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The Circle Piano Comes to The Met: PianoArc at Musical Bodies
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition Musical Bodies explores a powerful idea: the human body is itself a musical instrument, and musical instruments often reflect the shape, movement, identity, and imagination of the people who play…
Jordan Rudess Brings MIT’s JAM_BOT to Life at the Berklee AI Music Summit
At the 2026 Berklee AI Music Summit, Jordan Rudess showed the audience what happens when one of the world’s most innovative keyboardists meets a real-time AI improvisation system built for the stage.
The performance featured JAM_BOT, a…
IASIG Launches New Audio Education Working Group to Strengthen Pathways Into Game Audio
The MIDI Association welcomes the launch of the Interactive Audio Special Interest Group’s new Audio Education Working Group and encourages educators, students, and industry professionals to participate in the growing conversation around music…
Emotional Magenta: Rob Jaret Wins the MIDI Association’s Most Accessible Product Award at the Music Hackspace Boston Hackathon
At the Music Hackspace Boston Hackathon in June 2026, composer and technologist Rob Jaret received the MIDI Association-sponsored Most Accessible Product award for Emotional Magenta, an innovative project that explores how facial expressions and…
NYU Tandon’s SynthAccess Project Points Toward a More Accessible Future for Synthesizers
Modern synthesizers are powerful, expressive instruments, but they are often built around visual feedback. Screens, menus, LEDs, soft buttons, and multi-function controls can make it difficult or impossible for blind and low-vision musicians to…
Berklee’s AI Music Summit Brings Artists, Educators and Technologists Together to Shape the Future of Music
From June 3–5, 2026, Berklee College of Music hosted AIMS: AI Music Summit on its Boston campus, bringing together musicians, educators, researchers, technologists, legal experts and industry leaders to explore one of the most important questions…
Remembering Alan R. Pearlman, Founder of ARP Instruments
June 7 marks the anniversary of the passing of Alan R. Pearlman, the visionary engineer and founder of ARP Instruments.
Pearlman founded ARP in 1969, and the company quickly became one of the most important names in the history of electronic…
The Record Co. – Providing Affordable Access To Recording In Boston
During our recent trip to Boston for the AI Music Summit at Berklee College we had a chance to get a tour of the Record Co from Wilce Mascary.
The Record Co. is a Boston-based nonprofit music workspace that provides affordable access to…
May Is MIDI Month 2026 Wrap Up
May Is MIDI Month 2026 was a busy and meaningful month for The MIDI Association.
Across MIDI.org, the month’s articles highlighted a clear theme: MIDI is not only a technical standard, but a growing global community focused on…
MIDI In Music Education: Expanding Access to Music Technology Learning
As part of May Is MIDI Month 2026, The MIDI Association presented a new MIDI In Music Education webinar focused on expanding access to music technology learning for students, teachers, schools, and the broader music products industry.
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The MIDI Association at Microsoft Ability Summit 2026
The MIDI Association participated in Microsoft Ability Summit 2026, joining accessibility professionals, technology companies, educators, researchers, assistive technology developers, and disabled creators from around the world for Microsoft’s…
The MIDI Association at Berklee’s AIMS: AI Music Summit
The MIDI Association will participate in Berklee’s AIMS: AI Music Summit in Boston, June 3–5, 2026, with a demo booth open to attendees on June 4 and 5 from 3:00–5:00 PM.
AIMS brings together musicians, educators, developers, researchers,…
2026 Music Accessibility Webinar
Join The MIDI Association’s Music Accessibility Special Interest Group for a May Is MIDI Month webinar focused on making music creation more accessible for disabled musicians, producers, students, educators, technologists, and developers.
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The Modular MIDI Hub: Transforming Your DAW Into a Hardware Controller with Reason 14
The modern studio is often a beautiful, chaotic split between the tactile world of hardware and the infinite potential of a DAW. For the producer surrounded by poly-synths, drum machines, and modular rigs, the challenge is finding a way to make all…
Jack Hotop: MIDI Patch Boy
This one hits pretty close to home.
Last night on May 22, 2026, Jack Hotop had passed away.
Jack was the senior voicing manager for Korg USA and we worked together on many projects including the MI, the T-Series, the 01W and many…
MultitrackStudio Brings Practical MIDI 2.0 Support to Audio and MIDI Recording
MultitrackStudio from Bremmers Audio Design is an audio and MIDI multitrack recording application for Windows and Mac that turns a computer into a digital multitrack music recording studio. It supports both “one man band” home recording, where…
Music Education, Accessibility and Music Technology Events Highlight the Expanding Role of MIDI
From accessible audio engineering and adaptive instruments to classroom music technology and student festivals, upcoming 2026 events show how MIDI continues to connect education, creativity, technology and inclusion.
Several upcoming events and…
SUPERBOOTH26 Shows MIDI 2.0 Becoming Reality
Working MIDI 2.0 demonstrations, cross-platform interoperability, accessibility innovations, and strong participation from MIDI Association members highlighted a milestone year for SUPERBOOTH26.
The first week of May Is MIDI Month 2026 was…
Accessible Music Making Takes Center Stage at ABLE Assembly 2026
At Berklee College of Music, educators, artists, researchers, and music technology innovators came together to explore how accessible design can make music participation possible for more people.
The 2026 ABLE Assembly: Arts Better the Lives of…
IASIG Celebrates 32 Years of Game Audio Leadership at GDC
The Interactive Audio Special Interest Group (IASIG), founded at the Game Developers Conference in 1994, returned to San Francisco this year with a full program of events highlighting the evolving landscape of interactive music and sound. As the…
Jim Cooper (1945–2026): A Pioneer of MIDI, Engineering Visionary, and Industry Leader
The MIDI community lost one of its early pioneers with the passing of Jim Cooper, founder of JLCooper Electronics and a former President of the MIDI Manufacturers Association.
Jim passed away on January 5, 2026, (but the announcement only came…
