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The Record Co. – Providing Affordable Access To Recording In Boston
During our recent trip to Boston for the AI Music Summit at Berklee College we had a chance to get a tour of the Record Co from Wilce Mascary.
The Record Co. is a Boston-based nonprofit music workspace that…
May Is MIDI Month 2026 Wrap Up
May Is MIDI Month 2026 was a busy and meaningful month for The MIDI Association.
Across MIDI.org, the month’s articles highlighted a clear theme: MIDI is not only a technical standard, but a growing global community focused on…
MIDI In Music Education: Expanding Access to Music Technology Learning
As part of May Is MIDI Month 2026, The MIDI Association presented a new MIDI In Music Education webinar focused on expanding access to music technology learning for students, teachers, schools, and the broader music products industry.
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The MIDI Association at Microsoft Ability Summit 2026
The MIDI Association participated in Microsoft Ability Summit 2026, joining accessibility professionals, technology companies, educators, researchers, assistive technology developers, and disabled creators from around the world for Microsoft’s…
The MIDI Association at Berklee’s AIMS: AI Music Summit
The MIDI Association will participate in Berklee’s AIMS: AI Music Summit in Boston, June 3–5, 2026, with a demo booth open to attendees on June 4 and 5 from 3:00–5:00 PM.
AIMS brings together musicians, educators, developers, researchers,…
2026 Music Accessibility Webinar
Join The MIDI Association’s Music Accessibility Special Interest Group for a May Is MIDI Month webinar focused on making music creation more accessible for disabled musicians, producers, students, educators, technologists, and developers.
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The Modular MIDI Hub: Transforming Your DAW Into a Hardware Controller with Reason 14
The modern studio is often a beautiful, chaotic split between the tactile world of hardware and the infinite potential of a DAW. For the producer surrounded by poly-synths, drum machines, and modular rigs, the challenge is finding a way to make all…
Jack Hotop: MIDI Patch Boy
This one hits pretty close to home.
Last night on May 22, 2026, Jack Hotop had passed away.
Jack was the senior voicing manager for Korg USA and we worked together on many projects including the MI, the T-Series, the 01W and many…
MultitrackStudio Brings Practical MIDI 2.0 Support to Audio and MIDI Recording
MultitrackStudio from Bremmers Audio Design is an audio and MIDI multitrack recording application for Windows and Mac that turns a computer into a digital multitrack music recording studio. It supports both “one man band” home recording, where…
Music Education, Accessibility and Music Technology Events Highlight the Expanding Role of MIDI
From accessible audio engineering and adaptive instruments to classroom music technology and student festivals, upcoming 2026 events show how MIDI continues to connect education, creativity, technology and inclusion.
Several upcoming events and…
SUPERBOOTH26 Shows MIDI 2.0 Becoming Reality
Working MIDI 2.0 demonstrations, cross-platform interoperability, accessibility innovations, and strong participation from MIDI Association members highlighted a milestone year for SUPERBOOTH26.
The first week of May Is MIDI Month 2026 was…
Accessible Music Making Takes Center Stage at ABLE Assembly 2026
At Berklee College of Music, educators, artists, researchers, and music technology innovators came together to explore how accessible design can make music participation possible for more people.
The 2026 ABLE Assembly: Arts Better the Lives of…
IASIG Celebrates 32 Years of Game Audio Leadership at GDC
The Interactive Audio Special Interest Group (IASIG), founded at the Game Developers Conference in 1994, returned to San Francisco this year with a full program of events highlighting the evolving landscape of interactive music and sound. As the…
Jim Cooper (1945–2026): A Pioneer of MIDI, Engineering Visionary, and Industry Leader
The MIDI community lost one of its early pioneers with the passing of Jim Cooper, founder of JLCooper Electronics and a former President of the MIDI Manufacturers Association.
Jim passed away on January 5, 2026, (but the announcement only came…
Amenote Aptiplay at CSUN Accessibility Conference
AmeNote recently introduced AptiPlay at the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference, presenting a new approach to accessible music creation for people with mobility disabilities.
AptiPlay is a music controller designed to make it easier for…
UniMIDI Hub at CSUN Accessibilty Conference
Emanuele “Lele” Parravinci from Audio Modeling joined The MIDI Association at the CSUN Accessibility Conference 2026 to show off the newest features of the 2024 MIDI Association Software Prototype category winner, UniMIDI Hub.
UniMIDI Hub is an…
2026 CSUN Assistive Technology Conference Report
For three days The MIDI Association participated in the CSUN Assistive Technology conference at the Anaheim Marriott.
It was a wonderful chance to connect with people from the accessibility community and we learned a lot.
Emanuele Parravinci…
The Interactive Audio Special Interest Group Launches the AI WIKI
IASIG Announces Launch of the AIWG Wiki: A New Public Resource for Understanding AI in Audio
The Interactive Audio Special Interest Group (IASIG) today announced the public release of the AIWG Wiki, a new, freely accessible knowledge base created…
The State of MIDI 2.0: High-Resolution Performance and the Rise of Profiles- Update Feb, 2026
MIDI 2.0 is explicitly designed as an extension of MIDI 1.0: it preserves the core musical semantics (channels, notes, controllers, program changes, etc.) while modernizing how messages are packaged, negotiated, and expressed at high precision. It…
The MIDI Association at the 41st CSUN Assistive Technology Conference
MIDI Association — Booth 1312
Dates: March 11–13, 2026 Location: Anaheim Marriott, Anaheim, CA, USA
The 41st CSUN Assistive Technology Conference is the largest event of its kind worldwide — a global gathering of accessibility leaders,…
Microsoft Blog Explains What’s New for MIDI In Windows 11
MIDI Association Exec Board chair Pete Brown and Gary Daniels (both from MIDI Association member Microsoft) just published an article on the Windows blog about how “Making music with MIDI just got a real boost in Windows 11”.
One of the things…