Hello all KVR Audio Forum Topic Readers,
On September 25th, 2025, we had a MASSIG meeting with Juho Tuomainen (WG Chair), Athan Billias (The MIDI Association Ecceutive Board Member), Haim Kairy (Acting Chair) Arcana Instruments, Zen Olenski from ZenSounds, Samuel Prouse, a PhD student from University Sportsmouth, UK, Jay Pocknell, the Music Support Officer of the Culture, media and Imersive Technologies Team of RNIB and Project Manager of Sound Without Sight, Alexandros Binopoulos from Elysia and Rene de Vries present in the meeting. This time, the meetting focused on the upcoming events (Music China and ADC) in October and November rewspectively, and the infrastrucure nd logistics surrounding them got a bit further. Rene and Alexandros "Alex" Binopoulos were new members joining to the MASSIG team. Also, Jay shared his ADC pans further, and Zen and Samuel Prouse also shared their project updates. All in all, it as a very effective meeting!
I can't help revealing (once the time is right) all the great things that we've been working on so hard all these meetings and months surrounding the events!
Kind regards,
Juho Tuomainen, WG Chair
Music Accessibility Standard (MAS)
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- KVRist
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- 97 posts since 30 Dec, 2014
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- KVRist
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- 97 posts since 30 Dec, 2014
Hello All KVR Audio Forum Topic Readers,
On Thursday, October 2nd, 2025, we had a MASSIG meeting with Juho Tuomainen (WG Chair and UEF Computer Science Master's Student), Haim Kairy (Acting Chair of MASSIG) from Arcana Instruments, Athan Billias (The MIDI Association Executive Board Member), Tim Yates and Megan Steinberg from Drake Music, David Shervill from Global Music Visions CIC, Jay Pocknell, from Sound WithoutSight and the Music Support Officer from the Culture, Media and Immersive Technologies Team of RNIB, Jessica, Brian Waldon from Riban Ltd and Zen Olenski from ZenSounds present in the meeting. This time we discussed about the logistics and infrastructure of the upcoming events, streamlning the srategy to Music China, Kakahashi Foundation event, Music Expo in Japan and also ADC and the NAMM show. We stepped through the situation, and reviewed the materials and assets we would have got in the events. We also talked about the new MASSIG logo suggestion, critically evaluating its suitability or the MASSIG logo. Also, we talked about the ADC plans in more detail, and Jay and Zen shared their project updates which I am very willing to share with you once the time is right. Finally, we also talked about forming a digital accessibility resource to www.midi.org/, containing the accessibility information of the plugins, software and hardware. This was a good and effective meeting once again!
Kind regards,
Juho Tuomainen, WG Chair
On Thursday, October 2nd, 2025, we had a MASSIG meeting with Juho Tuomainen (WG Chair and UEF Computer Science Master's Student), Haim Kairy (Acting Chair of MASSIG) from Arcana Instruments, Athan Billias (The MIDI Association Executive Board Member), Tim Yates and Megan Steinberg from Drake Music, David Shervill from Global Music Visions CIC, Jay Pocknell, from Sound WithoutSight and the Music Support Officer from the Culture, Media and Immersive Technologies Team of RNIB, Jessica, Brian Waldon from Riban Ltd and Zen Olenski from ZenSounds present in the meeting. This time we discussed about the logistics and infrastructure of the upcoming events, streamlning the srategy to Music China, Kakahashi Foundation event, Music Expo in Japan and also ADC and the NAMM show. We stepped through the situation, and reviewed the materials and assets we would have got in the events. We also talked about the new MASSIG logo suggestion, critically evaluating its suitability or the MASSIG logo. Also, we talked about the ADC plans in more detail, and Jay and Zen shared their project updates which I am very willing to share with you once the time is right. Finally, we also talked about forming a digital accessibility resource to www.midi.org/, containing the accessibility information of the plugins, software and hardware. This was a good and effective meeting once again!
