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.
At NAMM 2024, we showed off a working prototype of the MIDI 2.0 Piano Profile.
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 has made significant progress this year in developing some Profiles focused on electronic drums and drum machines.
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 under a Creative Common license and have a unique relationship with Coursera, the massive open online course provider.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
Join members of Interactive Audio SIG Steering Committee, network with other Game Audio professionals and help us shape the future of Game Audio.
Calling all composers, sound designers, game designers, narrative designers, animators, programmers, producers, and anyone else involved with game production and design.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Join the members of the Music Accessibility Standard Special Interest Group (MASSIG) as they review the latest in music accessibility.
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.
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.
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.
#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!
Andrew Huang is a musician, video creator, and bestselling author.
He is hosting this year's MIDI Innovation Awards show on his Youtube channel.
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