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MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a specification that enables a wide variety of digital musical instruments, computers and other related devices to connect and communicate with one another.

MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a specification that enables a wide variety of digital musical instruments, computers and other related devices to connect and communicate with one another.

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Does a USB hub affect performance?

I have two devices I want maximum throughput and latency with (MIDI drums and MIDI keyboard for example.) Would connecting both to the same USB port via a hub effectively limit the maximum data transfer rate to 1/2 to each of them? I am assuming…
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How does one playback MIDI files on Mac OS X?

I’m on Mac OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite and in the past, I used VLC Media Player in combination with FluidSynth to play back MIDI sound files, but according to the answer to this question, this option is no longer viable. As QuickTime Player does not…
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How to play MIDI files directly in chrome?

Is there a way to make Chrome able to play .mid files directly in the browser? For example, on a Wikipedia page with MIDI files there are many audio files in the right that are downloaded when clicking on them. The "help" page that is linked near…
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Translating MIDI input into computer keystrokes on Linux?

I have a MIDI controller (Launchkey Mini) that I don't really use for music production anymore, but I would like to use the drum pad buttons or piano keys on it to perform computer keyboard combinations, such as Ctrl + Alt + Delete, with a single…
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Where's Windows XP standard MIDI SoundFont?

I'm trying to find the standard SoundFont used in WindowsXP's MIDI Wavetable Synthesizer. I don't know if I get this right, but there seems to be a set of Roland Sound Canvas samples used in XP's wavetable synthesizer. I looked for a SoundFont based…
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How to disable MS GS WAVETABLE synth? or what is occuping it?

I have a small(?) issue program. A friend of mine has a computer with the following specs: Creative XtremeMusic soundcard (latest x-fi drivers, the complete package) USB Midimate 2 (usb midi interface) Yamaha CS1x keyboard with midi outs (connects…
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How do I view a midi device stream

I have a midi controller, and it creates two files on my ubuntu system /dev/dmmidi and /dev/midi1. I want to see the raw output of my midi device when I push buttons and move sliders. I've tried tailing the file. I've tried screening into the file.…
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Virtual MIDI keyboard for Mac OS X?

Is there a virtual MIDI keyboard or any other program that can generate MIDI events like if it were a MIDI instrument for or in Mac OS X? I've found some but they are extremely old and for PPC. I'd like something that doesn't require Rosetta.
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convert mp3 to midi

How can I convert mp3 audios to midi for web?
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How to split MIDI file on Linux in command line?

Expecting something like split_midi input.mid --from 1:00 --to 2:45 -o output.mid It whould be good if the tool also allow joining, changing volume, filtering tracks and transposing the MIDI.
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Convert Amiga Oktalyzer format to MIDI

I have some very old audio files from an old DOS game, which are in oktalyzer (.okt) format. I don't know much about the octalyzer format so I'm not sure what these are based on, though, when played through WinAmp, it seems as if they are playing…
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How to re enable the default MIDI synth in Windows 10?

I installed some time ago VirtualMIDISynth to have soundfont-able MIDI reproducing in my machine. But soon I began to realize how incompatible with players and MIDI editors this jury-rig-type of software was. After finally learning about Timidity++…
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Playing MIDI files under Ubuntu

UPDATE: Found a more detailed and comprehensive explanation here. Original Question: I'm trying to play MIDI files under Linux. This is what I found so far: sudo apt-get install fluid-soundfont-gm timidity timidity-interfaces-extra then…
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How do I get FluidSynth support in VLC on Mac OS X?

I'm trying to play a MIDI file on OS X 10.10 Yosemite. I just downloaded the latest version of VLC from the VideoLAN website, and followed these MIDI instructions to look at audio codecs, but FluidSynth doesn't appear in the preferences window. How…
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How to play midi music in VirtualBox Windows 98?

I'd build a Windows 98 VM in my Mac with VirtualBox to run some old games, like "Z". It is running, but without the great soundtrack. When testing, I realize that the soundtrack is in midi files, and not even Media Player is playing any midi. It…
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