MIDI Guide Dataset Expands to Over 300 Instruments, Spawns Hardware Projects and App
By
ductionist
Kettled twice. Extra chewy, extra trustworthy.
Summary
MIDI Guide, an open-source comprehensive MIDI CC & NRPN dataset, has expanded significantly beyond its original purpose, now containing data for over 300 musical instruments. The project recently reached this milestone after merging a first-time contributor's work on the RozzBox One V2 synth. The article discusses the growth of this community-driven resource and its three hardware projects and one app that have emerged from the dataset.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledMIDI Guide, the open, 'comprehensive' MIDI CC & NRPN dataset, has far outgrown its original purpose.
Recently, I merged in the work of a first-time contributor, putting MIDI Guide's dataset over 300 instruments.
The pull request was a complete reference for the (somewhat idiosyncratic, in my opinion) MIDI CC implementation of a synth I'd never heard of, the RozzBox One V2 by L.L. Electronics.
Three hundred instruments! And from 52 contributors...
yet another cool synth introduced to me by MIDI Guide's community.
You might also wanna read
Rocksky: A Decentralized, Open-Source Music Tracking Platform Built on Bluesky's AT Protocol
Rocksky is a decentralized, open-source music tracking and discovery platform built on the AT Protocol (Bluesky). It functions as an alterna
tangled.sh·1d ago
NeuralNote: Open-Source Deep Learning Audio Plugin for Audio-to-MIDI Transcription
NeuralNote is an open-source audio plugin that uses deep learning to convert audio recordings into MIDI data directly within a Digital Audio
github.com·8d ago
Rocksky: A Decentralized, Open-Source Music Scrobbling Platform Built on the AT Protocol
Rocksky is a decentralized, open-source music tracking platform built on the AT Protocol (Bluesky). It automatically scrobbles music from Sp
tangled.org·15d ago
Ableton Live MCP Bridge: Voice-Controlled Music Production via AI Agent
A developer created a general-purpose MCP (Model Context Protocol) bridge for Ableton Live that allows controlling the music production soft
github.com·28d ago
Perfect Bluetooth MIDI: An open-source utility bridging BLE MIDI keyboards to Windows MIDI Services
Erwin built a free open-source utility called "Perfect Bluetooth MIDI for Windows" that bridges Bluetooth LE MIDI keyboards into the Windows
news.ycombinator.com·1mo ago
Review of Linux Music Players as Spotify Alternatives in 2026
The article reviews the current state of Linux music players in 2026, positioning them as alternatives to Spotify and proprietary software.
crescentro.se·4mo ago