The update preview for Windows 11 25H2 and 24H2 brings MIDI 2.0 support and improves cross-device app continuation.

Many applications rely on MIDI for music synthesis, but much of the MIDI support in Windows has been unchanged for decades. Now, Microsoft is finally addressing this with a robust new framework.

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 ...

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 ...

MIDI was introduced at the 1983 NAMM show as a means to connect various electronic instruments together. Since then, our favorite five-pin DIN has been stuffed into Radio Shack keyboards, MPCs, synths ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...