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Short: MIDI file player v2.58, karaoke support
Author: Janne Syväniemi
Uploader: csjasy@uta.fi (Janne Syväniemi)
Type: mus/midi
MidiPlay 2.58 can play format 0 and 1 MIDI files. It can also print their
contents. MidiPlay supports also MIDI karaoke files. This version requires
OS 2.04 or greater. If you want to play MIDI files and really hear them,
your Amiga should be connected to a synth via MIDI interface. This program
is giftware.
New features since v2.31d:
o all loading and playing routines now in a shared library called
miditune.library
o reqtools.library now optional, ASL file requester used as default.
o better support for karaoke files, lyric window changed: resizable,
no more lyrictype button, more rows of lyric shown, also those words
shown that should be sung later and the current word highlighted.
The best support for the soft karaoke files, but works also with files
which have normal lyric events. You can control the font and the
colors of the lyric window with options LYRICFONT and LYRICCOLORS.
o CHANNELMAP feature lets you make program change maps also for
individual channels
o new kind of selection window with name selection also
o menus reorganized
o Playlist window changed: resizable, no more path text gadget, edit
gadget opens now a file requester, Select => Play now called Lock.
o Text Event Window now Track Name Window, shows only tracknames of
the current MIDI file, no more check box gadgets
o Intro play feature which lets you play only few seconds of each file
o MidiPlay can be opened on a public screen with PUBSCREEN option
o You can transpose all note on/off messages to be merged by a certain
amount with MERGETRANSPOSE command
o With SENDMIDIDATA you can transmit different MIDI messages to MIDI out.
o Other new ARexx commands: SELECTNUMBER, SELECTBUFFER
Other features:
o grahpical user interface lets you load and play MIDI files easily
o files can be played from the playlist
o Playlist window for editing the playlist and selecting from it
o GM support: program change mapping (with bank changes), drum mapping
o the reset message resets MIDI equipments to the factory setup
o ARexx support: MidiPlay recognizes over 90 different ARexx commands
o with MESSAGEREXX, FILENAMEREXX and FILETYPEREXX parameters you can
e.g. hear messages and filenames via say command, view text files
associated with MIDI files or decompress archived MIDI files
o VOLUMECHANGE feature lets you increase/decrease volume on any channel
o MIDI channels can be muted or soloed
o MIDI events can be transposed
o program change, pitch bender, sysex message filter
o external and internal sync
o MIDI merge
2-Oct-95