The Music Accessibility Standard Special Interest Group (MASSIG)
The MIDI Association’s Music Accessibility Standard Special Interest Group (MASSIG) serves to allow artists, researchers, and other practitioners in the music creation and production community to interact directly with MIDI Association companies, participate in MIDI Association projects, access MIDI specification under development and discuss issues on the MIDI Association’s private corporate forum related to music accessibility and MIDI.
Fostering discussion and collaboration, the MASSIG will advocate for the needs of music accessibility in the arts, research, and open-source development.
MIDI.Org Articles on Music Accessibility
Shifting the Soundscape: Highlights from the 2025 ABLE Assembly on Arts and Accessibility
The 2025 ABLE Assembly: Arts Better the Lives of Everyone conference, hosted by the Berklee Institute for Accessible Arts Education, delivered a powerful and inspiring program that continues to shape the future of inclusive music education and accessible performance. With more than 50 sessions, this year’s conference offered a deep and wide-ranging look at how…
Drake Music: Pioneering Inclusive Music-Making Technology
Leaders in Music, Disability & Technology Drake Music is a UK-based charity and a global leader at the intersection of music, disability, and technology. For over 20 years, this disabled-led organization has been “pioneering the use of accessible music technology” to break down barriers in music-making. They believe that “everyone has the right to express…
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Sound Without Sight: Empowering Blind and Partially Sighted Musicians Through Community and Innovation
In the evolving landscape of accessible music technology, Sound Without Sight (SWS) emerges as a pivotal community-led initiative dedicated to supporting blind and partially sighted musicians and audio professionals. By fostering collaboration, sharing resources, and advocating for inclusivity, SWS aligns closely with the objectives of The MIDI Association’s Music Accessibility Standard Special Interest Group (SIG),…
Able Assembly At Berklee College Of Music
The MIDI Association and Music Accessibility The MIDI Association has been exploring the possibilities of a Music Accessibility standard for several years now. We started by working with Children’s Music Fund back in 2020. Since then we have held numerous webinars and events about the possibilities of using MIDI to improve music accessibility. https://midi.org/an-introduction-to-music-therapy-by-dr-deforia-lane https://midi.org/the-healing-power-of-music-webinar-mimm-2021-week-1…
The MIDI Association NAMM 2025
The MIDI Association and MIDI Showcase at NAMM 2025 continued to grow in both size and attendance at events. Over 30 companies from The MIDI Association had booths at NAMM and most of them were centered around the MIDI Showcase. We were running multiple events every day on our stage with the help of Professor…
CES 2025 Booth 8578 LVCC, North Hall
We have received our CES Allied Association Booth for 2025 and want to invite everyone to come see us at Booth 8578 of Las Vegas Convention Center in the North Hall. We may have a slightly streamlined booth compared to last year partly because a lot of the instruments that companies have loaned us are…
Audio Developers Conference 2024
ADC is a non-profit event, dedicated to the audio community, focused on learning, facilitating networking and positive working relationships, sharing best practice, and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion across all that we do.Audio Developers Conference Tickets to ADC24 Tickets to ADC24 are available for both in person and virtual attendance and range in price with…
Audio Modeling’s Experience at MusicChina 2024: Successes, Discoveries, and New Collaborations
The Music China 2024 edition was an extraordinary and opportunity-filled experience for us at Audio Modeling. In collaboration with the MIDI Association and in the MusicX area, we had the chance to explore the Chinese music market and strengthen our presence in this key sector. Discovering the Chinese Music Market During the event, we had…
MIDI Association Presentations on the Music China 2024 X Stage
Music China and the Chinese Musical Instrument Association (CMIA) have really stepped up their support for MIDI and digital music making and right next to The MIDI Association booth was the X Stage where we did a number of presentations over the course of 4 days. Brian Hardgroove and Sennheiser Immersive Audio Presentation Because of…
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SoundWithoutSight.com offers accessibility resources and monthly meetups
Jay Pocknell from the Royal Institute For The Blind, Soundwithoutsight.com website and a regular participant in The MIDI Association Accessibility Standard Special Interest Group is a really busy guy. Sound Without Sight is a new non-profit initiative, aimed at supporting sight-impaired people in the fields of audio and music. They will: showcase blind and partially…
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Meet The Members of The Music Accessibility Standard SIG
We thought it was time to introduce the members who regularly attend these meetings so you can get to know their backgrounds and why they are passionate about making music making accessible to everyone. The Music Accessibility Standard Special Interest Group in The MIDI Association has been meeting regularly for over a year now every…
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Audio Developers Conference 2024
Announcing Audio Developers Conference 2024 The 10th Audio Developer Conference (ADC) returns in 2024 both in-person and online in a new city, Bristol, UK. The in-person and online hybrid conference will take place 11-13 November 2024. Talks at ADC range from audio research, to professional practices, to standards in audio development, as well talks about…
Fast Company on Music Accessibility
Fast Company interviewed Athan Billias and Scott Chesworth of The MIDI Association on the importance of accessibility of music. Learn more and check out the article.
The Music Accessibility Standard starts to take shape
MIDI Association members have joined with The Royal Institute for the Blind to discuss how MIDI 2.0 can make music accessible to everyone.
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Stevie Wonder visits the MIDI Association at CES 2024
We had a special guest at our CES 2024 booth.
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MIDI Association NAMM 2024 Booth Schedule
The MIDI Association booth (Booth 10302 at the front of Hall A) at Winter NAMM 2024 is very different than our booths in years past.
Music Accessibility Standard Special Interest Group Youtube event
Music Accessibility Standard Special Interest Group kicks off with a Youtube Live Stream Members of the Music Accessibility Standard Special Interest Group (MAS SIG) outlined their vision for the future of Music Accessibility in a Youtube Live event on the MIDI Association Youtube channel. Musicians and producers who face accessibility challenges including Juho Toumainen, Jason Dasent…
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The Healing Power of Music Webinar -MIMM 2021 Week 1
Saturday May 8, 2021, May Is MIDI Month 2021 Webinar The Healing Power of Music The webinar kicked off with Michael Boddicker who has played synthesizer, vocoder, accordion and keyboards on albums by many notables such as Quincy Jones, Randy Newman, The Manhattan Transfer and The Bee Gees and worked on many soundtracks including Saturday Night Fever, Battlestar Galactica…
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An introduction to Music Therapy by Dr. Deforia Lane
If you don’t know anything about music therapy, this 18 minute Tedx Talk Youtube video is a great way to understand how music and medicine work together to heal. Music therapist, Dr. Deforia Lane takes you inside University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center to experience first hand the response of patients to music therapy: hear of music’s effects on…
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May Is MIDI Month 2021-Helping Sick Kids Through The Healing Power of MIDI and Music
Donate To Help Sick Kids Today Was May Is MIDI Month 2020 really only a year ago? It seems that everyone has had a bit of trouble keeping time this year. Not musically as that is the one place where time remains constant. But in talking to people , they often say that one moment last May seems like it was last week…