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MIDI Association Open Meeting
2025-01-25 10:00 - 10:45 (America/Los_Angeles) | Anaheim Convention Center | Front of Hall A | The MIDI Association Booth 10302, 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA, 92802, United States
For many years starting even before the formal foundation of The MIDI Association in 1985, The MIDI Association would hold annual meetings at NAMM. Since 2021, we have had those internal meetings during December to elect our new Executive Board and Technical Standards Boards.
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.
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.

Digitaize - Transforming strings with the power of MIDI
2025-01-24 17:30 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Anaheim Convention Center | Front of Hall A | The MIDI Association Booth 10302, 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA, 92802, United States
Nick Coleman, Product Specialist at Digitaize by C.Bechstein Digital is going to showcase this game changing innovation and highlight some of the unique creative possibilities that it enables.
The Digitaize Module and sensor seamlessly integrate with the acoustic instrument, achieving an aesthetically harmonious symbiosis with its acoustic body. The focus is on a non-invasive design, which in no way impairs either the playing feel or the sound of the instrument. To achieve this, any contact with the body of the instrument was avoided and care was taken to minimise the contact surface with the instrument. The Digitaize module sits exactly between the fingerboard and the bridge and looks like a natural extension of the fingerboard. The module is connected magnetically with a link that forms the bridge between the module and the sensor.
This system can be easily mounted on any string instrument (4 or 5-stringed violin, viola, or cello). The module has two built-in microphones (a contact microphone for the vibration and an air microphone for the sound), a gyroscope, and an accelerometer to detect the movement of the instrument, as well as a haptic sensor to detect the finger position.
Experience the next level of instrument augmentation in a fun and engaging way.

MIDI In Music Education and SAE Mexico
2025-01-24 16:30 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Anaheim Convention Center | Front of Hall A | The MIDI Association Booth 10302, 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA, 92802, United States
SAE Mexico has been selected to begin work on The MIDI Association’s MIDI In Music Education curriculum by the NAMM Foundation.
They will provide the curriculum materials in both English and Spanish and have a unique relationship with Coursera, the massive open online course provider.
All of the materials created for The MIDI In Music Education curriculum will be given away under a Creative Common license. This means anyone is free to take the materials, modify and adapt them for whatever purpose that is needed. Universities can include portions in their already existing materials without any concerns about copyrights or licenses.
Join members of the MIDI In Music Education SIG as they explain the details of the curriculum and share the first few lessons.
Professor Jennifer Amaya- Associate Professor of Audio & Music Technology at Riverside City College Coil School for the Arts
Carlos Barraza – Academic Director of SAE
Athan Billias- MIDI Association Executive Board
Roberto de la Peña- Audio Program Director SAE Mexico
Keith Mason- Coordinator of Music Technology at Belmont University
Steve Horowitz-Executive Director Of Technology And Applied Composition at San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Lee Whitmore- Vice President B2B & Education, Americas at Focusrite Group, Chair MIDI In Music Education SIG

MIDI 2.0 Drum Profiles
2025-01-24 15:30 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Anaheim Convention Center | Front of Hall A | The MIDI Association Booth 10302, 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA, 92802, United States
The MIDI Association has made significant progress this year in developing some Profiles focused on electronic drums and drum machines.
The Default Drum Map Profile defines a MIDI-CI Profile for a default mapping of specific drums to specific Note Numbers. The note map used in this Profile was established by many products in the 1980s as a commonly used set of note assignments for drum sounds and that was later standardized in General MIDI.
Many drum machines, grooveboxes, keyboard workstations, portable keyboards, digital pianos, and software synthesizers (many of which do NOT support the full GM specification) have drum kits that utilize this drum kit mapping because of the vast quantity of MIDI data available that will play properly with these drum maps.
Electronic Drums are one of the most successful categories of MIDI instruments.
Most electronic drums from different manufacturers share a common set of features (standard MIDI messages including velocity, pan,etc.) as well as more drum specific features (choking of cymbals, positional sensing of cymbals and drums, etc). However, the MIDI messages used to control these features have not been standardized and mainly rely on manufacturer specific SysEx. A MIDI-CI Profile would define far greater interoperability, unifying the industry behind a common set of MIDI messages.
Steve Fisher- Director – Drums Product Development Medeli
Ben Israel- Research and Content Design Manager -Yamaha
Mike Kent- Chair of MIDI 2.0 WG/MIDI Association Executive Board.Drum Profile Chair Co Founder Amenote,
Mike Snyder -Innovation Manager, Electronic Instruments at Avedis Zildjian Company
Ikuo Kakehashi- Founder of BAC Audio a team of master electronic instrument engineers who worked on Zildjian’s new ALCHEM-E series electronic drum kits,

