MIDI Files & Programs -----Music Files [MESSIAH] Messiah 1.0 (Stephen Franek, reg. fee: $20) is a section of Handel's Messiah presented in three formats, SNG, MID, and ROL. [BLRMID] Original Midi Files 7.0 (Bud Rasmussen, reg. fee: $0) is a collection of 46 MIDI files created by the author using Music Printer Plus, Sound Blaster Pro Card, and a Casio CT-700 keyboard. There are a number of other MIDI music files in the MUS_MIDI directory in unarchived format. They may be accessed directly from the CD-ROM. -----MIDI Tools & Sounds [ADL2CAKE] AdLib To Cakewalk ($0) converts Ad Lib files to Cakewalk format. BASIC source code is included. [CAK2MID] CAK2MID converts CakeWalk 2 files to MFF1 format. [CALLIOPE] Calliope Music Vision 1.6 (Douglas, Melvin; $20) lets you play type 0 MIDI files on a Sound Blaster compatible card. The menu driven interface allows you to easily select music files to create a playlist of songs, and a twinkling skyline scene is displayed while songs are playing. Several sample music files are included. Also included is a utility to convert Ad Lib .ROL files to the proper MIDI files required by this program. [CASIOID] Casioid 1.0 (Armada Software; $20) will generate a random text patch for the Casio CZ-101 or CZ-1000 synthesizer using a preset array of parameters that ensures that no invalid settings are chosen. [CHORDMST] ChordMaster 2.0 (Robert Watson; $20) is a MIDI chord chemistry and sequencing tool for guitarists. A music sequencer combines traditional guitar tablature with fingering, timing and tuning information that works with MIDI or sound cards. You see the fingering of a piece as you play it. Requires 640k RAM. [CHORDS] Chords (Steve Renshaw; $0) is a composition and arranging tool. It is designed to aid composers and arrangers in quickly referencing chord structures. It is particularly useful for transposition. MPU-401 MIDI is required. [GRAFTL] GRAFTL is an example of algorithmic music produced through application of GRAFTAL formalism to generate variations of initial small note sequences. Output from the graftal music program has been encoded as standard MFF. [K1LIB3] K1LIB3 (Gary Maddox) is the Kawai K1 Mini MIDI Librarian 3.S. It is a fully functional shareware program. [K1MULT] K1MULT (Lisa Horton) tell how to use the multi-timbral capabilities of the Kawai K1-II. [K4_SNDS] K4_SNDS is a set of sounds for the Kawai K4. [K4SHARE] Kawai K-4 Users Group Disk (Friedman, Hank; $?) contains utilities and support files for the Kawai K-4 synthesizer. Included are a multi- and effects editor, The K4 Ochestrator, and on-line copy of a newsletter, demo tracks, and over 500 new sounds. Note: The K-4 Users Group is apparently no longer in existence. [LYRADEM] Lyra Demo 1.3 is a demo version of a graphics based music transcription program for the MIDI and/or Sound Blaster card. The program also includes printer support. [MF2ASC] MF2ASC (Doug Fetter) converts MFF 0 or MFF 1 files for importing into Cakewalk. [MFC] MFC (Kevin Weiner) contains Turbo Pascal units for programming the IBM Music Feature card and MPU compatible interfaces. A sample program demonstrating basic MFC access from Turbo C also included. [MIDIOLA] MIDIola 1.0s (Melvin Douglas, reg. fee: $25) is an impressive, easy to use MIDI music player for DOS. It features a colorful menu for selecting MID, CMF, and MT-32 files. Options include continuous, repeat and random play modes, file sorting, and more. There is also a utility included for converting ROL files to MID files. Requires sound card and speakers. [MIDIEX] MIDIEX 1.8 (Mike Smith) lets you set the IRQ level for your MPU-401, set the base address of the MPU card and set the receive buffer size. C source code is included. [MIDILY] MIDILY (John Sloan; $0) is a public domain Turbo Pascal 5.5 program (source included) that analyzes MIDI data being received on an MPU-401 compatible card. It places the card in UART mode and displays incoming data in numeric form, followed by a descriptive message about each incoming byte's function. [MIDIPOP] MIDIPop 1.0 (Armada Software; $20) is a pop-up utility that displays a list of MIDI commands in decimal format. Also included is MIDIhex which