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The MIDI Project Container File format is intended to deliver multiple tracks of MIDI data and other media. The set of tracks and media used in the file are enumerated and arranged in a Manifest file in XML format.
Media types supported include:
● MIDI Clip Files (for MIDI 1.0 and MIDI 2.0)
● Musical Notation (MusicXML or PDF )
● Audio Files
● Video Files
● Lyrics: may be in MIDI Clip Files and/or in Musical Notation files.
● Metadata - XML and MIDI Message

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.

The MIDI Association is proud to invite NAMM attendees to a special Lifetime Achievement Awards Ceremony honoring pioneers whose work helped define MIDI, computer music, and modern music production.

• Chris Adams — Co-founder of C-Lab and Emagic, key architect behind Notator and Logic

• Roy Elkins — Connector of artists, technology, and community across the global music ecosystem

• Greg Hendershott — Founder of Cakewalk, who democratized MIDI sequencing on personal computers

• David Kusek — Founder of Passport Designs and pioneer of computer music and MIDI education

• Gerhard Lengeling — Co-founder of C-Lab and Emagic, creator of Logic and architect of modern DAWs

• Dave Oppenheim — Co-founder of Opcode Systems and pioneer of MIDI sequencing and DAW workflows

• Charlie Steinberg — Founder of Steinberg, visionary behind modern MIDI sequencing and virtual studios

• Emile “Dr. T” Tobenfeld — Algorithmic music innovator who expanded MIDI’s creative boundaries

Join us at The MIDI Association Booth 10302 at the front of Hall A as we highlight The MIDI Innovation Awards winners for 2025.

Meet all the musical instrument, software and app innovators at NAMM! Everyone gets the mic in this networking session. Introduce yourself, connect faces to names, then break to network one on one.

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

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.

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.