MIDI 2.0 Piano Profile Progress Report
2025-01-24 14:30 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Anaheim Convention Center | Front of Hall A | The MIDI Association Booth 10302, 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA, 92802, 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.
The MIDI Association member companies that develop plugin formats – Apple (Audio Units), Avid (AAX), Bitwig (CLAP) and Steinberg (VST) are creating open source software to help plugins handle MIDI 2.0 without requiring a plugin company to have either a SysEx ID or even in depth knowledge of MIDI. 2.0.
The MIDI Association DAW working group is creating open source software that will look at MIDI 2.0 messages from external devices, extract the information the plugin needs to support Profiles like the Orchestral Articulation, MPE and Piano profiles and translate those MIDI messages into the native plug formats that plugins already understand.
AMEI (the Japanese MIDI Standards body) has also worked to create audio samples and MIDI files for use in testing and validating that a device accurately supports the velocity and pedal curves of the Piano profile. These will be included along with an implementation guideline in the final Profile specification.
Mike Kent- Amenote, Chair of MIDI 2.0 WG/MIDI Association Executive Board
Dave Starkey- Chair Piano Profile WG, MIDI Association Technical Standards Board
Gary Girouard- Music Technology at Steinway & Sons
Francisco J. Rodriguez- Software Manager at Young Chang R&D Institute (Kurzweil)
Kohtaro Ilimura- KAWAI Musical Instruments Technology Planning Group – UX Design

Plugin Formats Open Source Support for MIDI 2.0
2025-01-24 13:30 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Anaheim Convention Center | Front of Hall A | The MIDI Association Booth 10302, 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA, 92802, 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. Another MIDI Association member supporting this effort is JUCE – the most widely used framework for audio application and plug-in development.
The MIDI Association DAW working group is creating open source software that will look at MIDI 2.0 messages from external devices, extract the information the plugin needs to support Profiles like the Orchestral Articulation, MPE and Piano profiles and translate those MIDI messages into the native plug formats that plugins already understand.
By utilizing this open source software, plugin companies can start supporting MIDI 2.0 external devices with minimal development costs.
Before Super Booth in May of 2024, The MIDI Association hosted the first meeting of the DAW working group at the Native Instruments office in Berlin, where the companies agreed to work together to develop open-source software available under a permissive MIT license to bridge the gap between external MIDI Devices, Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs), and plugins. That cooperative project is ongoing in the MIDI Association’s DAW Working Group.
The DAW Working Group is also 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.
The MIDI Association will report on the weekly meetings of the DAW Working Group at Music China 2024, ADC 2024, and NAMM Show 2025.

Build Your Own Audio and MIDI Plug-ins Using JUCE
2025-01-24 13:00 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Anaheim Convention Center | Front of Hall A | The MIDI Association Booth 10302, 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA, 92802, United States
JUCE is the most widely used framework for audio and MIDI 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.

Senior JUCE developer Anthony Nicholls will show you how you can use JUCE to create your own, unique, audio and MIDI plug-ins that you can make available to other people.

DAW Control Profile-Replacing Mackie Control
2025-01-24 11:30 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Anaheim Convention Center | Front of Hall A | The MIDI Association Booth 10302, 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA, 92802, United States
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.
With MIDI 2.0 support already beginning to appear in Digital Audio Workstations, plugin developers are benefitting from the work being done by the MIDI Association member companies that develop those plugin formats – Apple (Audio Units), Avid (AAX), Bitwig (CLAP) and Steinberg (VST).
Mike Kent- Amenote, Chair of MIDI 2.0 WG/MIDI Association Executive Board
Andrew Mee- Yamaha, Chair of Developer Support WG/MIDI Association Technical Standards Board
Dice Naito- FSK Audio

Latest MIDI 2.0 Developments in Apple, Google, Linux and Microsoft Operating Systems
2025-01-24 10:30 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Anaheim Convention Center | Front of Hall A | The MIDI Association Booth 10302, 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA, 92802, United States
The MIDI Association and its members will provide updates on the latest developments in the major operating systems.
Microsoft announced updates to both MIDI and Audio at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit 2024 including better APIs which support MIDI, including MIDI 2.0 and full support for low-latency, high-channel-count audio, using standards already accepted by the industry.
Apple, Google and Linux are all continuing their MIDI 2.0 updates to support new MIDI Association specifications.
If you are a developer of MIDI products, this is a presentation you won’t want to to miss.

