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MIDI Association Event List
Live events are coming back and we'll be there
Check out these MIDI events and then tell us which ones you'll be attending and participating in

Synthplex

We will be at Booth 58 and we will be joined by MIDI Association companies who have their own booths including Ashun Sound Machines, Casio, Embodme, Expressive E, iConnectivity, IK Multimedia, ILIO, Keith McMillen Instruments, Korg, Kurzweil, Novation, PianoArc, Roland, Sequential, Spectrasonics, Steinberg, and Yamaha.

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Audio Developers Conference

The MIDI Association will be presenting two very important sessions at ADC this year.

Tuesday, November 15 • 3:00pm - 3:50pm
Moderated by Florian Bomers and other MIDI Association members
Wednesday, November 16 • 9:00am - 9:50am
Apple, Google and Microsoft Implementations of MIDI 2.0
Moderated by Mike Kent and other MIDI Association members
See the detailed ADC Schedule

Music China

Music China will design a special exhibition area for up to 8 MIDI companies who enter and win the Chinese Users' Choice Award. The Awards are selected by voting from over 800 music schools in China.
These Chinese Choice Award companies products will be displayed with the assistance of 3-5 Future Musician/MIDI Brand Ambassadors selected by Music China that have English and Music Technology skills. 
Get your products represented in China and in Chinese without having to go to China yourself.
The MIDI Association, Music China and the Future Musician/MIDI Brand Ambassadors  will do all the work for you.

Enter the MIDI Chinese Users Choice Awards

Consumer Electronics Show

The MIDI Association has been an Allied Association of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) for many years.  We will have a small booth provided by CTA and we expect some of our members including Analog Devices to have booths at the show as well. 

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April NAMM 2023- The 40th Anniversary of MIDI

The April 2023 NAMM show (April  is going to be a very special event for the MIDI Association.
If you are a MIDI Developer, we would like to invite you to join us in the MIDI Zone.

2023 not only marks the 40th anniversary of MIDI, but on top of that we expect there to be a number of new products that feature MIDI 2.0 from MIDI Association members at the April NAMM show spurred on by our prototyping tools.

We have been working closely with NAMM on our 40th anniversary celebration plans and are happy to announce an official NAMM MIDI Showcase as well as special packages that make it easy for smaller MIDI companies to participate in the show.

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We are working on many updates and additions to the MIDI 2.0 specifications right now. 

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