Kind regards,
Juho Tuomainen, WG Chair
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- KVRist
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- 97 posts since 30 Dec, 2014
Hello KVR Audio Forum Topic Readers,
On Thursday, October 16th, 2025, we had a MASSIG Meeting ith Juho Tuomainen (MASSIG Chair), Athan Billias (MIDI Association Executive Board Member), Samuel Prouse from Alien Instruments, Tim Yates from Drake Music, Zen Olenski from ZenSounds and David Shervill from Global Music Visions CIC present in the meeting. This time, we talked about finalizations of the Music China and ADC plans, and also watched two videos. One of them is released (link in the end of this post). Also, we made sure that the situation in the events is clear and that the equipment is working properly. This meeting was more a sort of an "Q&A" in a good sense and also included some other topics too. Please watch our promotional MASSIG video by going to
Kind regards,
Juho Tuomainen, WG Chair
On Thursday, October 16th, 2025, we had a MASSIG Meeting ith Juho Tuomainen (MASSIG Chair), Athan Billias (MIDI Association Executive Board Member), Samuel Prouse from Alien Instruments, Tim Yates from Drake Music, Zen Olenski from ZenSounds and David Shervill from Global Music Visions CIC present in the meeting. This time, we talked about finalizations of the Music China and ADC plans, and also watched two videos. One of them is released (link in the end of this post). Also, we made sure that the situation in the events is clear and that the equipment is working properly. This meeting was more a sort of an "Q&A" in a good sense and also included some other topics too. Please watch our promotional MASSIG video by going to
Kind regards,
Juho Tuomainen, WG Chair
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- KVRist
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- 97 posts since 30 Dec, 2014
Hello KVR Audio Forum Topic Readers,
On Thursday,October 23th, 2025, we had a MASSIG meeting with Juho Tuoainen (WG Chair), Samuel Prouse from Alien Instruments, Jay Pocknell, the Sound Without Sight Project Manager and Music Support Officer from the Culure, Media and Immersive Technologies Team of RNIB and Zen Olenski from ZenSounds presnt there. We talked about infrastructure and events (ongoing Music China, Kakahashi and Music Expo in Japan) and also finetuned our ADC plans for mid-november 2025. Furthermore, we talked widely about accessibility in web browsers (Chrome/Microsoft Edge) and other interesting topics. For example, Jay shared his ADC updates and Zen his own project updates. Also, we talked about other evnet-related topics. This was an interesting meeting!
Kind regards,
Juho Tuomainen, WG Chair
On Thursday,October 23th, 2025, we had a MASSIG meeting with Juho Tuoainen (WG Chair), Samuel Prouse from Alien Instruments, Jay Pocknell, the Sound Without Sight Project Manager and Music Support Officer from the Culure, Media and Immersive Technologies Team of RNIB and Zen Olenski from ZenSounds presnt there. We talked about infrastructure and events (ongoing Music China, Kakahashi and Music Expo in Japan) and also finetuned our ADC plans for mid-november 2025. Furthermore, we talked widely about accessibility in web browsers (Chrome/Microsoft Edge) and other interesting topics. For example, Jay shared his ADC updates and Zen his own project updates. Also, we talked about other evnet-related topics. This was an interesting meeting!
Kind regards,
Juho Tuomainen, WG Chair
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- KVRist
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- 97 posts since 30 Dec, 2014
Hello KVR Audio forum Topic Readers,
On Thursday, October 30rd, 2025, we had a MASSIG meeting with Juho Tuomainen (WG Chair), Samuel Prouse, Alien Instruments, Zen Olenski from ZenSounds and David Shervill from Global Music Visions CIC present there. This time, we filanized the ADC plans and talked about the event scene, including the finalizations of the equipment and discussing about the venue's accessibility options. Furthermore, Sam, David and Jay shared their plans for ADC equipment and timeline. Finally, I also shared a progress update of my situation. All in all, this was a very nice, relaxed and effective finalization meeting about two weeks before the ADC!