Riverside City College MIDI Jam
2025-01-23 17:30 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Anaheim Convention Center | Front of Hall A | The MIDI Association Booth 10302, 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA, 92802, United States
For several years now the Audio & Music Technology program at Riverside City College has helped The MIDI Association by providing students with the opportunity to attend the NAMM show and staff The MIDI Association booth. This year, at the request of the students, we are stepping up our game.
A few weeks prior to the NAMM Show, MIDI Association members donated multiple MIDI instruments and devices to Riverside City College. With the help of student Music Industry Club leaders and Professor Jennifer Amaya, students were assigned to learn these instruments and come up with various ways to perform on them – as soloists, in small ensembles, and in a large ensemble format.
Special thanks to Artiphon, Caedence, Jamstik, Playtime Engineering, Robkoo and others for their donations to the all-MIDI jam.
Come see what this group of talented young music production students have been inspired to create with MIDI.

The Music Accessibility Special Interest Group
2025-01-23 16:30 - 17:15 (America/Los_Angeles) | Anaheim Convention Center | Front of Hall A | The MIDI Association Booth 10302, 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA, 92802, United States
The Special Interest Group on Music Accessibility allows artists, researchers, and others in the music production community to interact directly with MIDI Association companies and provides a forum for discussions surrounding music accessibility and MIDI.
We will review the “Inclusive Design within Audio Products: What, Why, How?” workshop from this year’s Audio Developer Conference. Curated by Jay Pocknell, Music Support Officer at RNIB and founder of Sound Without Sight, this covered the principles of music accessibility and shared examples of accessible products already on the market.
Haim Kairy of Arcana Instruments will moderate the panel and talk about his journey in developing the Arcana Strum after being inspired by a young girl with accessibility challenges and how it led him to his work with Bettermaker.
Lele Parravinci and Simone Capitani from Audio Modeling will discuss the UniMIDIhub, the 2024 MIDI Innovation Award winner in the non-commercial software category and their vision for the future of music accessibility.
Jason Barnes and Matt Bankston talk about their work to enable musicians with disabilities to continue to create and perform music via their nonprofit Cybernetic Sound.
Jason Barnes’ journey is one of resilience and inspiration. After losing his right hand and forearm in an accident in 2012, he turned his adversity into an opportunity. With a passion for music that remained undiminished, Jason worked on developing prosthetic devices that enabled him to continue playing drums.
Matt Bankston, a multi-instrument musician and producer, whose journey is marked by overcoming the challenges of severe hemophilia, reflects a deep understanding of the struggles faced by musicians with disabilities.
The Bettermaker, a trailblazer in professional audio technology, proudly announces a groundbreaking accessibility feature designed to empower blind and physically impaired music producers. This innovation enables seamless control of Bettermaker hardware and plugins through voice commands, built with cutting edge open source AI software , complemented by real-time voice feedback for precise parameter adjustments.
The MIDI Association believes that music should be accessible to everyone.

TamiX Interviews Innovative Chinese MIDI Companies
2025-01-23 15:30 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Anaheim Convention Center | Front of Hall A | The MIDI Association Booth 10302, 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA, 92802, United States
Nan Tang (artist name tamiX) who runs Midifan, the largest Music Production website in China will interview Hotone, Medeli, MIDI Plus Robkoo and Synido about the latest developments in MIDI technology in China.
Nan Tang (artist name tamiX)- Moderator
Nan Tang (artist name tamiX) is a Buchla modular synthesizer player, visual artist, photo idol, skateboard coach, founder of Midifan, the largest Music Production website in China.
Lancy Cheng – MEDELI – Senior Vice President of MEDELI Brand Development, Product Planning, China Sales
Tom Liu Director of Products at Hotone Audio,
Tom leads the design and development of innovative and interesting solutions for electronic musical instruments. Heading up a new MIDI 2.0 digital effects Profiles working group
Oscar Xie- CEO & Founder of Robkoo, Previously worked at Alibaba and WeChat.
Robkoo was founded by geeks, musicians, technology enthusiasts and designers with an ambitious mission while staying practical. We’re determined to create more futuristic products in digital arts while keeping them easy to use.
Marco Zheng, CEO and Founder of Synido
Marco has spearheaded the brand’s mission to empower content creators with high-quality audio interfaces and MIDI equipment, reflecting the energetic spirit of the younger generation and enhancing their online presence.

