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Digitaize – Transforming strings with the power of MIDI

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

Digitaize takes a completely new approach to augmenting acoustic instruments. This innovative technology uses a unique sensor system to acquire real-time playing data from musical instruments. In this demonstration, the Digitaize Module uses software instruments from Spectrasonics, Moog, and Audio Modeling, a hardware from CME and Roland to showcase its versatility.

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MIDI Association Open Meeting

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

Please join us as we introduce the new MIDI Association Executive and Technical Standards Boards, review the previous year’s progress and take a look at what we want to accomplish in 2025.

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MIDI Innovation Awards Winners 2024

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

Join Jean Baptiste Thibeaut from Music Hackspace and Martin Keary (host of the 2024 MIDI Innovation Awards Show) as they introduce the winners of the 2024 MIDI Innovation Awards.

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Innovators Meetup with Rock Paper Scissors

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

Meet all the musical instrument, software and app innovators at NAMM! Everyone gets the mic in this networking session. Give your 30-second introduction, connect faces to names around the room, then break to network one on one. Leave with connections to collaborators, customers, allies, and friends.

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How MIDI Is Driving Global Content Creation and Collaboration

Hilton Anaheim; 4th Floor, Hilton Huntington Room

Join this special A3E and MIDI Association session for an in-depth, tactical exploration of how they are leading a global collaboration among musicians from diverse cultures, united by the universal language of music, and presented by world-class musicians.

Digital Accordion at Music China

Digital Accordion Jam

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

Join Sergey Antonovich, the engineer who designed two groundbreaking instruments recognized as MIDI Innovation Awards 2024 finalists – the Partymaker: Accordion Synthesizer and the Digital Flex Accordion – and Vladimir Butusov, a professional accordionist who has dedicated his career to popularizing the accordion and is a finalist of the prestigious V-Accordion Festival, for an electrifying live demo.

Experience the world's most portable full-featured electronic accordion, along with a hybrid acoustic-electronic accordion (and watch out for a very special guest from last year)

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Bob Moog Foundation Winter 2025 Raffle

The Bob Moog Foundation is excited to announce its lead raffle for 2025, featuring a fully restored Oberheim Matrix-12 synthesizer signed by Tom Oberheim, Marcus Ryle, and Michel Doidic.

$25

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Interactive Audio SIG Networking Meet Up At GDC

Moscone Center 747 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Join members of Interactive Audio SIG Steering Committee, network with other Game Audio professionals and help us shape the future of Game Audio.

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IASIG/IGDA Roundtable Talk

Moscone Center 747 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Calling all composers, sound designers, game designers, narrative designers, animators, programmers, producers, and anyone else involved with game production and design.

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IASIG/IGDA Party at Game Developers Conference

Game Developers Conference 747 Howard St, San Francisco, CA, United States

IGDA is hosting a party at Game Developers Conference 2025 and The MIDI Association and IASIG are participating. 

The event will be at the Children’s Creativity Museum, 221 Fourth Street right next to GDC.  

The event is open to IGDA members.

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IASIG/IGDA Town Hall

Moscone Center 747 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Want to improve game audio workflow or the professional audio tools available to you? Join fellow game audio educators, sound designers, composers, audio programmers, and other audio professionals at the Interactive Audio Special Interest Group (IASIG) Town Hall.

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Craig Anderton Master Classes for Moog Foundation

The Bob Moog Foundation is excited to announce two masterclasses by lauded music technologist, author, and musician Craig Anderton.

“How to Mix for Maximum Emotional Impact” will be presented at UNC-Asheville in the Laurel Forum room on Wednesday, March 19th, from 7 pm to 9 pm. The event is open to students and the public and is free of charge.

““Synthesizer and Sampler Secrets: A Moogseum Masterclass” will be presented at the Moogseum in downtown Asheville on Saturday, March 22nd, from 10 am to noon.

$25

Berklee College of Music

Able Assembly at Berklee College of Music

Berklee College of Music 1140 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, United States

The Berklee Institute for Accessible Arts Education (BIAAE) is delighted to announce the 2025 ABLE Assembly: Arts Better the Lives of Everyone conference, which will take place April 11–13, 2025. In-person and online attendance options are available.

$125

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Super Booth 2025

Super Booth The Fez, Berlin, Germany

The MIDI Association is pleased to announce that they will have be at Booth O243 at Super Booth 2025. Come learn about the latest developments in MIDI 2.0.

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MASSIG Webinar

The MIDI Association Youtube Channel

Join the members of the Music Accessibility Standard Special Interest Group (MASSIG) as they review the latest in music accessibility.

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The Power of MIDI in Music Education

The MIDI Association Youtube Channel

Join Isaac de la Mora (SAE Mexico), Lee Whitmore (Focusrite, Chair of MIDI in Music Education SIG), Jennifer Amaya (Riverside City College)
and other MIDI In Music Education members as they show off the work done by SAE Mexico on the MIDI In Music Education curriculum.

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MIDI and Music Education: Expanding Access and Engagement Worldwide

The MIDI Association Youtube Channel

Date: Youtube Premier On Saturday May 31, 2025 at 10 am Pacific

Event: MIDI In Music Education Working Group Presentation and Webinar

The MIDI Association will host an education-focused webinar, bringing together music educators, industry leaders, and students to discuss new initiatives and expand engagement with MIDI in education globally.

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Music Accessibility Webinar June 5th 10 AM Pacific

The MIDI Association Youtube Channel

The Music Accessibility Special Interest Group will host a Youtube Premier on June 5th at 10 am Pacific time. The primary focus is on discussing advancements in making music creation more accessible for individuals with disabilities, along with updates and demonstrations from various organizations involved in this initiative.

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Make Music Day 2025

#MakeMusicWithMIDI on June 21 Make Music Day

June 21 is both the longest day of the year and International Make Music Day.

We are asking everyone to help us create a worldwide day of celebration of making music with MIDI by:

* Creating some music with MIDI

* Uploading it to your social media channels with the hashtag -#MakeMusicWithMIDI

Be creative and share your passion for making music with MIDI to the whole world!

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2025 MIDI Innovation Awards Show

Andrew Huang is a musician, video creator, and bestselling author.
He is hosting this year's MIDI Innovation Awards show on his Youtube channel.

Free
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ADCx Gather 2025

The ADCx Gather one-day online event is free and open to everyone in the audio developer community (registration required). ADCx Gather is hosted in Gather.Town, a browser-based virtual online platform that allows attendees to interact and collaborate in real-time.

ADCx Gather takes place on the 26th of September, 2025 starting at 11:00 UTC

Free
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Machina Bristronica 2025

Machina Bristronica 2025 is a two-day celebration of electronic music culture—from synth hardware to software, performances to hands-on innovation.

It’s a space for live acts, panel talks, masterclasses, DIY workshops, and interactive showcases of over 150 global brands. 

Dates & Location: Set for 27–28 September 2025, the festival takes place in the heart of Bristol, UK. 

Venue:
Document
30 Pennywell Rd, St Jude's, Bristol, BS5 0TH

£65.30

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Music China 2025

Music China Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) 丨2345 Long Yang Road,, Shanghai, China

Music X at Music China aims to innovate new music technology, explore new music consumption scenarios, inspire musicians, music lovers, and content producers to explore future music life, lowering the barriers for playing with music.

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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. 

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GameSoundCon 2025

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

GameSoundCon 2025 is hybrid!