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MIDI Lifetime Achievement Awards 2025

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

The MIDI Association will present John Bowen, Karl Hirano, Tadao Kikumoto, 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

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

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. 

TamiX interviews Innovative Chinese MIDI Companies

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

Tang Nan (artist name TamiX) who runs Midifan, the largest Music Production website in China will interview Hotone, Medeli, MIDI PLus and Robkoo about the latest developments in MIDI technology in China.

The Music Accessibility Special Interest Group

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

The Special Interest Group on Music Accessibility allows artists, researchers, and other practitioners in the music creation and production community to interact directly with MIDI Association companies and provide a forum for discussion surrounding the topics related to music accessibility and MIDI.

Riverside City College MIDI Jam

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

Come see what this group of talented young music production students have been inspired to create with MIDI.

DAW Control Profile-Replacing Mackie control 

The DAW Working Group is working on a DAW Control Profile which would supersede proprietary control protocols like Mackie Control and Logic control with a true industry standard for controlling DAWs via external hardware and software. 

Juce-Support for MIDI 2.0 and Accessibility

JUCE is the most widely used framework for audio application and plug-in development. It is an open source C++ codebase that can be used to create standalone software on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android, as well as VST, VST3, AU, AUv3, AAX and LV2 plug-ins.

Tom Poole will discuss Juce’s MIDI 2.0 support, Juce’s accessibility features and his role in The MIDI Association and Interactive Audio Special Interest Group.

Plugin Formats Open Source Support for MIDI 2.0

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

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 plugin developers to quickly and easily interface with external MIDI gear without the need for any in depth knowledge of MIDI 2.0 or MIDI-CI. 

MIDI 2.0 Piano Profile Progress Report

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

At NAMM 2024, we showed off a working prototype of the MIDI 2.0 Piano Profile connecting a Roland A-88MKII controller keyboard to Synthogy’s Ivory plugin via Apple Logic running in standalone mode. 

This year we focused on two other important parts of the Piano Profile- DAW Plugin support and implementation guidelines with accompanying Audio and MIDI files.

MIDI 2.0 Drum Profiles

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

The MIDI Association has made significant progress this year in developing some Profiles focused on electronic drums and drum machines. 

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. There were a number of compelling reasons for selecting SAE Mexico.

First, they will be able to provide the curriculum materials in both English and Spanish. 

Second, they have a unique relationship with Coursera, the for-profit U.S.-based massive open online course provider.

MIDI Association Open Meeting

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

This year we would like to invite anyone interested in MIDI and MIDI 2.0 to join us as we will introduce the new Executive and Technical Standards Board, review the previous year’s progress and then take a look forward to what we want to accomplish in 2025. After some quick presentations, members of The MIDI Association will be available for questions from the press, developers  and  people who create music and art with MIDI.

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 us to celebrate the winners of the 2024 MIDI Innovation Awards. 

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.

Riverside City College MIDI Final Jam

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

Come see what this group of talented young music production students have been inspired to create with MIDI.