The Latest Developments in MIDI 2.0
2025-01-23 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | NAMM Tec Tracks Hilton California Ballroom B
Tec Tracks Event
Thursday, January 23, 2025 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM · 1 hr. (America/Los_Angeles)
Hilton California Ballroom B
In-Person Only
The MIDI Association will provide updates on the latest MIDI 2.0 products from Apple Logic, Korg, Native Instruments, Roland, Steinberg and Yamaha, and many more. The session will be moderated by Brian Hardgroove, record producer, bassist, drummer and member of the legendary band Public Enemy and feature a performance by Jordan Rudess, keyboardist and composer for Dream Theater.
With MIDI 2.0 support already beginning to appear in digital audio workstations, plug-in developers are benefitting from the work being done by the MIDI Association member companies that develop those plug-in formats — Apple (Audio Units), Avid (AAX), Bitwig (CLAP) and Steinberg (VST). They’re developing open-source software that will enable plug-in developers to quickly and easily interface with external MIDI gear.
Moderator: Brian Hardgroove- record producer, bassist, drummer and member of the legendary band Public Enemy
Panelists include:
Tim Carroll, Focusrite CEO, current MIDI Association President and Past NAMM Board Member
Pete Brown, Microsoft Software Engineer and MIDI Association Executive Board Chair
Mike Kent, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of AmeNote Inc. and Chair of The MIDI 2.0 Working Group
Paul McCabe, Senior Vice President of Research and Innovation, Roland Future Design Lab
Special Performance by:
Jordan Rudess, the keyboardist and composer for Dream Theater and president of WisdomMusic (makers of MorphWiz, SampleWiz, HarmonyWiz, Jordantron and more).

Network MIDI 2.0 (UDP) Transport Specification
2025-01-23 13:00 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Anaheim Convention Center | Front of Hall A | The MIDI Association Booth 10302, 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA, 92802, United States
The 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.
The advantages of using a network for MIDI are:
Overall advantages:

UDP can be sent over both Ethernet cables and wireless networks.
Logical connection setup (Session Management)

The user has full control over which device is able to send/receive MIDI with which other device (or application)
The connection topology can be changed in software without having to move physical cables.
Many MIDI streams (sessions) can be configured on the same cable
Simple security mechanisms available in Network MIDI 2.0 help prevent unauthorized access

Peer to peer connection is possible without the need to route data through a computer.

Ethernet Advantages

Long distance

Ethernet cables can transmit data up to 100 meters without any signal loss or degradation.

Low latency

Typical latency on Ethernet is below 1ms

High bandwidth

100MBit/s or 1GBit/s bandwidth on Ethernet
One cable is enough for many logical connections

Auto-Discovery

Can select devices to connect by name

Ground isolation

Physical connections are electrically isolated, reducing the chances of electrical grounding noise issues.

Oﬀ-the-shelf parts and infrastructure

Cables, routers, switches, and components are readily available and cost effective
Many transports for audio already use Ethernet. Some of those are open standards (i.e. AES67) and some are proprietary. Being able to run MIDI 2.0 as a control protocol over the same cables that run audio can greatly expand the use of MIDI 2.0.

Panelists:
Florian Bomers – Chair of the Network Working Group / President and founder of Bome Software which has developed and released MIDI and audio software for Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, and Linux. The BomeBox™: a versatile USB, MIDI, and Ethernet connector and processor.
Pete Brown- MIDI Association Executive Board Chair/ Microsoft Software Engineer
Andrew Mee-Chair of the MIDI 2.0 Developer Support working group, Yamaha designated rep and developer of the MIDI Workbench
Mike Kent- Chair of The MIDI 2.0 Working Group/Co-Founder/Chief Strategy Officer of AmeNote Inc.