Kind regards,
Juho Tuomainen, WG Chair
On Thursday, October 30rd, 2025, we had a MASSIG meeting with Juho Tuomainen (WG Chair), Samuel Prouse, Alien Instruments, Zen Olenski from ZenSounds and David Shervill from Global Music Visions CIC present there. This time, we filanized the ADC plans and talked about the event scene, including the finalizations of the equipment and discussing about the venue's accessibility options. Furthermore, Sam, David and Jay shared their plans for ADC equipment and timeline. Finally, I also shared a progress update of my situation. All in all, this was a very nice, relaxed and effective finalization meeting about two weeks before the ADC!
Kind regards,
Juho Tuomainen, WG Chair
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 97 posts since 30 Dec, 2014
Hello aall KVR Audio Forum Topic Readers,
On Thursday, November 6th, 2025, we had a MASSIG meeting with Juho Tuomainen (MASSIG Chair), Athan Billias (Midi Association Executive Board Member), Mike Kent from Amenote Inc (MIDI 2.0 Working Group Chair), Jay Pocknell, the Music Support Officer at RNIB, Samuel Prouse, Alien Instruments, Zen Olenski from ZenSounds, Anthony Nasce, David Shervill from Global Music Visions CIC and Brian Waldon from Riban Ltd present there. This time, we discussed about the ADC finalization plans, the Accessibility Table setup and the important aspects of accessibility. Additionally, Athan, Zen, Jay and others shared their updates on the ADC planning and the events. This was an effective and good meeting!
Kind regards,
Juho Tuomainen, WG Chair
On Thursday, November 6th, 2025, we had a MASSIG meeting with Juho Tuomainen (MASSIG Chair), Athan Billias (Midi Association Executive Board Member), Mike Kent from Amenote Inc (MIDI 2.0 Working Group Chair), Jay Pocknell, the Music Support Officer at RNIB, Samuel Prouse, Alien Instruments, Zen Olenski from ZenSounds, Anthony Nasce, David Shervill from Global Music Visions CIC and Brian Waldon from Riban Ltd present there. This time, we discussed about the ADC finalization plans, the Accessibility Table setup and the important aspects of accessibility. Additionally, Athan, Zen, Jay and others shared their updates on the ADC planning and the events. This was an effective and good meeting!
Kind regards,
Juho Tuomainen, WG Chair
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- KVRist
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- 97 posts since 30 Dec, 2014
Hello all KVR Audio Topic Readers,
On Thursday, March 12th, 2026, we had Juho Tuomainen (WG Chair), Zen Olenski from ZenSounds, David Shervill, and Samuel Prouse, a PhD from the United Kingdom, present in the meeting. Samuel shared his ideas regarding the Piano Roll view, saying that the customizable mode would give the most freedom to the user in choosing what order and what information they want to hear (like velocity and note in the order Note-Velocity) (velocity = volume of the sound). This was a nice meeting!
Kind regards,
Juho Tuomainen, WG Chair
On Thursday, March 12th, 2026, we had Juho Tuomainen (WG Chair), Zen Olenski from ZenSounds, David Shervill, and Samuel Prouse, a PhD from the United Kingdom, present in the meeting. Samuel shared his ideas regarding the Piano Roll view, saying that the customizable mode would give the most freedom to the user in choosing what order and what information they want to hear (like velocity and note in the order Note-Velocity) (velocity = volume of the sound). This was a nice meeting!
Kind regards,
Juho Tuomainen, WG Chair
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 97 posts since 30 Dec, 2014
On Tuesday, March 17th, 2026, we had a MASSIG meeting with Juho Tuomainen (WG Chair and UEF Computer Science Master’s Student), Haim Kairy (Acting Chair and founder of Arcana Instruments), Jeff Bennett from Caedence, Brian Waldron from Riban Ltd, Mike Kent, the Chair of the MIDI 2.0 Working Group from AmeNote Inc, and Zen Olenski from ZenSounds present.
