All items tagged with MIDI-over-USB (11)

Tascam Introduces Studio Bridge Multitrack Recorder and USB Audio Interface

October 24, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Tascam Introduces Studio Bridge Multitrack Recorder and USB Audio Interface

Tascam announced the Studio Bridge Multitrack Recorder and USB Audio Interface, an interesting useful concept that is intended to transition between the analog and digital recording domains. By connecting analog consoles, it is possible to use the Studio Bridge as a USB audio interface for multitrack recording, or record directly to its internal recorder, which utilizes an SD card slot that can accommodate storage sizes up to and including 512GB.

Doris by dgApps Controls Multiple MIDI Devices from iPhone or iPad

October 21, 2024 by Joao Martins

Doris by dgApps Controls Multiple MIDI Devices from iPhone or iPad

dgApps is a small company based in Ireland, about 40 miles south of Dublin and Doris is an app that was created out of pure necessity. With a simple interface, the app sends and receives MIDI commands from an iPhone or iPad. Each Doris Project can have multiple Screens of multiple Buttons, each Button can be one of nine different sizes, and each Button can be one of six different types: Note On Note Off, Control Change, Program Change, Multiple MIDI, Flash, and Blank. Each MIDI command is fully configurable visually and everything is configured directly in the app.

Focusrite Group CEO Tim Carroll Named President of MIDI Association

January 29, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Focusrite Group CEO Tim Carroll Named President of MIDI Association

The MIDI Association, a nonprofit trade organization dedicated to expanding, promoting and protecting MIDI technology for the benefit of artists and musicians around the world, has named Tim Carroll, Focusrite Group CEO, as its new president. He will serve a two-year term. The decision was made via an election by the association’s executive board.

AMEI to Fund Open Source MIDI 2.0 Driver for Windows

November 4, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

AMEI to Fund Open Source MIDI 2.0 Driver for Windows

The Association of Musical Electronics Industries (AMEI), the organization that oversees the MIDI specification in Japan, has committed to funding the development of an open-source USB MIDI 2.0 Host Driver for Windows Operating Systems under a memorandum of understanding between AMEI, AmeNote Inc, and Microsoft. While Apple and Google already support MIDI 2.0, Microsoft has now agreed to start development of a Windows standard open-source MIDI 2.0 API.

The MIDI Association Announces MIDI 2.0 Development Tools

August 16, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

The MIDI Association Announces MIDI 2.0 Development Tools

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 Association members persevered, and have addressed these challenges through global collaboration and cooperation. Following the demonstrations promoted by the MIDI Association at NAMM 2022, work on the latest USB MIDI 2.0 digital interface prototyping and testing tools continues.

The MIDI Association Announces MIDI 2.0 Over A2B

June 2, 2022 by Joao Martins

The MIDI Association Announces MIDI 2.0 Over A2B

The MIDI Association announced the addition of MIDI 2.0 capabilities to the Automotive Audio Bus (A2B) technology from Analog Devices, Inc. The technology will be showcased at the MIDI Association during the NAMM show in Anaheim, California on June 3-5, 2022, with a demonstration of a USB to A2B bridge, based on AmeNote's ProtoZOA prototyping board for MIDI 2.0. using open source firmware for developers to use in their own hardware and software products.

Solid State Logic Redefines Control Surfaces with UF8 USB-C Controller

February 5, 2021 by Joao Martins

Solid State Logic Redefines Control Surfaces with UF8 USB-C Controller

Solid State Logic introduced a new compact DAW control surface that redefines the category by relying on a combination of serial communication via USB and its own 360° control software and MIDI USB driver, making it relatively protocol independent. The new SSL UF8 takes lessons learned from many years building control extensions within studio mixing consoles like the SSL Origin, or dedicated studio DAW controllers like the SSL Nucleus. The expandable and modular UF8 is an interesting evolution.

USB-IF Publishes USB Device Class Specification for MIDI Devices v2.0

July 16, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

USB-IF Publishes USB Device Class Specification for MIDI Devices v2.0

The support organization for the advancement and adoption of USB technology, USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), announced an updated USB Device Class Definition for MIDI Devices, Version 2.0 in support of MIDI 2.0 devices. The standard represents an industry-wide effort by the USB-IF, MIDI Manufacturers Association (MMA), and Association of Musical Electronics Industry (AMEI) to provide MIDI users with an expanded MIDI environment connected by USB.

MIDI Manufacturers Association Announces MIDI 2.0 Set of Specifications

February 11, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

MIDI Manufacturers Association Announces MIDI 2.0 Set of Specifications

MIDI 2.0, the next-generation music and arts specification that enhances virtually all aspects of 1983’s original MIDI 1.0 spec, made its worldwide debut at the 2020 Winter NAMM show. Current MIDI users wanted more nuanced expressiveness, higher resolution, and increased ease of use, but also demanded backward compatibility with the billions of existing MIDI 1.0 devices. The suite of MIDI 2.0 specifications adopted at the Winter NAMM 2020 meeting of the MIDI Manufacturers Association delivers on those promises.

Apogee Introduces Symphony Desktop USB-C Audio Interface

January 22, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Apogee Introduces Symphony Desktop USB-C Audio Interface

With the new Symphony Desktop, Apogee launched its most affordable Symphony series interface ever. Unveiled at NAMM 2020, the new USB-C compact audio interface combines the flagship sound quality that the Symphony interface range is known for, with vintage mic preamp emulation, Apogee hardware DSP with premium plugins, and an immersive touch screen interface. A powerful, compact recording and music production solution.

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