Calendar of MIDI Events at NAMM 2020
Thursday January 16
Who: MMA and CMIA Members plus invited guests
What: Meeting with the Chinese Musical Instrument Association (CMIA) to discuss promotion of MIDI at Music China 2020
When: Thursday, January 16 • 9 AM- 10 AM
Where: Contact the MMA at contact@midi.org.
Who: All NAMM Attendees
What: MIDI Manufacturers Association Booth
When: Thursday, January 16 • 10 AM- 6 PM
Where: NAMM Booths 9701 and 9700
Friday January 17
Who: All NAMM Attendees
What: MIDI Manufacturers Association Booth
When: Friday, January 17 • 10 AM- 6 PM
Where: NAMM Booths 9701 and 9700
Who: Open to All NAMM Attendees
What: A3E Workshop
Strategic Overview and Introduction to MIDI 2.0
When: Friday, January 17th • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Where: The Hilton: Level 4: Avila 6
This Friday session will teach you about the Future of MIDI! The developers of MIDI 2.0 technology will describe the features and benefits enabled by MIDI-CI (MIDI Capability Inquiry), Profiles, Property Exchange, and MIDI 2.0 Protocol. This is an introductory presentation. There is a “MIDI 2.0 for Developers” Saturday presentation with more in-depth details.
When you leave the session, you will know the answers to these questions:
• What features of MIDI 2.0 enable more musical expression?
• What features of MIDI 2.0 improve my workflow?
• How does MIDI 2.0 Protocol differ from MIDI 1.0 Protocol?
• What will a MIDI 2.0 system look like (wiring, topology, architecture)?
• How will my MIDI 1.0 and MIDI 2.0 products work together as 1 system?
Saturday January 18
Who: Management of the MMA and AMEI (Association of Musical Electronics Industry, the Japanese MIDI organization
What: MMA and AMEI management meeting
When: Saturday, January 18 • 8 AM- 10 AM
Where: Anaheim Marriott Newport Beach / Rancho Las Palmas Room
Who: All NAMM Attendees
What: MIDI Manufacturers Association Booth
When: Thursday, January 16 • 10 AM- 6 PM
Where: NAMM Booths 9701 and 9700
Who: Open to All NAMM Attendees
What: A3E Workshop
Update for Windows Music Creation App Developers
When: Saturday, January 18th • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Where: The Hilton: Level 4: Avila 6
• How is Windows doing?
• What’s this I hear about Linux on Windows?
• What about MIDI?
• How is the app model evolving?
Join Pete Brown to learn about the latest for Windows Developers, with a focus on current changes that impact or help developers working on DAWs and other music creation apps.
Who: Open to All NAMM Attendees
What: A3E Workshop
MIDI 2.0 for Developers, a Technical Deep Dive
When: Saturday, January 18th • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Where: The Hilton: Level 4: Avila 6
Following on the topics presented in the Friday “Strategic Overview and Introduction to MIDI 2.0” session, this Saturday session focuses on implementing MIDI 2.0 in products.
Developers will learn about:
• MIDI-CI (MIDI Capability Inquiry): the foundation for MIDI 2.0 features
• Profiles: using standard configurations or your own custom
• Property Exchange: using JSON with Get and Set for device control
• Protocol: new MIDI 2.0 messages, format and the Universal MIDI Packet
• Timestamps, Transports, Translation, and more.
• Compliance and the new MIDI logo
• MMA prototyping tools and GitHub
Sunday January 19
Who: MMA and AMEI members only
What: MIDI Manufacturers Association AGM Breakfast
When: Sunday, January 19 • 7:30 AM- 8:45 AM
Where: Anaheim Marriott Grand Ballroom J&K
Who: MMA and AMEI members plus invited guests
What: MIDI Manufacturers Association Annual General Meeting
When: Sunday, January 19 • 9:00 AM- 9:50 AM
Where:
Anaheim Marriott Grand Ballroom Grand Ballroom G&H
Topics:
- Introduction of new MMA management
- MIDI 2.0 Specifications Update
- MIDI 2.0 Logo and Marketing Update
- The MIDI Association/May is MIDI Month 2020 Update
Elections:
– Executive Board Members (Directors) – Technical Standards Board Members
How to RSVP to attend the AGM Open Session
If you would like to attend the MIDI Manufacturers Association Annual General Meeting, please click on the link below and fill out this RSVP form. We will send you an email confirming if your request to attend has been granted as there is limited space.
Who: MMA and AMEI members plus invited guests
What: MIDI Tools and MIDI 2.0 Prototyping
When: Sunday, January 19 • 1:30 PM- 3:00 PM
Where: Anaheim Marriott Grand Ballroom Grand Ballroom G&H
MIDI 2.0 Tools:
- A MIDI 2.0 Compliance WorkSheet for determining which MIDI 2.0 features you support
- MIDI 2.0 Scope — an open source application (C++/JUCE) to aid in development/debugging of MIDI 2.0 channel voice message transmission and reception. Includes a permissively licensed JUCE User Module that implements the new protocol’s messages.
- Online MIDI-CI Work Bench to test MIDI-CI, Profiles and Property Exchange using Web MIDI
- MIDI-CI Work Bench- A Standalone Electron Application for a more complete MIDI 2.0 environment. This workbench uses UMP internally and translates MIDI 1.0 (including MPE) to and from MIDI 2.0
MIDI 2.0 Demo:
A Demo by AMEI companies Korg, Roland and Yamaha showing three different prototypes recieving MIDI 2.0 messages.
How to RSVP to attend the MIDI Tools and MIDI 2.0 Prototyping Session
If you would like to attend the MIDI Manufacturers Association MIDI Tools and MIDI 2.0 Prototyping Session please click on the link below and fill out this RSVP form. We will send you an email confirming if your request to attend has been granted as there is limited space.