In the meeting, we shared the CSUN experiences from our team (Athan and Mike represented us there). We also discussed the differences between audio and visual cues. We also talked about music education.
This was a nice meeting with lots of interesting and positive information!
Kind regards,
Juho Tuomainen, WG Chair
In the meeting, we shared the CSUN experiences from our team (Athan and Mike represented us there). We also discussed the differences between audio and visual cues. We also talked about music education.
This was a nice meeting with lots of interesting and positive information!
Kind regards,
Juho Tuomainen, WG Chair
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 97 posts since 30 Dec, 2014
Hello all KVR Audio Forum Topic Readers,
On Thursday, March 19th, 2026, we had a MASSIG meeting with Juho Tuomainen (UEF Computer Science Master’s Student and Chair of MASSIG), Haim Kairy (Acting Chair from Arcana Instruments), Tim Yates from Drake Music LLC, Jay Pocknell, the Music Support Officer in the Media, Culture and Interactive Technologies department of RNIB, Athan Billias (MIDI Association Executive Board Member), David Shervill, Jeff Bennett, founder and CEO of Caedence, Emanuele “Lele” Paravicini from Audio Modeling, Zen Olenski from ZenSounds, and Mike Kent from AmeNote Inc present. Mike shared his experiences with the Kakehashi Foundation. We also talked about the future event Music China. We also discussed visual and other types of music accessibility. We also talked about already released MIDI helpers by some companies. We also talked generally about MIDI 2.0.
Kind regards,
Juho Tuomainen, WG Chair
On Thursday, March 19th, 2026, we had a MASSIG meeting with Juho Tuomainen (UEF Computer Science Master’s Student and Chair of MASSIG), Haim Kairy (Acting Chair from Arcana Instruments), Tim Yates from Drake Music LLC, Jay Pocknell, the Music Support Officer in the Media, Culture and Interactive Technologies department of RNIB, Athan Billias (MIDI Association Executive Board Member), David Shervill, Jeff Bennett, founder and CEO of Caedence, Emanuele “Lele” Paravicini from Audio Modeling, Zen Olenski from ZenSounds, and Mike Kent from AmeNote Inc present. Mike shared his experiences with the Kakehashi Foundation. We also talked about the future event Music China. We also discussed visual and other types of music accessibility. We also talked about already released MIDI helpers by some companies. We also talked generally about MIDI 2.0.
Kind regards,
Juho Tuomainen, WG Chair
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- KVRist
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- 97 posts since 30 Dec, 2014
Hello all KVR Audio Forum Topic Readers
On Tuesday, March 24th, 2026, we had a MASSIG meeting with Juho Tuomainen (WG Chair), Haim Kairy (Acting Chair, CEO, and founder of Arcana Instruments), Samuel Prouse, a PhD from the United Kingdom, Zen Olenski from ZenSounds, Brian Waldron from Riban Ltd, Jeff Bennett (CEO and founder of Caedence), and Athan Billias (MIDI Association Executive Board Member). This time, the discussion focused on AI (Artificial Intelligence) and the development of the Music Accessibility Standard from different viewpoints, as well as MIDI 2.0.
Kind regards,
Juho Tuomainen, WG Chair
On Tuesday, March 24th, 2026, we had a MASSIG meeting with Juho Tuomainen (WG Chair), Haim Kairy (Acting Chair, CEO, and founder of Arcana Instruments), Samuel Prouse, a PhD from the United Kingdom, Zen Olenski from ZenSounds, Brian Waldron from Riban Ltd, Jeff Bennett (CEO and founder of Caedence), and Athan Billias (MIDI Association Executive Board Member). This time, the discussion focused on AI (Artificial Intelligence) and the development of the Music Accessibility Standard from different viewpoints, as well as MIDI 2.0.
Kind regards,
Juho Tuomainen, WG Chair