The MIDI Association will present John Bowen, Karl Hirano, Tadao Kikumoto, Tetsuo Nishimoto, Chris Meyer, Jeff Rona and Brian Vincik with MIDI Association Lifetime Achievement awards for their contributions to MIDI from 1983 to 1990.
Network MIDI 2.0 (UDP) Transport Specification defines a way to connect home studios or performance venues via Ethernet and wireless LAN on a local area network using MIDI 1.0 and MIDI 2.0 UMP packets.
The MIDI Association will provide updates on the latest MIDI 2.0 products from Apple Logic, Korg, Native Instruments, Roland, Steinberg and Yamaha, and many more.
The session will be moderated by Brian Hardgroove, record producer, bassist, drummer and member of the legendary band Public Enemy and feature a performance by Jordan Rudess, keyboardist and composer for Dream Theater.
Tang Nan (artist name TamiX) who runs Midifan, the largest Music Production website in China will interview Hotone, Medeli, MIDI Plus, Robkoo and Synido about the latest developments in MIDI technology in China.
The MASSIG group, including MIDI Association members like Amnote, Arcana Instruments, Audio Modeling, BetterMaker, Roland, and many more along with Jay Pocknell from The Royal Institute for The Blind and accessibility-focused music technologists like Sam Prouse, has been working for over a year to develop MIDI technologies that improve accessibility
Come see what this group of talented young music production students have been inspired to create with MIDI.
Special thanks to Artiphon, Caedence, Jamstik, Playtime Engineering, Robkoo and others for their donations to the all-MIDI jam.