It works great. Thank you very very much for such a wonderful product and such good service.

> I use both Cakewalk and Powertracks plus that cool little application GNMIDI
> from Dr. Nagler (you just gotta have this bad boy if you do a lot of midi).
> I also use Roland and have the GSAE editor which replaces setup measures and
> allows all the parameters of the Sound Canvas line to be edited and cut and
> pasted in a mouse click to Cakewalk.

I use GNMIDI almost every day and have found it to be better than most
other MIDI Programs.

Having used your program for MANY years, I still find it one of the most
useful programs I have.  Thanks for your continuing support.
I will send you a key ring as a way of saying thanks, when I come across one
worthy enough.

Thanks for the prompt service and delivery and thanks for the GREAT program!

It's works perfectly, I'm definitely going the purchase GNMIDI pro, the 
search midi instrument name feature is worth the price alone.

I'm going to use the program for batch converting a huge collection of midi 
songs to 4 or 8 bars drum midi loops for use in Toontrack superior drummers user midi library.
It works perfect with the midi filter option (the method you described)and 
I'm experimenting with the "copy part of midi file" to batch make 4 or 
8 bar drum loops.

Thank you for making the program

Pages 160 to 165: 'Dr. Justus Noll' - MIDI-Editors
https://www.gnmidi.com/gnmidictarticle_en.txt

> I use Anvil at the moment, it works perfect. Except I can't find the option
> to delete a part of the midi. Anvil can only delete from the selected point
> to the start or end.
>
> What should I use to edit midis?

Goto https://www.gnmidi.com coolest little midi tool out there and very 
inexpensive.

thanks - i forgot there was a cdrom somewhere - I'll look around for it -

Your program is very useful for transcribing unmetered midi input into notation programs - 
making irrational bar lengths fit a measured barline structure requires changing the underlying tempo (i'm sure you're aware of all this).  

It's not known by very many people that midi files contain an underlying absolute tempo that's unchangeable - 
until you try to make real-time improvised notation look rational in Sibelius or Finale ... it's a great tool - 
thx, 

Thank you, for your software which I received two weeks ago. I love it!

I wish you many successes in your future adventures.

Thank you for licence. Now I can get back to using wonderful GNMIDI.

really enjoying my GNMIDI.....transforming midi files to playable 
tunes for friday night garage band....

I appreciate the time and effort you spent on designing the Chord Editor and
the Lyrics Editor.

The Grid arrangement of the Chord Editor was a brilliant idea. I like the
flawless implementation of this easy to view and understand concept.

After GNMIDI 3 guesses the Chords to a MIDI File, I can go inside the Chord
Editor and make a few changes.

The saved MIDI file is now a genuine Yamaha XF MIDI File with the correct
embedded Yamaha Chord Meta Events.

It plays perfectly on my Yamaha CVP-609 Clavinova and the Styles follow in
the Chords symbols.

I like the way how both the Lyrics and Chords show up in the Clavinova
Display.

I think GNMIDI 3 Professional is an indispensable tool for Yamaha Arranger
Players.

This tool provides the quickest and painless way to convert any GM, GS, XG
Midi File into a Yamaha XF Midi File containing the embedded Chords and
Lyrics that can be played back on any Yamaha Arranger.

I am happy to inform you that,in present i am using your GNMIDI (Demo Version) software.
It solves all of my problems. So many many thank you for making such a useful software.
Now i need to buy it's full version, so please inform me how could i buy it.

Answer:
Simply visit https://www.gnmidi.com/gnorderen.htm and click on the link to order product GNMIDI.
Pay using paypal or credit card or bank transfer.

Great program! - You must be very proud.
Thank you

>> I'd like to translate these words in Cakewalk lyrics, on another track
>> where I have the melody (or a copy of the melody). Is it possible and
>> how ?
> You will have to copy and paste the text events into the Lyric View or
> Event List. It may be easier to open the .mid file in a text editor, then
> copy the text into Cakewalk.
> Cakewalk Technical Support

There is an easier way !
Get GNMIDI from the following site:
https://www.gnmidi.com

It will convert text to lyrics and back.

I don't work for them and never have--I have beta tested some software for
them for free.

I was the first one on the phone to PG to order the new software since they
were giving up the MegaPak for BIAB at a great discount.  And had the CD's 
shortly after that along with the publications.

I have never tried the scan method but using Dr. Nagler's GNMIDI, I  have
used the Guess Chords function and saved as Lyrics and pasted to PT and 
run in the Big Lyrics Window so the chord changes play along with the file.

I test new setting GNMIDI already about chord.
it is very good for me. 
This is my the best software for sing a song-playing music. 
That is easy,simply but enough feature and functions for me
I will tell my friends about this GNMIDI

GNMIDI 2.42 				GOOD

Multifunctional Karaoke MIDI song player with record, synchronize,
convert, edit and other useful features. It works with lyrics, show
extended MIDI file info and much much more...

Web Forum: manning-sandbox
Subject: convert smf with multiple tempo changes to single tempo change

I found a solution with the GNMIDI application.
You can convert midis with multiple tempo changes to an smf with only 
one tempo setting.

