MIDI 2.0 Specs Released!

MIDI 2.0 Specs Released!

After over a decade of work, the final specification documents for MIDI 2.0 have been released to the public! There’s a fantastic article on the MIDI.org site that explains what the hubbub is all about that I’ll just point you at rather than rewriting...
Music and Design – a love story

Music and Design – a love story

I sat on the hotel room floor, surrounded by guitars, keyboards, and gadgets, doodling on a complimentary Holiday Inn notepad. Dad tinkered with a motherboard as his soldering iron glowed, delicately balanced on the edge of an ashtray. The smell of pork chops, rice and beans wafted through the air as mom worked her magic on our portable double burner stove. I sat on the floor, glued to the television. It was that very moment the iconic M came to life and made its beautiful debut.

NAMM Wrap-up (part 1)

NAMM Wrap-up (part 1)

Thanks to the blizzard that hit my East Coast home base while I was at the NAMM show this past weekend, I’m currently cooling my heels in a Starbucks near family in San Diego while figuring out how to get home. I’ve been trying to figure this out since the...
Developing Audio Applications With JUCE (part 2)

Developing Audio Applications With JUCE (part 2)

Last time we looked at getting a very basic version of an application that can process audio running using the classes provided with the JUCE application framework. The Scumbler app as we last saw it: Could enumerate the installed audio/MIDI hardware on a computer Let...