MIDI Association

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We are an all-volunteer, nonprofit trade association whose mission is to make it easier for everyone to create music and art digitally. We nurture a global community of creative people who share a passion for music, art and innovation.

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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 […]

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 […]

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, […]