# Modular MIDI Interfaces This Colorful Interface Brings Soulful Sounds to Digitally Conceived Music By Rahul Kalvapalle | Published 2018-04-01 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/modular-midi-interface References: [newatlas](https://newatlas.com/joue-midi-interface-official-launch/53973/) & [play-joue](http://www.play-joue.com/en/) French company Joue has finally launched the market-ready version of its highly anticipated eponymous MIDI interface, an exceptionally high-tech gadget that is designed to simplify the process of implementing real-world musical instrument sounds and feel to the sometimes distant process of making music digitally. The Joue is designed for seamless functioning, with the MIDI interface conveniently structured so as to plug into laptops and tablets that feature [music software](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/launchkey-mk4), all via a simple USB connection. What's more, the gadget comes with an array of [colorful modules](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/muse-3), each of which is sensitive to pressure, giving musicians a high degree of flexibility when creating sounds. Pleasing to look at, easy to use and phenomenally accurate in reproducing musical instrument sounds, the Joue is a MIDI interface that proves that digital music creation does not have to be a soulless process. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.1/10 - Popularity: 37% | Activity: 77% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Gadgets](https://www.trendhunter.com/gadgets) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Modular MIDI Interfaces:** MIDI interfaces designed with modularity for easy implementation of real-world musical instrument sounds into music software. - **Pressure Sensitive Modules:** Modules on a MIDI interface are now pressure sensitive, allowing for a high degree of flexibility when creating sounds digitally. - **Simplification of Digital Music Creation:** MIDI interfaces have made it easier for musicians to implement real-world musical instrument sounds and feel into the process of creating music digitally. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Music Production:** MIDI interfaces like the Joue create disruptive innovation opportunities for the music production industry, allowing for easier implementation of real-world musical instrument sounds into music software. - **Instrument Manufacturing:** The use of pressure sensitive modules in MIDI interfaces creates disruptive innovation opportunities for instrument manufacturers, as new designs and features can be incorporated into these modules. - **Technology and Electronics:** The development of more advanced MIDI interfaces has created disruptive innovation opportunities for the technology and electronics industry, as new, more advanced gadgets are being designed and developed. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Ultra-Modern MIDI Instruments](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/midi-device.md) - [Affordable Music-Making Devices](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/easyplay-1s.md) - [Stackable Modular Synths](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/3tonic.md) - [Headstock-Topped MIDI Guitars](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/midi-guitars.md) - [Intuitive MIDI Controllers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/matrix-midi-controller.md) - [Hexagonal Music Composition Keyboards](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/music-composition-keyboard.md) - [Modular Digital Creator Controllers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/intact-studio-vsn1.md) - [Tone-Shaping Guitar Interfaces](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/guitar-interface.md) - [Guitar-Catered Audio Interfaces](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/axe-io-one.md)