If all you want, then, is a Player that you can "associate" with Midi Files so that it will automatically spring to life and play whatever Midi File you double-click on, I recommend Winamp. And although you can't vary the relative volume of any chosen track, or change the tempo, nevertheless you can - unlike with the Noteworthy Player (see below) - start and stop the File anywhere you choose. This is a superb - and free - Media File Player that plays just about every type of Music File you can think of - including, and without fault, all those emphasised Session-derived Midi Files which Windows Media Player doesn't like (see below). Melody Assistant, which runs on Macs as well as on Windows machines, has been recommended to me by several of my correspondents as an excellent player of Midi Files, though I myself have no direct personal knowledge of the Program. Myriad - whose Home Page is here - provides a range of interesting Music Software, and Melody Assistant appears to be a cut-down (and Share-ware) version of their top-of-the-range "Harmony Assistant". MidiNote also sell other music software, and trial versions of their stuff can be downloaded from their Website here.Īnother commercial program for composing and playing music is Melody Assistant. It also plays Midi files, and provides the same sort of flexibility as Session, though not in the same way. For other Problems with Session comments, below.Ĭomposer is a commercial Windows program for composing and playing music. However, it does not run under Windows 10. This version of Recording Session is a very old one - it dates back to 1993 - and a " freebie" version can be downloaded from here. It allows adjustment of both the volume/emphasis and the tempo of the playback. Recording Session (Version 1.11) is the software I used to employ to make my voice-emphasised Midi Files. MidiSoft seem to have gone through a number of incarnations in the last ten years I do not know where, on the Web, they are currently to be found. It seems to do most of what MidiSoft's Session (see below) does, though not in the same way, and without some of the latter's problems. It shows the Notes as they are played, and allows singers and instrumentalists to adjust both the volume/emphasis and the tempo of the playback, to help them to learn their parts. MidiPlay is a free Windows program for playing Midi files. In addition, there are many other dedicated Midi Players around, some free, some not, and most of these give much more flexibility and choice over what they can do than does Media Player. Most Computer Operating System software, such as the various flavours of Windows (up to and including Windows 7 Windows 8 (and 8.1) is different, as explained here), and the succession of Mac OS versions (up to, but not including, MacOS 10.8 see further below), includes a Player that can accept Midi instructions the Windows one is called "MediaPlayer" (it will usually be found in Start|Programs|Accessories|Entertainment), and it can do all sorts of other exciting things as well as play Midi Files. Noteworthy Composer's "Noteworthy Player" Instances of such software, described in more detail further below, are:. Additional software may be required to do this. Midi Files are a set of instructions that tell a device that is Midi compatible (that knows about the Musical Instrument Digital Interface protocol) - such as a computer's soundcard - what to do to provide a representation of a piece of music. PlayMidi John's Midi File Choral Music site Playing Midi Files
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