Current Events
The MMA participates in various seminars and events throughout the year, through association with other organizations such as NAMM, EIA-CES, AES, NAB, The Society of Composers and Lyricists, Softbank Expos (Comdex and Windows World) and many others.
MMA Annual General Meeting (AGM)
- January 21, 2001 -- Anaheim CA
- General membership meeting, election of officers, state of the industry reports
- Presentations and discussions regarding new XMF Meta File Format, MIDI over 1394/USB, Mobile MIDI, etc.
- Portions of the AGM are closed except to MMA members
Past Events
- October 19-22, 2000 -- San Antonio, TX
- 50 of the brightest minds in the computer industry once again traded the comforts and chaos of corporate America to converge on a secluded 360-acre ranch in Texas without TV's, phones or computers to discuss, argue, debate, brainstorm and possibly alter the course of history for music on computers over the next five years.
- Topic: "Influencing hardware and software for music on computers over the next five years."
- Project Bar-B-Q has been the incubator for several IA-SIG working groups and has positively influenced industry standards, functionality, and usability issues through other channels.
- For more information visit http://www.fatman.com/bbq.htm
- October 3-4, 2000 -- Los Angeles CA
- Co-Sponsored by the MMA and IASIG
- The Interactive Music Xpo (IMX) is the nations largest, premier interactive music conference and exposition. Musicians, and creators/producers of music, will can see, touch, play and understand the technologies responsible for transforming their profession.
- Conference sessions hosted by MMA/IASIG
Game Developers Conference
- 2000 -- San Jose, CA.
- Conference's Audio Track developed in cooperation with the MMA and IASIG
MMA Annual General Meeting (AGM)
- February 6, 2000 -- Los Angeles CA
- General membership meeting, election of officers, state of the industry reports
- Presentations and discussions regarding MIDI over 1394/USB, Mobile MIDI, etc.
- Portions of the AGM are closed except to MMA members
Project BBQ 1999
- October 14-17, 1999 -- San Antonio, TX
- Project Bar-B-Q has been the incubator for several IA-SIG working groups and has positively influenced industry standards, functionality, and usability issues through other channels.
Interactive Music Xpo 1999
- August 9-10, 1999 -- New York, NY
- Co-Sponsored by the MMA and IASIG
- Conference sessions hosted by MMA/IASIG
- March 15-16, 1999 -- San Jose, CA
- Held in conjunction with the Game Developers Conference
- For industry executives concerned with the business of gaming and staying on top of emerging trends.
- MMA president Tom White presented "Profiting from Investment in Audio"
Game Developers Conference
- March 15-19, 1999 -- San Jose, CA.
- Conference's Audio Track developed in cooperation with the MMA and IASIG
Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3)
- May 12-15, 1999 -- Los Angeles, CA
- MMA president Tom White participated in the Sound Strategy panel discussion.
MMA Annual General Meeting (AGM)
- January 31, 1999 -- Los Angeles CA
- General membership meeting, election of officers, state of the industry reports
- Special Presentations: MIDI over 1394/USB, Java MIDI, DLS-2/MPEG-4; Intellectual Property Roundtable
- Portions of the AGM are closed except to MMA members
COMDEX
- November, 1998 -- Las Vegas NV
- The MMA and IASIG host an audio community get together each year at Comdex. Last years event was sponsored by Analog Devices and EuPhonics, and attracted a record crowd of more than 100 audio luminaries.
Project BBQ 1998
- October 15-18, 1998 -- San Antonio, TX
- Project BBQ is a "Texas Style Think Tank" for the computer audio industry, co-sponsored by the MMA.
105th Audio Engineering Society Conference
- September, 1998 -- San Francisco CA
- MMA events and participation are planned
Computer Game Developer Conference
- May 4-8, 1998 -- Long Beach CA
- Audio Conference Track co-developed by IASIG
- IASIG 3D Working Group Meeting: Discussion of Creative Lab's extensions to DirectSound3D, and IASIG plans for Level 2 of IASIG 3D Audio Rendering Guidelines.
MMA Annual General Meeting
- February 1, 1998 -- Los Angeles CA
- General membership meeting, election of officers, state of the industry reports, technical session, IASIG General Meeting
- Special events this year include a presentation of MIDI over IEEE-1394 and USB connections
- Portions of the AGM are closed except to MMA members
2nd Annual Project BBQ
- October 31-November 2, 1997 -- San Antonio TX
- Project BBA is a "Texas Style Think Tank" for the computer audio industry. MMA President Tom White attended and spoke about the new Downloadable Sounds (DLS) format.
103rd Audio Engineering Society Convention
- September 26-29, 1997 -- New York NY
- MMA President Tom White was invited to presented a a technical paper describing the new Downloadable Sounds (DLS) format.
Computer Game Developers Conference
- April 25-29, 1997 -- Santa Clara CA
- The CGDC is an annual event of great importance for the interactive audio and music community. This years MMA/IASIG sponsored events included scheduled IASIG WG meetings, a special presentation by multimedia artist Thomas Dolby (Headspace), and a presentation by the MMA on the new Downloadable Sounds Level 1 Specification for audio developers.
NAB Multimedia World
- April 6, 1997 -- Las Vegas NV
- NAB's New Media Professionals Conference Program included an audio session on "Creating Interactive Audio for Multimedia", lead by IASIG Co-Chairman Mark Miller, and including panel members Dave Sparks (Sequoia), Steve Purves (Aura Systems), Josh Rosen (Macromedia) and Tom White (MMA).
Roland GS Developer Conferences
- March 1997 -- Phoenix AZ
July 1997 -- Seattle WA
August 1997 -- Orlando FL - MMA President Tom White spoke to invited print music publishers, SMF publishers, game developers, and tools developers about future trends and opportunities in MIDI Files, and the recent work of the MMA with MIDI file publishing and the US Copyright Office.
MMA Annual General Meeting
- January 16-19, 1997 -- Anaheim CA
- The MMA holds its annual membership meeting each year at NAMM for the purpose of electing the board of directors and establishing the goals and working groups for the coming year. This years event included presentations by MMA President Tom White and MMA Special Counsel Brian Ward on MMA activities throughout 1996, as well as informative sessions on High Speed Audio/MIDI Networking, the new DLS-1 Specification, and SMF Copyrights and Licensing.
IMA EXPO '96
- September 17-19, 1996 -- New York NY
- The MMA sponsored a series of conference sessions on audio topics.
E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo)
- May 16-18, 1996 -- Los Angeles CA
- MMA President Tom White spoke on a panel about coming tools for developing audio content for interactive entertainment.