It may have passed you by in the news, but the MIDI Manufacturers Association (MMA) has recently unveiled more details about the upcoming MIDI 2.0 standard. Previously we covered the prototyping phase ...

Earlier this week, Roland unveiled its very first MIDI 2.0 controller in the form of the Roland A-88MKII leading the way for other brands to follow suit and release their MIDI 2.0 hardware. The MMA ...

Way back in 1983, when I was born, makers of musical instruments put aside their differences (if not their competitive streaks) and agreed that adopting a standard they could all use would be better ...

You might be forgiven for thinking MIDI music was completely dead. While MIDI files were originally awesome (especially if your alternative was a PC speaker), everyone knew that WAV files offered ...

Nearly 40 years after MIDI 1.0 specs were established and started to become widely adopted, the revamped MIDI 2.0 specs have been adopted unanimously by the MIDI Manufacturers Association (The MMA ...

BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), the support organization for the advancement and adoption of USB technology, today announced an updated USB Device Class Definition ...

Anyone who has any technical experience in music will undoubtedly have encountered the MIDI file format. Come to think of it, you’ve probably also encountered it if you’re old enough to have owned a ...

What is MIDI? "MIDI is an industry standard music technology protocol that connects products from many different companies including digital musical instruments, computers, tablets, and smartphones.

About 35 years after the MIDI 1.0 Detailed Specification was established, instrument manufacturers voted unanimously on January 18th to adopt the new MIDI 2.0 spec. So what's changing for audio ...

The “production release” of Windows MIDI Services just hit the Dev and Beta Windows Insider channels, and Microsoft says it will land on retail installs in “the next few months.” This means ...