Not a member of Pastebin yet?
Sign Up,
it unlocks many cool features!
- FruityLoops ($0 trial, $99 afterwards)
- - Capable of doing everything you'd want, but it's workflow isn't optimized for MIDI
- - Visually customizable
- - Trial version can do everything the premium version can, but it can't reopen saved flp projects
- ------------------------------------------
- Synthfont (V1 is free, $22 for V2 but with a 30 day free trial)
- - Fully fledged tool for midi editing.
- - It has a streamlined instrument change window, but can still do standard midi editing with a piano roll.
- - Focused around MIDI editing, so doesn't have some of the quirks of FruityLoops
- - Recommended for newcomers
- ------------------------------------------
- Reaper (60-day free trial, $60 afterwards or have a WinRAR/PJ64-esque prompt upon boot every time): https://www.reaper.fm/
- - Allows all functionality of a standard good music editor
- - SoundFonts are supported if you download a 3rd party VST
- ------------------------------------------
- Musescore 4 ($0)
- - Way better at being notation software that Musescore 3
- - Whilst it does support custom SoundFont, it doesn't allow custom names. As such, you'll be stuck with the general MIDI names
- - Might have the same issues as Musescore 3 regarding instruments.
- ------------------------------------------
- Musescore 3 ($0)
- - Slightly dated notation software, not streamlined for MIDI or notation
- - Takes a while to get midi things rolling like the view>synthesizer window being the place select the SoundFont (after adding it in preferences).
- - Supports custom SoundFont with custom names, but it doesn't have much CC control other than at the start and for volume continuously
- - Has a number of problems regarding instruments with others who have tried MIDI editing with Musescore 3 for DK64. Proceed with caution (https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1003685939907924038/1120471703500361869/image.png)
- ------------------------------------------
- BRELs MIDI Editor ($0): https://breno.sarmen.to/midi/
- - Allows you to open MIDIs, alter, and save MIDIs out in a number of ways
- - Very old (Last version was released in Apr 2011)
- - Does not support using a custom SoundFont
- - UI and controls can range from intuitive to confusing
- - No tempo snapping, just to each MIDI tick
- -----------------------------------------
- Signal ($0, Online): https://signal.vercel.app/?lang=en
- - Allows you to open MIDIs, change/add/remove notes, change instruments and save MIDIs out
- - Doesn't seem to have the capability to alter non-note/instrument events like pan/reverb
- - Doesn't support using a custom SoundFont
- - Categorization of instruments isn't based on index in the general MIDI SoundFont, but rather group of where that instrument lies in a music family
- ----------------------------------
- AVOID
- ----------------------------------
- LMMS
- - Doesn't properly export to MIDI. Topics have been open on their forum about this since 2020, so it doesn't seem like they're in a rush to fix this. Mostly just serves as a "change the instrument with the SoundFont to see what sounds good"
Advertisement
Add Comment
Please, Sign In to add comment
