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Basics of USB-MIDI
USB MIDI 2.0 ADOPTED MIDI 2.0 Progress Continues with Updated USB Specification – As computers have become central components in many MIDI systems, USB has become the most widely […]
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, […]
Details about MIDI 2.0, MIDI-CI, Profiles and Property Exchange (Updated June, 2023)
This article is for companies looking to develop MIDI 2.0 products, both software developers and hardware manufacturers. If you are a MIDI user looking for the benefits of MIDI 2.0, […]
The PhotoSYNTH and accessible music making
The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world’s most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence. For over three decades the Royal Society […]
Voting In The 2025 MIDI Innovation Awards
We had a record number of 121 entrants to the 2025 MIDI Innovation Awards and between July 14 and August 4, you get to vote on who the 3 finalists […]
The History of Electronic Wind Instruments
This post is an English translation of the article that originally appeared on the website DTM Station in Japanese. Our sincere thanks to DTM Station for allowing us to repost […]
How to Record MIDI Instruments
It has never been as easy to stay “in the box” as it is now. There are lots of software virtual instruments out there; some emulate hardware instruments, and others […]
Frank Zappa and the Synclavier.
In 1986 Frank Zappa released his final studio album in his lifetime; for the remaining seven years of his life, he would only release live concert albums.Jazz from Hell is an […]
Native Instruments Native Control Standard (NKS)
NKS is an integration technology developed by Native Instruments NKS brings all your software instruments, effects, loops and samples, into one intuitive workflow – creating seamless integration between NI and […]