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CROSSFADER - IF YOU CAN… 05/08 - Crossfader by DJZ is the latest addition to the world of DJ apps. The name of the app was derived from the tools that were used to create it: a mixing board. The team behind Crossfader includes Alexis Giles (a…   read more

TRAKTOR DJ APP FOR IPHONE 05/05 - Two months after releasing its iPad counterpart, Native Instruments is back with Traktor DJ for iPhone. DJing on your phone is just not easy and it's something you won't see in a club very soon but it's fun. It…   read more

FUNKBOX IOS DRUM MACHINE 05/04 - Loaded with classic drum samples and patterns from the 70s and 80s, FunkBox offers a wealth of vintage machine sounds to play around with on your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. Funkbox comes with hundreds of classic…   read more

GLITCHBREAKS FOR IOS 04/22 - Glitchbreaks is an iOS Universal manipulation tool for breakbeats created by Alex Matheu. It let's you create new beats and record them on the fly. Glitchbreaks uses four continuous looping audio channels each…   read more

30 Years of MIDI
The year 2013 marks the 30th Anniversary of the Musical Instrument Digital Interface.
30 YEARS OF MIDI Mon, January 21, 2013  

This year marks the 30th Anniversary of the Musical Instrument Digital Interface. Widely known as the industry audio standard that connects a wide variety of digital musical instruments, computers and other devices such as DJ controllers and music apps, MIDI is still the essential technology for music creation and enjoyment today.

Synthesizer designer Dave Smith is the founder father of MIDI. He and Roland founder Ikutaro Kakehashi are among the recipients of the Recording Academy’s Special Merit Technical Grammy Award this year for their contributions to the development of MIDI technology in the past 30 years.

HD Protocol announced
The technology has been maintained by the MIDI Manufacturers Association. The people at MNA have now announced they will premiere a prototype of hardware and software using a working draft of the HD Protocol Specification at the 2013 NAMM show being held Jan 24-27 in Anaheim, California.

Various devices will be connected via wired and wireless Ethernet, to demonstrate the plug-and-play connection and session management capabilities built into the HD Protocol, as well as features such as higher resolution controls, more throughput, and MIDI device compatibility.

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