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Hello, The topic of Open Source developers has been under discussion for quite awhile inside The MIDI Association. We understand that Open Source...

Hi, You may have noticed that we completely updated the specification area of the site. We used a Joomla plugin called Edocman. Although we te...

Hi All, "Simply adding an optional extra two bit value to the MIDI note number would have allowed e.g. 00H for E.T., 01H for true sharp, 10H for t...

Hi, Thanks for the detailed information. We have passed it on the Technical Standards Board which is keeping a list of errata.

Hi, The MIDI 2.0 specifications are available for free download on this site. The USB-MIDI spec is available for download at the USB-IF (we have ...

HI all, We are waiting for the USB-IF to draft a formal press release, but we informed our MMA members about this important update last week. Her...

Hi, Please see our reply. We are working on some more materials to help explain all the possibilities with MIDI 2.0. "the specs seem to stress...

There are a number of Profiles that are already well under way. A prototype of a Draw Bar Organ Instrument Profile and a Rotary Speaker effect Prof...

We are actually actively discussing this topic on the MMA managers list which includes the Technical Standards Board and the Executive Board. Clemen...

The MMA made a conscious decision not to change any System Message in the first round of new MIDI 2.0 specifications. But MIDI 2.0 does enable many ...

Practically limiting devices via cables to hosts MIDI 2.0 with USB ,for now, pushes creators of MIDI devices into a $6000 USB vendor ID application + ...

The General Rules for Profiles was already published and we have a number of specific Profiles we are working on already. What would be great woul...

Hi, Adding on to what Mike said, there are a lot of challenges with the MIDI 1.0 controller message area. There are only 128 CC messages and som...

The MIDI 2.0 specs have been approved and are available for download to the public. The USB-MIDI 2.0 spec is well on it's way to final design and ap...

Hi, Sorry, we haven't responded here recently. We have been focused on getting the MIDI 2.0 specs signed off and ready for public download which ...