Super super GNMIDI       bravo !!!

Success now that I have managed to open the tool on a different computer! I
have tried GNMIDI today and it is marvellous, the notes transposition
feature and mute channel particularly. 

Thanks.

Hello, Finding GNMIDI today was such good fortune. Thank you
for producing this fine software. It will help my research greatly. 

I'm trying to download the newest version of GNMIDI either from Canada or 
Austria. In both cases I've not been able to extract the zip files. The one 
from Canada doesn't unzip at all, the one from Austria will extract some of 
the files. I hope this problem can be fixed soon. 
By the way, I am planning to demonstrate GNMIDI to VIBUG ( Visually Impaired 
and Blind User Group) here in Boston. I find it to be a very accessible 
program to use with a screen reader and I want to thank you for that. 

Comment from author:
Usually the GNMIDI download works well from both sites, if you have difficulties
to download the demo then ask info@gnmidi.com to send the demo by email (transfer size 
will be larger than direct download due to mail encoding).

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The main reason to pay the license of GNMIDI is the KARAOKE editor, after I
searched the web and analyzed some, it seemed to me this one is the best,
given the cost. 

Besides the KAR editor, GNMIDI has lots of options not easily available in
more expensive MIDI editors. It is only that there are too many features and
I am not familiar with the program yet.

After trying an older version of the program I can only tell: Wonderful, it
is the best MIDI-editing tool that I have seen yet.

And GNMIDI, I bought some years back ! Great programme, use it quite
alot.... it corrects loads of little bugs between Cakewalk and my Yamaha.
There's a new version just out recently, free download if you have the
licence.

Web page: http://www.spencerserolls.com/Favorites.html

GNMIDI 

Anyone who uses MIDI files, needs this program. Dozens of useful
functions. Simple program with full help file does everything it
purports to do and does it extrmemly well and fast. I have been using
the program for years and continue to find new uses for it. Excellent
support although rarely needed. Look here for MIDI functions before
looking any place else because anything done in GNMIDI is unlikely to be
done better elsewhere.

Anybody into serious midi MUST have this little tool.  It's the Swiss Army
knife of MIDI.  It will save you hours of time banging your head on the PC.

The Casio uses MIDI format 0  which is all channels on one track.  Cubase
should convert 0 to 1 which is channels split out to tracks but if it
doesn't then get GNMIDI from https://www.gnmidi.com --you should have it
anyway for serious midi -- best damn midi tool ever made.

Thank you--it's still the best little midi tool out there.  Did you know
that you can use the Find Chords feature with PGMusic's Karaoke player in
Powertracks and have the chords run to show changes in real time?  It also
works very well with the notation features in Powertracks, Band in a Box
and of course, Cakewalk--but the karaoke thing is great.  You can open the
Big Lyrics and Fretboard views in PT and see the changes, ID them, and hear
them all at the same time.
I don't believe I have ever seen your GNMIDI listed on PG's site at
www.pgmusic.com  I think it should be there or a link since it works so well
with their products.

Answer:
pgmusic.com has not taken choice to add a link to https://www.gnmidi.com
to their site. From time to time users in Forum talk about GNMIDI and 
recommend the software and page to others. I guess that pgmusic.com does 
not know that GNMIDI exists, or that some Powertrack Pro users use it 
additionally to their software.

The beauty of using GNMIDI is that it inserts the chords *into* the
text stream in a format that Showplay4 then translates into a lyric *and*
chord cheat sheet, which Showplay4 can then display as a scrolling lead sheet.

web page: gmd.iwarp.com

Recommendation for Midi Players, Editors and Sequencers 

Program | Feature		GNMIDI 2.32

Opens defective midi files	Yes. Can Repair*
Display File Information	Yes
Display Score			No
Display Lyrics			Yes
Load from association		Yes
Allow change Port		Yes
Make lists			No
Create, modify etc.		Special Effects*

This table contains personal appreciation, I don't intend to make publicity to anyone. 
Useful to choose easiest what player/editor to use, depend of what you are interest for. 
What is market with "*" means that the respective program is best for that feature. 

(this is only the row about GNMIDI, the table compared many more MIDI software players)

I have been using "GNMIDI" for 2 years now,
and have found the program to be the most useful one
for editing and converting midi & kar files.
So, I would just like to say "thank you, and happy easter"..
Please continue all your good work, best wishes,

I have been using your product for at least 3 yrs and I love it. It has gotten me out of more situations. 

In Sibelius 1.4, you cannot change the default resolution used by Sibelius when saving MIDI files, 
but you can use the Windows MIDI program GNMIDI to open and re-save MIDI files with a different 
resolution. You can download GNMIDI here. Note that GNMIDI is not a Sibelius product 
and we cannot offer technical support on its use.

it is a great program that I have much pleasure from.

i just want to say that i've been using your software for a few years to create original electronic music. it's inspired by seashells and transported by bicycle. 
thank you for the quality software.

> