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This page was last updated :zaterdag 27 juni 1998 00:45:32
| In order to use system exclusive
messages in their raw form, aside from a basic grasp
of MIDI,
you'll also need a sysex-handling utility like Windows MIDI
Watch for Window 3.1/95 or MIDIOX, of which there are
versions for Windows
3.1 and 95/NT.
Both of these programs are freeware. There's also Dumpster
for Windows, the Sysex
Helper and NoiZe for
Win3.1/95, and Sysex
and SEx
for W95 only. WinSysex
and Windump
for W3.1 can be found at Cyberden's MIDI Hell
site. For Mac sysex software, there's the OMS SysEx Sender (shareware). Amiga people could try the SyX Amiga MIDI System Exclusive Dump Utility (freeware). You could also have a go at FreeLoader, a shareware player of sysex and standard MIDI files for Mac and PC. |
Music Master, Cakewalk, Winjammer, and PowerTracks Pro are Windows-based sequencers that will work with sysex in MIDI file format. PT and WJ (possibly CW as well?) will let you load and send exclusive messages as .syx files.
The Windows Media Player or Mike Le Voi's XG/GS MIDI Jukebox should also work fine for playing back sysex-embedded .mids. Arnold's MIDI Player is a MIDI file player for the Mac and Windows.
Anyone using an Atari ST or STacy might want to try the Pro MIDI Player for the Atari ST.
Sequencers for the Mac include Vision, Metro, and Cubase VST For Amiga sequencing, Bars and Pipes is a possibility.
In case you're curious, there are also standalone MIDI recorders and players, often called hardware sequencers, data filers and file players--machines that don't require a desktop computer to operate. Some have built in sound sources (workstations .. eg. Yamaha PSR-7000, Roland JV-1000, XP-50, and XP-80.) Others have to be connected to an external synth/module to be of any use. Such devices include the Roland MC-50mkII, MC-50/MC-300/MC-500/mkII (shown here at Roland #1 Closet), Yamaha QY700, QX3, QY70, QY22 MIDI recorder/arrangers, MDF2 and MDF3 Data Filers, Roland PMA-5 Personal Music Assistant.
PC users will need to connect their synths to a MIDI capable sound card, serial (to host) connection, or dedicated interface like the Roland MPU-401 or compatible (eg.Roland Super MPU-II/AT). Here is a very good article by Jeff Glatt on sound cards and MIDI interfaces. General and programming instructions for the MPU-401 are here, should you need such info. Roland US has this material on installing the MPU-401 under W95. Mac users might find this FAQ or the Macintosh MIDI Users Internet Guide to be of value.
DR. MIDI has some very good information and advice on storing and retrieving sysex data.
See also this article on MIDI basics at Keyboard Central
Best of MIDI has this discussion on sequencers and recording, mostly for software based products.
Redshift's Synth Editors page has tons of editors and patches for various synths and platforms.
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