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  • A modern, empty auditorium with rows of chairs facing a well-lit stage. The walls are white and the ceiling is equipped with stage lighting. No people are present, and the space appears ready for an event or performance.

    MIDI Innovation Awards 2025 at The Kakehashi Foundation

    The Kakehashi Foundation 3 Chome-14-3 Nishiwaseda,, Shinjuku, okyo, Japan

    Artware hub

    Founder Ikutaro Kakehashi established the new "Artware hub" with the aim of creating a "live space where people can experience live sounds created by electronic technology."

    This event will feature demonstrations of both MIDI 2.0 products,  a technical talk from AMEI and MIDI Association developers and demonstrations of the winner of the 2025 MIDI Innovation Awards. 

    This event is not open to the public, but we will cover it in an article as soon as we return from Japan. 

  • A large audience of people sits attentively at round tables covered with red tablecloths in an ornate, chandelier-lit conference room with tall arches and windows.

    GameSoundCon 2025

    Burbank Convention Center 2500 N Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA, United States

    GameSoundCon 2025 is hybrid!

  • A colorful poster for Tokyo Gakki Expo 2025 features various musical instruments, equipment, and Japanese text, highlighting a vibrant celebration of music and instruments.

    Tokyo Musical Instrument Expo 2025

    Tokyo Science Museum 2-1 Kitanomaru Park, Tokyo, Chiyoda-ku,, Japan

    Tokyo Musical Instrument Expo, a comprehensive, customer-participation musical instrument experience event based on the concept of "See, Listen, Play, and Hit!

    The MIDI Association will have a booth featuring the latest in MIDI 2.0 developments and the winners of the 2025 MIDI Innovation Awards, 

    ¥2000
  • Three smiling people stand by a pool at dusk during an outdoor event, each wearing event badges. The sky is deep blue, and patio umbrellas and lights are visible in the background.

    Music Tectonics 2025

    Music innovators will unite again at Music Tectonics November 4-6 2025  in sunny Santa Monica, California. Join us for three days of connection, conversation, and getting business done, by the beach.  

  • ADC Talk in the main hall

    Audio Developer Conference 2025

    The 10th anniversary of the Audio Developer Conference (ADC) returns back to Bristol UK in 2025.

    The in-person and online hybrid conference will take place 10-12 November 2025. 

    New for ADC25: The Audio Developer Conference is now a full 3-day conference. The first day (10 November) includes even more programmed talks and workshops available to all attendees.  

  • A panel discussion is taking place onstage in front of an audience in an indoor venue with red curtains, stage lighting, and a screen displaying information. People are seated and standing, watching the speakers.

    SF Music Expo 2025

    Join 750+ artists, songwriters, producers, musicians, DJs, and engineers at Music Expo 25, San Francisco’s premier music conference to create, connect, and grow their careers.

  • Three colorful, stylized figures wear headphones and VR headsets, looking upward with confident expressions. Bold text reads “innovators show up” over a vibrant, abstract background.

    CES 2026

    Las Vegas Convention Center-CES 3150 Paradise Rd, Las Vegas, NV, United States

    The world’s most powerful tech event is your place to experience the innovations transforming how we live.

  • A colorful MIDI controller with various lit pads and knobs is shown in the background, with the words MIDI SHOWCASE prominently displayed in bold white text over the image.

    NAMM 2026

    Anaheim Convention Center | Front of Hall A | The MIDI Association Booth 10302 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA, United States

    The MIDI Association is the world’s top non-profit trade organization that connects the companies who develop new MIDI products and specifications with all the people across the globe who use MIDI products to create captivating music and art.

  • Logo for the Association of Musical Electronics Industry (AMEI) featuring a stylized treble clef and note, with AMEI and the full association name written beside the symbol.

    AMEI Presentation

    Anaheim Convention Center | Front of Hall A | The MIDI Association Booth 10302 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA, United States

    AMEI is made up of 26 Japanese companies that have worked with The MIDI Association for over 40 years to help produce MIDI specifications. This presentation provides background information and current AMEI goals.

    Free
  • A man in glasses plays an electronic music pad with colorful lights. Text on the left reads: French producer Romain Jovion presents a live Erae 2 performance. Text on the right lists event details for MIDI Association Booth 10302, January 22, 4:30-5 pm.

    French producer Romain Jovion presents a live Erae 2 performance.

    Anaheim Convention Center | Front of Hall A | The MIDI Association Booth 10302 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA, United States

    Using the instrument’s hyper expressive surface and MPE workflow, he builds a full set in real time through dynamic drums, evolving synth lines, and ethereal textures; showcasing creative expression using the Erae 2 as both instrument and controller

  • Text reads New MIDI 2.0 Transports: Network, BLE, Web MIDI over a background of glowing network lines. The W3C and Bluetooth logos are also displayed.

    New MIDI 2.0 Transports-BLE, Web MIDI and Transport Remote Management

    Anaheim Convention Center | Front of Hall A | The MIDI Association Booth 10302 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA, United States

    Join members of the Transport working group as the highlight the latest progress on MIDI 2.0 transports for Bluetooth, Web MIDI and updates to the Network spec to add remote management capabilities. 

  • A digital graphic titled MIDI-CI Profile for Transport and Location Control shows stylized transport controls and a digital timeline, highlighting MIDI 2.0 DAW control profiles. The background is dark green with sound wave patterns.

    DAW Control Profiles

    Anaheim Convention Center | Front of Hall A | The MIDI Association Booth 10302 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA, United States

    The MIDI Association is working on a modular set of MIDI 2.0 DAW Control Profiles intended to eventually replace Mackie Control with a unified industry standard for all hardware and software.

    The modular approach was taken because of the wide variety of capabilities of DAW controllers from simple start, stop and record buttons to elaborate devices with multiple displays.

  • Image showing two categories: Default Drum Note Map Profile with MIDI controllers and drum machines, and Drum Performance Profile with acoustic drums, virtual drums on a screen, and electronic drum sets.

    Drum Profiles Update

    Anaheim Convention Center | Front of Hall A | The MIDI Association Booth 10302 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA, United States

    The MIDI Association has worked on two Drum Profiles in 2025.

    The Default Drum Note Map Profile specifies 62 Drum/Percussion Sounds mapped to Specified Note Numbers. 

    This is the common GM based mapping in many Drum Machines and Synthesizers since the 1980s.

    This Profile was adopted in the fall of 2025.

    The Drum Performance Profile is focused on the more advanced features available in electronic drums kits which have positional sensing for cymbals and drums and complex hihat configurations.

    The Drum Performance Profile design is complete and it should be approved in Q1 of 2026.

  • A graph plots MIDI 2.0 velocity (y-axis) against percent of hammer speed (x-axis), showing a steep curve that flattens near the top, with dynamic markings labeled along the curve from pppp to fff.

    Piano Profile Demo

    Anaheim Convention Center | Front of Hall A | The MIDI Association Booth 10302 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA, United States

    The Piano Profile standardizes the velocity and pedal curves and the controllers used to control details of the piano's performance via MIDI.

    As pianos are one of the most expressive and important MIDI instruments, this improvement should have a significant effect on interoperability. 

  • A diagram explains the MIDI 2.0 Orchestral Articulation Profile, detailing message structure and five properties for conveying articulation information using a labeled table, colored sections, and descriptive labels.

    Orchestral Articulation Demo

    Anaheim Convention Center | Front of Hall A | The MIDI Association Booth 10302 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA, United States

    The MIDI Association will show a working demo of the Orchestral Articulation Profile at NAMM 2026.

    This profile will standardize the method for embedding articulations directly into the MIDI 2.0 Note On message.

  • SoundGirls logo with the word Sound in blue and Girls in black script. The letter G forms a headphone-wearing head in blue and black, with .org written near the headphone cord.

    SoundGirls- Women Working In Professional Audio

    Anaheim Convention Center | Front of Hall A | The MIDI Association Booth 10302 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA, United States

    SoundGirls was established to provide women working in professional audio a community to come to for support and advice, and for empowerment and inspiration.

  • A person sits in front of a digital audio workstation screen in a music studio. Overlaid text reads MIDI in Music Education with the MIDI logo above the words.

    MIDI In Music Education

    Anaheim Convention Center | Front of Hall A | The MIDI Association Booth 10302 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA, United States

    Our goal is to raise awareness about MIDI in education at schools (secondary, college and university, and pro schools), MIDI Musical Instrument manufacturers and Dealers who sell MIDI products.

  • Colorful musical notes and waves on a dark background with the text “The Future of Music Accessibility.”.

    Music Accessibility

    Anaheim Convention Center | Front of Hall A | The MIDI Association Booth 10302 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA, United States

    We think everyone should be able to experience the joy of making music.

    We brought together music accessibility experts from all over the world to meet regularly & discuss how to make digital musical instruments more accessible.

  • A dark blue section with a yellow music note figure and the word RAMPD. Below, a white section features Music Accessibility Standard MASSIG Special Interest Group with a stylized person and accessibility icon.

    Rampd-Recording Artists and Music Professionals with Disabilities

    Anaheim Convention Center | Front of Hall A | The MIDI Association Booth 10302 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA, United States

    Rampd will bring a number of artists to perform at The MIDI Association Booth 10302 on Saturday, January 24 right after the Music Accessibility event.