MIDI Manufacturers Association explained

MIDI Manufacturers Association
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The MIDI Manufacturers Association (MMA) is a non-profit trade organization where companies work together to create MIDI standards that assure compatibility among MIDI products.^[1] The MMA is a U.S. organization established in 1985 by the original developers of the MIDI 1.0 Specification in 1983.^[2] Since 1985 the MMA has produced 11 new specifications and adopted 38 sets of enhancements to MIDI.^[3]

See also

• Association of Musical Electronics Industry
• Show control
  • Comparison of MIDI standards
  • Standard MIDI File
  • DLS format
  • XMF

External links

• MIDI Manufacturers Association
• Interview with President Tom White at NAMM Oral History Collection, January 27, 2013.

Notes and References

1. Web site: About Us. MMA. 2010. 2010-11-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20160116011459/http://www.midi.org/aboutus/aboutmma.php. 2016-01-16. dead.
2. Web site: MIDI Manufacturers Investigate New HD Protocol. MMA. January 2008. 2010-11-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20110514214123/http://www.midi.org/aboutus/news/hd.php. 2011-05-14. dead.
3. Web site: About the MIDI Manufacturers Association (MMA). 2017. MMA. December 16, 2017.