Hi everyone 👋

I had a catch-up with Athan Billias recently, regarding WebMIDI.
It started out as a chat about my a new App I'm developing, called MIDIWeb ( removed link ) - a browser focused on making WebMIDI practical on iOS.
It ended up with a suggestion of:

'You should start a community-driven site for cool WebMIDI sites to help spread the word and gain some momentum in preparation of WebMIDI 2.0 support... and maybe see if there's appetite for a WebMIDI working group..."

So this post is an attempt to get a little momentum going in the open:

1) Is there interest here in forming a lightweight “WebMIDI Working Group” (or special interest group) focused on:

• increasing awareness + practical adoption of WebMIDI
• sharing best practices / dev pitfalls / security + permissions gotchas
• helping keep energy behind "WebMIDI + MIDI 2.0" discussions (and feeding that back into the right standards channels)

2) Do initiatives like this already exist that I’m missing?

• I’m aware the old W3C Web MIDI Community Group is closed, and there are broader audio groups — but I’m specifically wondering if there’s an active, practical community hub today for WebMIDI work?

As a first step, I’ve put together a community-driven directory of WebMIDI sites/tools, so people can quickly see what’s possible and add their favourites:

   MIDIWeb Hub: <a href=" removed link "> removed link

This directory is now also the home page of MIDIWeb, but the directory itself is meant to be useful regardless of what browser/app you use. I’d love for it to become a “living list” that the community actually maintains.

If a WebMIDI Working Group does sound worthwhile, a few possible starter outputs could be:

• a curated "Top WebMIDI examples" shortlist (education, performance, tools, games, utilities) - perhaps piggybacking on MIDIWeb-Hub?
• a simple "Getting started" + "Known issues across platforms", "WebMIDI Learning resources"  doc
• a wish-list / priority list for “WebMIDI + MIDI 2.0” features that developers would actually use
• coordination with any existing MIDI 2.0 / education efforts (so WebMIDI doesn’t become an island)

If you’re interested, reply with:

• "Yes, I’d join" + (and what you’d want it to achieve)
• any existing groups/threads/people I should connect with?
• any WebMIDI sites/tools you think absolutely should be in the directory?

The goal here is just to get the ball rolling and see if there’s real signal before we over-organise anything! 🙂 

Cheers,
Ant, 5of12
JOIN THE MIDIWEB TESTFLIGHT BETA: removed link