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THE MIDI ASSOCIATION (TMA)
The community of people who work, play and create with MIDI The MIDI Association’s mission is to nurture an inclusive global community of people who create music and art with MIDI. The www.MIDI.org website is the central repository of information about anything related to MIDI technology, from classic legacy gear to next- gen protocols on the horizon.

MIDI Makes The Mainstream on Jeopardy

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In April 2020, the United States Library of Congress selected MIDI.org for inclusion in the historic collection of Internet materials related to the Professional Organizations for Performing Arts Web Archive. But in 2022, MIDI went mainstream as a question on Jeopardy and one of three contestants got the answer right.  Heather, you are our her...

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The MIDI Association Announces MIDI 2.0 Development Tools

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MIDI Association announces global initiative by over 50 MIDI Association companies to prototype MIDI 2.0.  The MIDI Association has released details of the ongoing, industry-wide initiative by over 50 MIDI Association companies to develop MIDI 2.0 products and services. Despite the challenges presented by the pandemic, MIDI Associati...

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More Playful Products with MIDI at NAMM 2022

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Join MIDI Association President Athan Billias, artiphon's Emma Supica and Oddball's Pasquale Totaro for a discussion of playful (and round) products that use MIDI from the June 2022 NAMM show  Follow the bouncing ball as it sends out MIDI messages and learn how music teachers in Anaheim are getting kids to express thei...

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Playful Products with MIDI at NAMM 2022

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Join MIDI Association President Athan Billias, Big Ear Games Aviv Ben-Yahuda , Playtronics' Sacha Pas and Playtime Engineering's Troy Sheets for a discussion of playful products that use MIDI from the June 2022 NAMM show.  Sorry, it took awhile to get this interview up. But it was an entertaining conversation. Just remembering how great i...

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The NAMM Foundation and the MIDI Association announce the Launch of The MIDI Fund

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Los Angeles, CA - June 2, 2022 The NAMM Foundation and the MIDI Association are pleased to announce the MIDI Fund, a new donor-advised fund in The NAMM Foundation.  The MIDI Fund will support projects and programs that advance engagement in music-making and the varied and unique options to make, create and explore music made possible by MIDI, ...

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The MIDI Association Announces MIDI 2.0 Over A2B™

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Los Angeles, CA - June 1, 2022.The MIDI Association announced today the addition of MIDI 2.0 capabilities to the Automotive Audio Bus (A2B®) from Analog Devices, Inc. The technology was showcased at the MIDI Association booth #10300 at the NAMM show in Anaheim, California on June 3-5, 2022.  A2B® is a high bandwidth, bidirectional, digital aud...

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The June NAMM MIDI Zone Virtual Tour

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NAMM puts MIDI on the map at the June NAMM show  We covered all the MIDI Association booths (10300, The MIDI Zone Lounge and Studio 108) in our last article and now it is time to dive into the booths of MIDI Association and AMEI members at the June NAMM show.   With NAMM's cooperation, we were able to put together a solid b...

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MIDI Association hosts multiple events and makes multiple announcements at June NAMM 2022

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Behind the scenes at the NAMM Show 2022 The first day of set up for a trade show is always interesting because you get to see all the behind the scenes action.  Like most trade shows in the US, Freeman is the company that provides all the  infrastructure for the NAMM show from carpet to drapes to the AV gear ...

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PTZOptics Brings MIDI Control to PTZ Cameras

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New firmware update allows users to control a PTZ camera with any MIDI device  Downingtown, PA - May 26, 2022. PTZOptics, leading manufacturers of affordable broadcast-quality robotic cameras, and the MIDI Association, the international stewards of MIDI technology, today announce a new frontier for MIDI control. In a joint project, rapidl...

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MIDI Association Offers a Full Schedule Leading up to NAMM 2022

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 Saturday, May 21 MIDI In Music Education webinar with Craig Anderton  Anaheim, CA - May 18, 2022... The MIDI Association has been working furiously behind the scenes over the past year, and we're ready to showcase the results, kicking off a series of events leading to the NAMM Show in June. It all begins Saturday, May 21, celebrating&nbs...

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