Midi Player
Editors’ Review
Midi Player enables you to edit melodies in MIDI file format. With this software, you can enhance loudness, tempo, pitch, notes, and more.
PROS
Program selection: There are 127 native programs included, ranging from Acoustic Grand Piano to Guitar Fret Noise and Seashore, giving you a great deal of flexibility for sound design.
CONS
Playback issue: Try as we might, we could not get this software to play back effectively on the test system.
Complicated interface: The interface is very congested and complicated, especially if you’ve never worked with MIDI software.
Outdated design: The icons, fonts, and design in general all look as though they are decades old.
BOTTOM LINE
Between playback issues and an outdated interface, Midi Player doesn’t have much to recommend it when it is held up against the modern, more effective alternatives that are available.
WHAT’S NEW IN VERSION 5.5
Version 5.5:
- 1. Added ‘2x Window Size’ option to context menu of Visualization(Spectrum & Channels) dialog to get bigger/better quality display.
- 2. Added optimization to midi files that do not leave enough time for notes to decay at end of song.
- 3. Added ‘Automatically apply solo/mute to selected Channel’ button next to solo/mute buttons.
- 4. Added hotkeys for changing programs real-time.
- 5. Also added hotkeys (0..9) to select user definable patches.
- 6. Fixed changing octave when chord mode is on can result in hanging notes.
- 7. Updated Bass/Bassmidi libraries.
Developer’s Description
SoundFont Midi Player is a powerful midi player and real time midi synth combo, specially useful for Soundblaster (Live,Audigy, X-fi) users, who can load soundfonts automatically and real time. From version 2.0 Bassmidi output mode enables this feature to anyone. Features:
Fully configurable Midi in and out ports. Real time program and bank modification on any midi channel. Real Time effects on any midi channel. Mute and solo on any channels. Variable Tempo and Pitch during playback. Real time Synth (F1-F8 Function keys for octave change, Right click for note name). Send Sysex for Synth (GM, GS, XG). Midi send and receive over Net. Karaoke midi files support. Bassmidi output mode. Spectrum Analyzer. Module files (mod, xm, s3m, it) playback support via realtime converting. Record to wave capability. Real time soundfont loading from playlist. Scale effect settings (transpose notes to different scales).