provides the same information in hexadecimal format. [MULTPR] MultiGenK (J.D. Haigh) is a random multi generator for the Kawai K1 synth. [MVP_KE] MVP-KE (John Harper) allows playing a MIDI synth under MS Windows. [MT32VO] MT32VO (Phil Saunders) is a set of seven banks of MT-32 voices in Dr T format, plus a utility for converting patches from one format to another. [MUSIC1] MUSIC1 (Mike Sapper) teaches you the name, position on the staff and location on a keyboard of a note. Works with or without MIDI. [ME402A, ME402B] MusicEase 4.02 (RMH Computer Services ASP; $49) lets you create, edit, print, and play music notation. Music Ease provides a WYSIWYG screen oriented editor; lets you see on your computer screen the musical score exactly as it will be printed, one voice at a time. Entering notes is fast and easy with many keyboard shortcuts. MusicEase supports standard MIDI input and output. [PC_ORC] PC-Orc (Busby, Richard T.; $25) is a system of four programs which functionally reproduces Orchestra-85/90/CC and Piano-85/90 with an IBM Music Feature Card installed. These four programs include the following: PCOrc, the "executive" program which manages the system, provides services to and loads the other programs as needed; PCOrcMEd, a text editor which is provided as a means for entering or changing Orc music compositions; PCOrcVEd, an advanced feature in which Orc music can fully exploit the remarkable sound creation capabilities available with a MIDI synthesizer; PCOrcMCp, the music compiler. Requires 384K and the IBM Music Feature card. [PLAY_PAK] Play_Pak (Weiner, Kevin ASP; $35) is a MIDI file player that supports MPU-401 cards and the IBM Music Feature. It has channel info display with note usage, channel redirection, volume and pitch controls, and more. Other features include play lists, a memory resident MIDI file player, and support for MIDIator and Sound Blaster. Also included is RECORD, which can be used to capture MIDI input to a standard MIDI format file (MFF). It can also be used to record MIDI sysex dumps which PLAY can resend later. -----Sequencers, Editors/Librarians [CADENZA] Cadenza Demo (Big Noise Software; $200) is a demo version of a MIDI sequencer with a graphical user interface. [CAKEWALK] Cakewalk Demo (Twelvetone; $?) is a demo version of the Cakewalk MIDI sequencing software. It does everything but save, so it can be used to play MIDI files in the PSL that were written with Cakewalk. [D110EDIT] D110Edit (Robert Clemens; $35) is an editor/librarian for the Roland D-110. [D50EDIT] D50Edit (Robert Clemens; $35) is an editor/librarian for the Roland D50. [ESQEDIT] ESQEdit (Robert Clemens; $35) is an editor/librarian for the Ensoniq ESQ-1/SQ-80. [FMPAKA] FM-Pak/A (Weiner, Kevin ASP; $45) is a set of Yamaha FB-01 and IBM Music Feature editor utilities. FM-EDIT is an editor/librarian which allows full control over performance setups, design or modification of sounds, and storage and retrieval of setup and voice data. FM-Tune gives access to a microtuning facility, allowing the design of new scales. [MT32EDIT] MT32Edit 3.4 (Robert Clemens; $35) is an editor/librarian for the Roland MT-32 [TEXTURE] Texture Demo (Magnetic Music; $?) is a demo version of the Texture MIDI sequencing software. Like Cakewalk, it does everything but save and can be used to play Texture MIDI files in the library. [YAMAHA] Editors for Yamaha PSS-480 (Rutkowski, David; $0-$25) is a collection of three different programs for the Yamaha PSS-480 synthesizer, a tone bank editor, an accompaniment compiler, and an editor that allows layering and splits. A must-have for PSS-480 owners. [WATCH] Watch (Weiner, Kevin ASP; $25) is a multi-function MIDI analyzer with diagnostic and support functions. It will display incoming MIDI codes in a readable fashion, in great detail, with full descriptions of the MIDI codes. Data can be saved to disk in a standard MIDI file for later use. Assignable send keys may be used to send short MIDI data strings or entire files. A filter/patchbay facility permits selective message removal, channel redirection, note range limiting, volume changes, and transposition. Requires MPU-401 compatible MIDI interface.