- Right click here
- Then click on Save Link As... or Save Target As... in the popup menu to save the MidiPlay program on C:\ or somewhere else on your computer. Remember where you've saved it.
When MidiPlay is playing a MIDI file and you have displayed the score, it should look something like this:
- MidiPlay does not need to be installed, you just run the MidiPlay.exe file.
- You can create shortcuts to MidiPlay on the desktop or the start menu in the normal way.
- Use Windows Explorer to open C:\ or wherever you saved MidiPlay, and then run it (double click on MidiPlay or MidiPlay.exe).
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Open a MIDI file - either:
- In another window, click on a MIDI file, drag it and drop it onto the MidiPlay window.
- Click on File in the MidiPlay menu bar, and then click on Open... in the drop-down menu (or type Alt+F + O).
- Find the directory where you keep your MIDI files (they'll be in C:\ or wherever you saved them).
- Click on one of the MIDI files.
- Click on the Open button.
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You'll see a window containing the names of the parts in the file.
- Click on the Play button for your part. You should hear the piece being played through your loudspeakers or MIDI keyboard, with your part emphasised and the other parts playing quietly (you can control the amount of emphasis in the User Preferences window).
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Click on
the
button on the toolbar
to
display the score.
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If you have enabled
Show score after opening file
then you will see the score straight away.
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Press
the
(Play) button in the Mixer to play the piece.
- Press the Emph buttons for the individual parts to emphasise them (you can control the amount of emphasis in the User Preferences window).
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Press
the
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If you hear nothing, this is probably because you are using the wrong MIDI output device,
or maybe no MIDI output devices at all.
If you hear an echo, this is probably because you have more than one
MIDI output device.
In either case, do the following:
- Click on Dialogs in the MidiPlay menu bar, and then click on Output Volumes... in the drop-down menu, this will open the Output Volumes window.
- Enable the appropriate MIDI output device.
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You can now just listen to the piece, or you can use the following
Mixer
buttons and controls:
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Click on the
(Skip backwards) button to jump back a few seconds.
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Click on the
(Skip forwards) button to jump forward a few seconds.
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Click on the
(Back to start) button to go back to the start.
- Click on the up/down buttons to choose a bar number to start at (this requires the bar information in the MIDI file to be correct, it isn't always).
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Click and drag the slider below the bar/beat/tick counters
(and click on the
- Click and drag the Master Volume slider or the Volume sliders for each track to adjust the volumes. Right-click on any volume slider to set it back to normal volume.
- Click and drag the Tempo slider to adjust the speed. Right-click on the Tempo slider to revert to normal speed.
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Click on the
(Stop) button to stop.
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Click on the
-
Click on the
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To listen to another piece:
- Click on the Close buttons in any windows you have open.
- Drag and drop another MIDI file onto MidiPlay, or in the File menu click on Open... to open another file, and then carry on as before.
- View the score
- Change the volumes of the parts
- Play the parts on different instruments
- Choose which MIDI output device to use
- Play the music several times
- Change your preferences
- Transpose the music
- Make changes to a MIDI file
