock , Paper, Scissors hosted a creators fair at the at the Annenberg Beach House in Santa Monica. Rock, Paper, Scissors has been working with The […]
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, […]
Audio Modeling’s Experience at MusicChina 2024: Successes, Discoveries, and New Collaborations
The Music China 2024 edition was an extraordinary and opportunity-filled experience for us at Audio Modeling. In collaboration with the MIDI Association and in the MusicX area, we had the […]
Chinese Musical Instrument Association (CMIA), The MIDI Association and The Future Music Technology Committee
The MIDI Association and the Chinese Musical Instrument Association (CMIA) have always had a close and mutually beneficial relationship. We have met every year for over decade to discuss the […]
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 […]
MIDI Association Presentations on the Music China 2024 X Stage
Music China and the Chinese Musical Instrument Association (CMIA) have really stepped up their support for MIDI and digital music making and right next to The MIDI Association booth was […]
Music China 2024 (Set Up and Opening Ceremony)
Music China wrapped up on Sunday, October 13, but we wanted to capture our impressions of the show while they were still fresh. Wednesday, October 9 was set up day […]
SoundWithoutSight.com offers accessibility resources and monthly meetups
Jay Pocknell from the Royal Institute For The Blind, Soundwithoutsight.com website and a regular participant in The MIDI Association Accessibility Standard Special Interest Group is a really busy guy. Sound […]
Music X at Music China
Explore a new realm of music, where technology and art meet. The Music X Future Museum is about to open, taking you to listen to the sound of the future […]
Music Tectonics Conference
Music Tectonics ConferenceOctober 22-24, 2024Los Angeles, CA Our friends at Rock , Paper, Scissors have announce that Tickets are on sale for the 2024 Music Tectonics conference! Music Innovators meet at […]
The 2024 MIDI Innovation Awards Show
The 2024 MIDI Innovation Award Show aired on Youtube on September 21 at 10 am Pacific, 1 pm Eastern and 7 pm GMT. Hosted by Martin Keary “Tantacrul” As the […]
Synthfest UK
5 OCTOBER 2024 – THE OCTAGON, SHEFFIELDExhibition \\ Retailers \\ Education \\ Modular Meet \\ Seminars & DemosCome and see Keyboards – Desktop Synths – Modular – Software Synths and […]
The MIDI Association At Music China 2024
The MIDI Association has been actively involved with Music China for many years. You can read about that history in the articles at the bottom of this page. But in […]
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 […]
Steve Horowitz-IASIG Chair
The Interactive Audio Special Interest Group of the MIDI Association is the longest running SIG in the organization. IASIG is an organization in partnership with the International Game Developers Association […]
InfoComm 2024 Show Report
The MIDI Association didn’t have booth at Infocomm 2024, but there were certainly a lot of MIDI Association members with booths at the show. We sent Athan Billias, Exec Board […]
Xinghai Conservatory of Music and The MIDI Association
Last year at Music China, Shanghai Intex who runs the Music China show arranged for The MIDI Association to have three brand ambassadors from Xinghai Conservatory of Music in Guangzhou. […]
Seven Years After The Passing of Ikutaro Kakehashi
Ikutaro Kakehashi, Founder of Roland Ikutaro Kakehashi’s impact on music production is undeniable. He founded Roland and oversaw some of the most seminal MIDI products in history. When he passed […]
The MIDI In Music Education Initiative Moves Forward
Starting in 2021, Athan Billias (MIDI Association President), Denis Labrecque (former MIDI Association Exec Board member) , and Lee Whitmore (MIDI Association Board Member and Treasurer) initiated biweekly meetings of […]
The Music Accessibility Standard starts to take shape
MIDI Association members have joined with The Royal Institute for the Blind to discuss how MIDI 2.0 can make music accessible to everyone.
MIDI Association NAMM 2024 Booth Schedule
The MIDI Association booth (Booth 10302 at the front of Hall A) at Winter NAMM 2024 is very different than our booths in years past.
The MIDI Association Annual Meeting 2023
Every year we meet to review the year and plan for the next For many years, we met at the NAMM show in person, but recently we are really busy […]
The MIDI Association Plans for NAMM 2024
The MIDI Association is well under way with our plans for NAMM 2024. We have a 30 ft x 30 ft booth where one third of the space is dedicated […]
Music China 2023 Show Report
Music China is back after three years During the pandemic, Music China and The MIDI Association worked closely together to keep information and news about MIDI and MIDI products available in […]
The MIDI Association at Music China 2023
Music China and The MIDI Association continue to work closely together It may seem counter-intuitive, but the global pandemic actually brought Music China and The MIDI Association closer together. Because in-person events were […]
MIDI Innovation Awards Livestream Sept, 16, 2023
The 2023 MIDI Innovation Awards live stream event took place on 16 September 2023 at 10 am Pacific, 1 pm Eastern and 5 pm GMT. The live stream was hosted […]
The MIDI in Music Education Special Interest Group
The MIDI in Music Education (MIME) Special Interest Group has defined a MIDI Curriculum and a Certification Program Starting in 2021, Athan Billias (MIDI Association President), Denis Labrecque (former MIDI […]
Announcing the finalists in the 2023 MIDI Innovation Awards
On September 16 at 10 am Pacific, a Youtube livestream will showcase the entries of the 15 finalists of the MIDI Innovation Awards, and select the 5 category winners chosen […]
The MIDI@40 Exhibit at NAMM
The Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad is featuring a special exhibit dedicated to MIDI The MIDI Association, Dr. Jonathan Piper and Moldover worked together to create a special exhibition to celebrate the 40th […]
Celebrating Innovation: Voting Opens for MIDI Innovation Awards 2023
We are excited to announce that voting for the MIDI Innovation Awards 2023 is officially open. In the tradition of our past two successful years, we continue to celebrate innovation, […]
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 […]