About
ONE MAKER. ONE DESK. ONE DEVICE AT A TIME.
MIDIMINI isn't a factory. It's a workshop where one person prints the shells, solders the boards, tests every unit, and packs the boxes. No automated line. No warehouse. No overseas assembly.
Every device is printed, soldered, fitted, flashed, and tested against real hardware before it ships. We build in batches of thirty. When a batch sells out, the next opens.
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THE PROBLEM
Most MIDI controllers stay on desks. They're too big, too ugly, or too locked-in to proprietary software to bring anywhere else. Want to jam on a train? Work out an idea on a couch? Hit scene launchers at a café? You either haul a full-size keyboard or go without.
The other problem: configuration. Every major MIDI controller requires its own app, its own driver, its own platform-specific installer. Update your OS, half the time you're fighting compatibility. Switch computers, you start over.
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THE ANSWER
MIDIMINI_4 is credit-card sized. 5 color-coded buttons with matching LED indicators, 2 encoders with push, 6 switchable presets - enough to launch scenes, sweep filters, trigger macros, and fire keyboard shortcuts in your DAW.
It speaks USB MIDI and TRS MIDI. No drivers. No app. Configuration happens in your browser - pick a function for each control from a dropdown, hit save, play.
It fits in a jacket pocket. It plugs into anything. It does what you tell it to.
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THE PHILOSOPHY
Small batches. High quality. Honest pricing.
No VC money. No marketing budget. No five-year roadmap. If a batch sells out, the next one opens. If the feedback is good, we keep going. If it isn't, we stop and fix things.
Every device ships hand-numbered. You're not buying from a brand - you're buying from a person. Email us. We answer.
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WHAT WE BELIEVE
Small hardware should be honest hardware. No subscriptions. No cloud dependencies. No forced updates. Lifetime firmware, free through the browser.
Interfaces should disappear. Your controller shouldn't be a thing you think about. Pick the mode, play, forget about it.
Tools should outlast trends. We're not chasing the next controller format. MIDIMINI_4 works with every DAW and synth today, and it'll work with every DAW and synth tomorrow, because MIDI is a standard that isn't going anywhere.
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WHERE WE ARE
Shipping from the United States. Building small batches of MIDIMINI_4.
Working on: better firmware, better documentation, international shipping, and the next device in the lineup.
Not working on: anything we can't do well with the resources we have.
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