The 2025 MIDI Innovation Awards
What are the midi innovation awards?
The MIDI Innovation Awards, established in 2021, celebrate groundbreaking advancements in MIDI technology.
Organized collaboratively by The MIDI Association, NAMM, and Music Hackspace, the awards highlight innovative products and projects that utilize MIDI 1.0 and 2.0 in novel ways, emphasizing MIDI’s role in fostering musical creativity.
This year we had a record number of entries. The 118 entries are presented here.
There will soon (July 14) be a link to the voting site run by Broadjam who also handles the voting for the NAMM TEC Awards among many other things.
View The 2025 MIDI Innovation Awards Entries by Category
View The 2025 MIDI Innovation Awards Entries by Random Order
Click on the Product title to see the details or the underlined Category to see other entries in that category
Misa Quadwave
MIDILLI
MIDIPLUS X MAX
MIDIPLUS TITAN Q6
MIDIPLUS UP
H4MIDI WC
Anukari 3D Physics Synthesizer
SPOKE
Halbestunde GmbH
M-Brio 4FADE MIDI CC
IMDI
Morphonium
Divisimate 2
Rhodes Mk8 Midi
MidiWrist Unleashed
A-88MKII MIDI Keyboard Controller version 2.10
Sonoclast Plastic Pitch MIDI Microtuner
SL88 GT mk2
Music Non Stop – Music Engine (MNS-ME)
The Expression Orchestra
LC-1X+
Gamma Mini Synth
Jamcorder
The DogBite MIDI Controller
Kassiopeia
Keystage
SMK-37 Pro
Roto-Control
bento
Moon Performance System
Ivory 3 American Concert D
MONTAGE M
GS1000 Intelligent Amp Profiling Processor
Verbera
COSMOLAB
Playtonik
Transkr V2
Monotype MIDI
MIDI 2.0 Core Specification for Autonomous Systems
Aline
MC8 PRO MIDI Foot Controller
Fugue Machine Rubato
Pipo Interfaces
Jamstik MFC1
Caedence
Clarii Pro
AI Music Generation Model Explorer
RapidComposer
Synido TempoPAD C16 Wireless Bluetooth MIDI Controller
Piano One
Supreme Drums One Synth
Violin One
zefiro
Timecode Center
Flufs: An accessible real-time & offline loudness meter
AirBending
La Boîte A Musique
Seq
Connect Through MIDI
Werckmeister
Morpheus
Gig Performer 5
Janko Digital Piano
DigiShow LINK
Tone Glide
Play-a-Synth
MIDIDIM
VirtualKeyboard
TapeOp Composer
EightNote
MIDIMesh
Grid
Shetu
Neoharp MK1
OFFLOOP Web MIDI Sequencer
Circle Guitar
DataBass
MEMLNaut
Mugo
AIR
UniMIDI Hub
The Witchy Woo
[VPI] Virtual Piano,the Chord and Scaler Library
Azoteq Full Motion Key Position Sensor Module – Proof-of-Concept demonstrator
MORTRIX
MSC-01 Midi Serial Control
Tethered by Emotion
NUX TRACK KEYBOARD NTK-37, NTK-49, NTK-61
Learn Music Online
CineGrand2
Supreme Drums Taiko
WebMIDI Sysex Editor Framework
Cosmo
Setlist Manager (Ver.3)
Cristalonde
M2TM NOTES
The Demon Box
CHROMOLA
Dog Paw
BeatBuddy 2
Autotune for Drummers
Play-a-Synth
Smile Powered Pop Music with PhotoSYNTH @ Royal Society Summer Exhibition 2025
The JAM_BOT
Songscription AI
* Sympathetic Synthesizer
Arcana Remote Learning
MIDI voice control and feedback
NUX DM-110 Digital Drum Kit
GeoShred Studio
Scalable
Tiniest Violin
Tonova Digital Harmonica
The Kellycaster
What are the midi innovation awards?
The awards are open to individuals, artists, and companies working with MIDI to develop innovative products or interactive experiences. Categories include:
- Commercial Hardware Products
- Commercial Software Products
- Prototypes and Non-Commercial Hardware Products
- Prototypes and Non-Commercial Software Products
- Artistic/Visual Projects or Installations
- NEW: Best MIDI 2.0 product (across all categories)
Winners gain opportunities to present their innovations on a global stage, with prizes such as exhibition spaces at major events like the NAMM Show, and Music China. They also receive support from The MIDI Association for developing MIDI 2.0 prototypes.
The MIDI Innovation Awards are also proud to work with partners including Sound On Sound, the world’s leading music technology magazine, contributing prizes and press coverage for the competition.
- March 18th: Registrations opened
- July 08th, 2025: Registrations closed
- July 14th, 2025: Voting starts
- August 04th, 2025: Voting closes, jury deliberation starts
- August 08th, 2025: Finalists announced
- September 20th, 2025: Live show online – winners revealed
the 2024 MIDI Innovation Award WINNERS
Here are the winners of the 2024 MIDI Innovation Awards.
A number of the 2024 winners were focused on music accessibility including UniMIDIHub, GEP Contraption and the Arcana Strum.
Click on the link below to learn more about The MIDI Association’s Music Accessibility Standard Special Interest group (MASSIG).

UniMIDI Hub

Particle Shrine

Midinous

GEP Contraption

Arcana Strum
The Finalists in the 2024 MIDI Innovation Awards

UniMIDI Hub

Sonification Tools

seqMPEror – MPE reimagined

ppff

Partymaker: Accordion Synthesizer

Particle Shrine

Morphium

Midinous

Groove Builders

GEP Contraption

Digital Flex Accordion

Chorda

Arcana Strum

Alchem-E E-kit
The 2024 MIDI Innovation Award Categories
Click on a category to see all the 2024 entries.