Events Search and Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Today

  • 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.

  • 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. 

  • Diagram explaining an SMF 2 container file structure, showing tracks with MIDI, audio, video, and notation clips, alongside event details: MIDI Association Booth 10302 January 23, 11:30 am to Noon on a blue background.

    SMF 2 Container Format

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

    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

  • 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.

    Once implemented by plugin companies using the MIDI -CI helper library being developed by the 4 plugin format companies ( AU, AAX, CLAP and VST) this will provide composers standardized way to handle orchestral articulations. 

  • Recipients the first 2023 MIDI Association Lifetime Achievement Awards at the 2023 MIDI Association Concert celebrating the 40th anniversary of MIDI

    2026 MIDI Association Lifetime Achievement Awards Ceremony

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

    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.

    The event is at The MIDI Association Booth 10302 at the front of Hall A.

  • A colorful graphic for the MIDI Innovation Awards, showing sponsor logos: Music Hackspace, MIDI, The NAMM Show, and Sound On Sound, with bright zigzag patterns in red, orange, and yellow.

    2025 MIDI Innovation Awards at NAMM 2026

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

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

  • A person wearing blue headphones and a colorful floral shirt speaks into a microphone in front of a red MIDI Association display at an indoor event.

    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. Introduce yourself, connect faces to names, then break to network one on one.

  • 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.