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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 […]
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SMF2 Container Format For Data Exchange

Update at NAMM 2026 At the 2026 NAMM show, Ben Israel from Yamaha’s Content and Research Development Center explained The MIDI Project Container File format. The SMF 2 container format […]
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MIDI 2.0 Coming to Windows 11

One of the most significant developments for MIDI 2.0 at the 2026 NAMM show was that announcement by Microsoft that the new Windows MIDI Services (a new MIDI API, Service, […]
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NAMM 2026 Soundgirls Panel with Karrie Keyes, Erika Earl and Mike Bangs

Karrie Keyes Karrie began her career in live sound at the age of 18, Karrie Keyes has been the monitor engineer for Pearl Jam and Eddie Vedder for 27 years. […]

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