MIDI Lifetime Achievement Awards 2025
2025-01-23 11:00 - 11:45 (America/Los_Angeles) | Anaheim Convention Center | Front of Hall A | The MIDI Association Booth 10302, 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA, 92802, United States
The MIDI Association will present John Bowen, Katsuhiko “Karl” Hirano, Tadao Kikumoto, Tetsuo Nishimoto, Chris Meyer, Jeff Rona and Brian Vincik with MIDI Association Lifetime Achievement awards for their contributions to MIDI from 1983 to 1990.
John Bowen- John Bowen was a product specialist and sound designer at Sequential Circuits during the early days of the synthesizer boom of the late 1970s. John worked with Sequential founder Dave Smith and then with Karl Hirano and Dave at the Dave Smith Division of Yamaha and at Korg R&D San Jose. Brian Vincik and John were in charge of the dissemination of the MIDI specification around the world in the early chaotic days of MIDI before The MIDI Association was formed in 1985.
Katsuhiko “Karl” Hirano ( 平野 勝彦 Hirano Katsuhiko)- Karl worked for both Yamaha and Korg. At Yamaha he worked on the DX7 (one of the very first products to implement MIDI) and headed up communications between the Japanese MIDI organization and The MIDI Association in MIDI’s early years. He worked in San Jose with Yamaha’s Dave Smith division and then moved with Dave Smith to Korg when Korg R&D was established. Hirano-san passed away in 2019.
Tadao Kikumoto (菊本忠男, Kikumoto Tadao) was Roland’s senior managing director and head of its R&D center. He designed the TB-303 bass synthesizer and the TR-909 drum machine. He was also the chief engineer of the Roland TR-808 drum machine. He made suggestions for the early MIDI 1.0 spec that included adding Tempo, Start, and Stop messages.
Chris Meyer was the first chair of the MIDI Association’s Technical Standard Board and worked at Sequential Circuits, Digidesign, Marion Systems (Tom Oberheim), and Roland R&D U.S. His work as the first TSB chair led to many important developments in MIDI including MIDI Time Code and the Sample Dump Standard. Today he runs the website, Facebook page, and YouTube channel LEARNING MODULAR, where he teaches others how to master modular synthesis.
Tetsuo Nishimoto (西元 哲夫, Nishimoto, Tetsuo) worked in the LM Design at Nippon Gakki Co. (Yamaha). He drafted the initial responses to the Universal Synthesizer Interface proposal from Dave Smith that eventually became MIDI. He also helped create the very first Yamaha synths including the legendary GS1 and the DX7 taking Yamaha on a path from home organs to synthesizers.
Jeff Rona is an American composer for film. He was a member of Hans Zimmer’s MediaVentures. His credits include Sharkwater, Traffic, God of War III, Phantom and Veeram. Jeff Rona was the founder and past president of MMA, the MIDI Manufacturers Association (DBA The MIDI Association). Jeff has also been a judge in The MIDI Innovation Awards for several years.
Brian Vincik- Brian formed the first MIDI user group called the International MIDI Association (IMA) in 1983 which was the sole source for the MIDI specification 1.0 (outside of Japan) in those early years in MIDI’s development. Brian was an engineer at Hewlett Packard and saw right away the potential that MIDI could have on the computer industry. The IMA was responsible for distributing the MIDI specification for several years during MIDI’s formative years.

CES 2025
2025-01-07 09:00 - 2025-01-10 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Las Vegas Convention Center-CES, 3150 Paradise Rd, Las Vegas, NV, 89109, United States
January 7th to 10th 9am-6pm
Booth 8578 in the North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, NV
This is where brands get business done, meet new partners and where the industry’s sharpest minds take the stage to unveil their latest releases and boldest breakthroughs.

GameSound Con
2024-10-29 09:00 - 2024-10-30 21:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | GameSoundCon, Burbank Convention Center, Burbank, CA, United States
GameSoundCon 2024 is hybrid!

You can attend in person in Burbank, CA, or remotely with our online only ticket! Online access gives you real-time access to GameSoundCon sessions, live text chat and more. Both in-person and online attendees can watch sessions they missed for up to 6 months after GameSoundCon.

Casual to AAA, big studio to indie — For composers, sound designers, dialogue specialists, researchers, educators and others who want to keep up with the cutting edge in video game sound, music, dialogue and technology.

Music China 2024
2024-10-10 09:30 - 2024-10-13 17:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Music China, Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) 丨2345 Long Yang Road,, Shanghai, China
The following MIDI Association companies will have booths at Music China (some in the Music X Area and some in the other halls at Music China).

