Midi tools from the Silvis "Woodshed"

Here is a collection of IBM DOS and Windows tools for working with midi files.

• Midi file details A collection of files describing midi and midi files in some detail.
• A midi file dump program MIDIFDMP will display to the screen all of the events encoded into a midi file. You can suppress the note on/off events to see just the program and controller changes.
• Midi text embedder MIDITEXT lets you embed (and remove) text files into a midi file. Great for documenting your midi files as this text is easily seen with a file viewer like List.
• Midi Tools A fabulous suite of tools by Kevin Weiner. They were sold as shareware a couple years ago, but apparently now are offered as freeware for personal use. They include file players, batch file tools for manipulating midi files and much more.
• Having a problem with more than one program trying to use your midi port? Midigate is running and you want to fire up Cakewalk and you can't? Try multimid from Hermann Seib. It is a driver that allows connection of multiple programs to single-session MIDI drivers at the same time.
• If you're using Netscape to view the Woodshed you should have a viewer accessory set up to play the mid files as soon as they download. Try Midigate. You'll like it
• A good way to play these choral mids for practice purposes is to use a good sequencer program. Since for practice purposes you don't need to save files, there is no need for you to buy the program: a demo version which has all of the sequencer features except file saving is offered for free. With it you can change voicing and tempos to focus on the section you are trying to learn. The Cakewalk Home Page offers both Windows and DOS demos.
• MUMAKER and REHEARSE are a pair of programs that I created for encoding music into computer files. They store the music in a custom format (REH). If you want to play with these porgrams I can send you the QB source. MUMAKER.EXE MUMAKER.TXT REHEARSE.EXE And some sample REH files: April is in my Mistress's Face: soprano alto tenor bass

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