MIDI Information
I do not endorse nor am I affiliated with any of these products in any
way. I am just providing a starting point if you are looking for this kind of software.
Please decide for yourself if you wish to use these programs.
There's MIDI players, jukebox programs, software synthesizers and
other related MIDI goodies!
What Is Midi |
| What is MIDI? |
This should give you all the info you need to play MIDI files and how to make them sound great! |
| Burning MIDI to CD |
This should give you a bit of an idea as to what is involved in putting these MIDI files on a CD so you can play them anywhere. |
MIDI Players |
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MidiNotate Player |
Find music on the internet and convert it to sheet music. Sing or play along while following the notes on the screen. You control the tempo and the volume of each instrument, while MidiNotate Musician turns the pages and repeats practice loops. |
Shareware
Free download |
| Fox Play |
FoxPlay is a Playlist Organizer and Multimedia Front-end program for Windows
95, 98 and NT. It can organize a virtually unlimited number of multimedia files you have
on your hard drive into a single, easy-to-use Playlist, and it now supports virtually type
of file, giving you the ability to tell it what to work with and how to work with it. |
Shareware
No limit
$15 donation |
| MIDI box |
MidiBox Player is designed as an easy-to-use, continuous-play MIDI file (.mid) and wave file (.wav) player. Anyone, but especially beginners, will appreciate the simplicity of this program. Features include custom choosing of one or more files for automatic playback, automatic and immediate loading of the next file, and a loop play list option. |
Shareware
14 days
$9.95 |
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MIDI Base |
MidiBase enables you to organize your midifiles in a decent and flexible environment. With it you can view, index and play your midifiles, all in one program ! |
Beta |
| Sweet MIDI player |
This is a program for not only auditioning all types of MIDI files, but for modifying the MIDI files themselves. Use its mixer-like interface to easily edit the control messages, transpose the music, change the tempo, mute desired MIDI channels, and save the end results to disk. It also includes a Jukebox function which allows you to create playlists with up to 99 songs. |
Demo
No info |
MIDI Jukebox Programs |
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Play mid, wav, avi and rmi files, as well as audio CD sequentially with playlist. Play files from Zip archives to save your precious drive space. Show detailed information of MIDI files and generate playlist summary. Includes a Track Bar for adjusting the playing position accurately. 5 play modes: auto, loop, repeat, random and shuffle |
Shareware
some features disabled after 30 days |
| TrayPlay |
This is an application that allows audio playlists to be setup for hours of listening enjoyment. Once a playlist is setup or loaded, and play is started, the program resides conveniently in the task tray, out of your way. It can then be accessed with a right click for options or a double-click to restore the program. Many advanced features, such as full drag & drop, hotkey support, randomize, looping, and complete customization are also present! |
Shareware
No info |
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Winlive |
Instant access to any MIDI file in 0/1 format -Management of hundreds of database, each capable to manage thousands of midifiles divided into 40 Song Lists -Virtual and real memorization of transpose, tempo, program change, volume, chorus, reverb, pan and velocity -Automatic recognition of the title, performer, and composer of most of the songs -GS, GM, XG and Soundblaster compatible -Reading and writing of lyrics and chords in the most common formats. Chords (a maximum of 8 chords may be visualized) may be transported and translated in Italian or English notation -Possibility of editing lyrics with insertion of lyrics and chords -Fadeout with variable length -Mixing between two songs (absolute features) -Insertion of images as a background -Synchronization of lyrics in 3 ways; in syllables (Karaoke), phrase or as an whole page -List of songs played, with composers name, title and duration -On Line Help File -Facility and absolute practicality, even for little experienced users. |
Demo
No info
$55 |
Software Synthesizers |
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Jet MIDI |
COWON's Wavetable MIDI Synthesizer is now available in "software only". What this means is that Jet-MIDI makes it possible for computers to playback MIDI data with higher sound quality than ever before without a dedicated hardware MIDI tone generator. |
Demo
30 days
$19.95 |
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Midnight Express |
The MIDInight Express is a free, programmable, software wavetable MIDI player and MIDI to WAV renderer.No wavetable card is required. Any entry-level 16 bit sound card, or even the simple sound circuits found in most laptops, will do just fine. |
Freeware |
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Nova Station |
Cool Award winning XG/GM/GS midi software wavetable synthesizer that upgrades any 16-bit sound card into a incredible professional high quality midi synthesizer. It has 676 instruments and 21 drum kits plus real-time reverb, chorus and variation effects processing. Transforms your PC into full blown music making machine. |
Demo
30 days
$13-$35 |
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Wingroove |
128 varieties of very high quality instrumental sounds which conform to GM (General MIDI) specification with support for some GS messages, 10 varieties of drum set, each with several percussion sounds, 44kHz sample playback rate, 16 bit dynamic range, stereo sound,
up to 32 voice polyphony.
Automatically adjusts maximum polyphony depending on computer's performance. Support for reverb and compression by software DSP technology. Able to play from other MIDI applications (games, sequencers, etc.). Included high quality MIDI file player. Able to play both WAVE and MIDI at the same time. Able to create WAVE files from MIDI files. Therefore, It's possible to play with maximum quality sounds under the slowest computer. |
Shareware
10 days them pop up messages appear.
$20.00 |
MIDI Related Software |
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MidiNotate Composer |
Easily create or arrange your own music. Produce accurate, customized sheet music, and create music that sounds great. Listen to your song while you follow the notes on your screen, then edit the notation and the sound of the music. |
Free download |
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MidiFX |
Delay (or echo) remains one of the most impressive audio effects. midiFX allows you to simulate "real" echo boxes using just your MIDI synthesizer or soundcard. Please note: midiFX is aimed at musicians and multimedia artists rather than people who just use their sound card to play midifiles and games. |
Demo
10 min time limit
can be restated |
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The Song Librarian |
The Song Librarian is a tool helpful to manage songs files. It has been designed for use during LIVE performance with maximum of control (sets, quick search, juke-box mode, auto-pause feature, delay and more...). |
Demo
5 songs max.$20.00 |
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Wav maker |
Unlike sound cards and soft synths constrained by the requirements of real time operation within a limited memory and CPU footprint, WAVmaker can turn MIDI files of virtually unlimited polyphony and complexity into CD-quality WAVs with perfect timing precision, using fully editable instrument patches, multiple, programmable effect chains and samples of virtually unlimited size, without any of the noise and distortion introduced by conventional recording.The WAVs produced by WAVmaker are ready to be burnt on CD, included in applications, uploaded to the web or processed further (e.g. mixed with vocals). |
Demo
Staring from $49
No more info |
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