Music X area

Artiphon
Amenote/Azotech
Audio Modeling
CME
Donner
MIDIPlus
Synido
Novation
ASM-Ashun Sound Machines
Avid

Medeli: W4B42
Ringway: W4E42
Amason: W1D20, N1C55
Donner: W5C52
Hotone: W5E32
Mooer: W5C44

AES 2024
2024-10-08 08:00 - 2024-10-10 17:00 (America/New_York) | Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 429 11th Avenue, New York\, New York City, NY, 10001, United States
Lee Whitmore, Chair of the MIDI In Music Education initiative will be there in his role a VP of Education for Focusrite and Steve Horowitz, Chair of the Interactive Audio Special Interest Group will be giving several talks on Game Audio.
There are a number of MIDI Association companies who have booths at AES.
Avid, Eternal Research (makers of MIDI Innovation Award contestant Demon Box), Icon Pro Audio and Juce’s parent company Pace will be at the show.

Synthfest UK
2024-10-05 10:30 - 18:30 (Europe/London) | CA
SynthFest UK 2024 takes place in Sheffield on Saturday 5th of October 2024 (10:30am – 6:30pm) and has been created by Sound On Sound magazine to give companies of all sizes an opportunity to showcase their synth products in front of the public in what promises to be a great day out for all musicians, whether a pro, semi-pro or hobbyist.
The Octagon Centre, Clarkson Street, Sheffield, S10 2TQ(Next to the University of Sheffield Student Union building)

MIDI Innovation Award Show 2024
2024-09-21 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The MIDI Association Youtube Channel
Join us as our esteemed panel of judges review and discuss the three finalists in each of the five categories of the MIDI Innovation Awards and selects a winner for:
Artistic/Visual Project or Installation
Software Prototypes/Non-Commercial Products
Commercial Software Products
Hardware Prototypes/Non-Commercial products
Commercial Hardware Products

Music Accessibility Webinar
2024-05-25 10:00 - 10:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The MIDI Association Youtube Channel
The Music Accessibility webinar will be Saturday, May 25 at 10 am Pacific, 1 pm Eastern and 5 pm GMT here –https://midiable.com/MIA
We will have members of the Music Accessibility Special Interest Group including Jay Pocknell from SoundwithoutSight.org along with many others.

Super Booth 2024 webinar
2024-05-18 10:00 - 10:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The MIDI Association Youtube Channel
Week 3 of May is MIDI Month, we will be in Berlin at the Native Instruments offices having meetings of the DAW working group which is looking the details of how DAWs will handle MIDI 2.0 and then do a live webinar from Super Booth on Saturday, May 18 at 10 am Pacific, 1 pm Eastern and 5 pm GMT also on https://midiable.com/MIA.

MIDI Innovation Award Webinar
2024-05-11 10:00 - 10:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The MIDI Association Youtube Channel
This Saturday, May 11 at 10 am Pacific, 1 pm Eastern and 5 pm GMT, The MIDI Association will host a MIDI Innovation Award webinar at https://midiable.com/MIA, (the MIDI Innovation Award’s webinar channel URL) where Jean Baptiste Thiebaut from Music Hackspace and the winners of the 2023 MIDI Innovation Awards (Audio Modeling, Intuitive Instrument. Hitar, Next and Sound Sculpture) will discuss a variety of topics.

How did participating in Music China 2023 and NAMM 2024 help their business grow.
What their favorite experiences at Music China and NAMM were.
How insights did they gain from participating in The MIDI Innovation awards
Why they would recommend that people and companies enter the 2024 MIDI Innovation Awards

Participants who join the webinar will be able to interact directly with the panelists and ask questions.We are also announcing that we are extending the deadline for submissions to the 2024 MIDI Innovation Awards from May 18 to June 18.
Registration for the MIDI Innovation Awards 2024 will close on 18th June 2024, and a public vote will begin on June, 30 2024.

Innovation meets Education
2024-05-04 10:00 - 10:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The MIDI Association Youtube Channel
Our goal is ensuring that every professional or aspiring musician, producer, artist and manufacturer has free access to our comprehensive suite of educational MIDI content.
This curriculum, designed to bridge cultures and languages, will be accessible in both English and Spanish. It’s tailored not just for an academic audience across secondary schools, colleges, universities, and professional institutes, but also for the dedicated staff of manufacturers and resellers, marking a significant stride towards a global standard in music technology and digital arts education.

