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Amennote Aptiplay at CSUN Accessibility Conference
AmeNote recently introduced AptiPlay at the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference, presenting a new approach to accessible music creation for people with mobility disabilities.
AptiPlay is a music controller designed to make it easier for…
UniMIDI Hub at CSUN Accessibilty Conference
Emanuele “Lele” Parravinci from Audio Modeling joined The MIDI Association at the CSUN Accessibility Conference 2026 to show off the newest features of the 2024 MIDI Association Software Prototype category winner, UniMIDI Hub.
UniMIDI Hub is an…
2026 CSUN Assistive Technology Conference Report
For three days The MIDI Association participated in the CSUN Assistive Technology conference at the Anaheim Marriott.
It was a wonderful chance to connect with people from the accessibility community and we learned a lot.
Emanuele Parravinci…
The Interactive Audio Special Interest Group Launches the AI WIKI
IASIG Announces Launch of the AIWG Wiki: A New Public Resource for Understanding AI in Audio
The Interactive Audio Special Interest Group (IASIG) today announced the public release of the AIWG Wiki, a new, freely accessible knowledge base created…
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, and expressed at high precision. It…
The MIDI Association at the 41st CSUN Assistive Technology Conference
MIDI Association — Booth 1312
Dates: March 11–13, 2026 Location: Anaheim Marriott, Anaheim, CA, USA
The 41st CSUN Assistive Technology Conference is the largest event of its kind worldwide — a global gathering of accessibility leaders,…
Microsoft Blog Explains What’s New for MIDI In Windows 11
MIDI Association Exec Board chair Pete Brown and Gary Daniels (both from MIDI Association member Microsoft) just published an article on the Windows blog about how “Making music with MIDI just got a real boost in Windows 11”.
One of the things…
The Piano Profile at NAMM 2026
One of the most important things that The MIDI Association showed off at NAMM 2026 was The Piano Profile.
The Piano Profile standardizes the velocity and pedal curves and the registered controllers used to control a piano’s performance via…
DAW Control Profiles Update at NAMM 2026
Join members of the DAW Control Profile Working Group as they review the progress on creating a number of different MIDI 2.0 Profiles to replace proprietary protocols for controlling a DAW’s transport, markers, remote displays, and other aspects of…
Arduino MIDI Output Basics
Introduction The Arduino UNO is a popular open-source microcontroller that, in many respects, is a perfect complement to the extensible nature of the Music Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) protocol. Microcontroller […]
MIDI2.dev: Open-Source Resources for MIDI 2.0 Developers
We recently sent out a survey about our NAMM plans and one of the interesting comments came from a developer. I’ve been following up with the development of MIDI 2.0 […]
MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) Specification Adopted!
One of the biggest recent developments in MIDI is MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE). MPE is a method of using MIDI which enables multidimensional controllers to control multiple parameters of every note within MPE-compatible software. […]
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 […]
THE ORIGINS OF WAVE SEQUENCING
CCRMA and the Culture of Invention This paper attributes contemporary Wave Sequencing to CCRMA composer Bill Schottstaedt’s 1987 work Leviathan, which radically extended musique concrète techniques by computing over 15,000 […]
MIDI 2.0 Drum Profiles
The MIDI Association has made significant progress this year in developing two Profiles focused on electronic drums and drum machines. The Default Drum Map Profile defines a MIDI-CI Profile for […]
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 […]
Mixing with Virtual Instruments: The Basics
DAW software, like Ableton Live, Logic, Pro Tools, Studio One, etc. isn’t just about audio. Virtual instruments that are driven by MIDI data produce sounds in real time, in sync […]
LEARN THE PIANO WITH YAMAHA AND FLOWKEY
The best new way to learn piano. Learning with flowkey is easy and fun. Practice notes and chords interactively and receive instant feedback. The idea behind flowkey is simple: “learn […]