How to play MIDI-file to some midi output device?

I have midi file (.mid) and want to specify what output device it will be played to. Now it is played to some standard Windows midi device ("Microsoft MIDI Mapper" or something like that).

(Windows 7 64-bit)

Simon Perepelitsa

Posted 2010-05-11T13:17:27.580

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Answers

See my previous answer on a related question: How is media player playing midi .mid files?

To summarize, Win7 does not have a MIDI mapper anymore so it always uses the default MIDI device.

R-D

Posted 2010-05-11T13:17:27.580

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Is there any software that can play midi file to not default device? – Simon Perepelitsa – 2010-05-11T13:40:35.337

Try Googling for Windows 7 MIDI, as I suggested in my other post. There are some half-baked solutions. I don't use MIDI so I don't have any experience with them. – R-D – 2010-05-11T13:51:57.720

While VistaMidi may work in Vista and Windows 7, it has no effect whatsoever in later versions. The only solution that worked for me in Windows 8 and 10 was CoolSoft MIDI mapper. It installs itself as MIDI device 0 and allows you to configure which device you'd like to pass MIDI commands to.

The download links are "protected" for some very odd reason, try using guestaccount/guestaccount as login/password.

blade

Posted 2010-05-11T13:17:27.580

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Re: MIDI to another device.

This may not be a solution that is practical, but check out www.musescore.org

This is a notation program with import and MIDI playback capabilities. Regards,

Xavierjazz

Posted 2010-05-11T13:17:27.580

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How to make it send midi to my midi output device? I tried to uncheck "Use internal sythesizer", it selected "Use midi output" and after restarting program it doesn't sound. – Simon Perepelitsa – 2010-05-13T10:41:23.553

I don't have a MIDI input right now so I can't try it. If you ask on the musescore support forum, you will get instructions. The support is very good. Regards, – Xavierjazz – 2010-05-13T11:09:54.000

You should use some of the old way midi Try this http://www.sdim.gr/mpc/ or this http://www.benryves.com/products/vistamidi

scristi

Posted 2010-05-11T13:17:27.580

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vanBasco's Karaoke Player can play MIDI files, and you can set it to play MIDI out and set it to be default player for MIDI.

For me, it is very good because I can change pitch, velocity and tempo.

user205861

Posted 2010-05-11T13:17:27.580

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