30th Annual IASIG Town Hall
2024-03-21 12:45 - 13:45 (America/Los_Angeles) | Game Developers Conference, 747 Howard St, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
Since its inception in 1994, the IASIG has been driven by a selection of audio-focused volunteers with the goal of uniting the audio hardware and software industries with creators, researchers, and educators in order to push for the state-of-the-art for the industry.
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.
The IASIG works as a Special Interest Group in both The MIDI Association and the International Game Developers Association representing Game Audio Developers in those organizations.
Steve Horowitz (Audio Director, IASIG/Game Audio Institute)
Tom Poole (Director, JUCE / Audio Developers Conference)
Dave Berol (Audio / Voice Director, Surfaceink Product Design & Development)
Austin Smith (Content Manager, Sound Designer & Composer, Game Audio Institute/Blackwater Soundworks)
Pat Scandalis (CEO/CTO , moForte Inc, MIDI Association MPE WG Chair)
Location: Room 3002, West Hall
Date: Thursday, March 21
Time: 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass – Get your pass now!

Collective Creativity in Game Design & Music
2024-03-20 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Game Developers Conference, 747 Howard St, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
Games and sound go together like macaroni and cheese. Sound is a large part of what makes games fun. So, what are some of the hot button issues that game designers need to know about the process of creating game sound — and what do audio folks need to know about game design and production? Good questions!
This roundtable brings together composers, sound designers, game designers, animators, programmers, producers, and anyone else involved in the production process. Organizers open up the floor and discuss the latest and greatest trends in games, as well as the most common production roadblocks. Let’s come together to develop a deeper understanding of process and pipeline.

Cooperative Design Roundtable: Collective Creativity in Game Design & Music (Presented by the IGDA)
Steve Horowitz (Audio Director, IASIG/GAI)
Location: Room 211, South Hall
Date: Wednesday, March 20
Time: 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Game Developers Conference
2024-03-18 08:00 - 2024-03-22 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Game Developers Conference, 747 Howard St, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
The 38th annual Game Developers Conference (GDC), taking place March 18-22 at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, delivers the game industry’s greatest source of content and connections—with innovative exhibitors, awe-inspiring technology, and powerful talks led by game developers who live and breathe this industry.
Game devs and industry experts who attend GDC 2024 can expect the return of many activities and events that make the Game Developers Conference the place to be for game developers. Attendees can attend a comprehensive selection of lectures, panels, and roundtable discussions, tour the GDC Expo to check out companies’ latest products and solutions, and head to the GDC Play area to try the newest indie sensations before they come out.
In addition, the Independent Games Festival and the Game Developers Choice Awards will take place live on Wednesday, March 20—with a simultaneous broadcast in the event app and on the GDC Twitch channel.

MIDI Accordion with Cory Pesaturo NAMM 2024
2024-03-10 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The MIDI Association Youtube Channel
Cory Pesaturo (“C Pez”) is revolutionizing the Accordion. The only person to ever win the trio of World Championships on Acoustic, Digital & Jazz Accordion
Join us on YouTube for Cory’s performance at Winter NAMM 2024.

SMF2 NAMM 2024
2024-03-10 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The MIDI Association Youtube Channel
Members of the SMF2 Working Group discussed their progress at the Winter NAMM Show 2024. The MIDI Clip file has already been adopted. Many messages things that used to be meta events now have been put into the UMP protocol so chords, lyrics, song and copyright information can now be sent “over the wire”.

The MIDI Clip File Specification defines a file format for MIDI sequences using the Universal MIDI Packet data format. MIDI 2.0 introduced the Universal MIDI Packet, a data format which supports all the original MIDI 1.0 Protocol messages as well as all MIDI 2.0 Protocol messages. The MIDI Clip File serves a role which is similar to the version 1 Standard MIDI File Type 0, with all data in a single sequence of Universal MIDI Packet messages.
This MIDI Clip File Specification will have a complementary specification, the MIDI Container File specification which will be similar to the version 1 Standard MIDI File Type 1.
The MIDI Container File will support the Universal MIDI Packet data format by containing one or more MIDI Clip Files, arranged in one or more tracks. It may also include notation, audio and video data.
This specification could impact any company that publishes digital data.
Join us on Youtube for the SMF2 Discussions at Winter NAMM 2024
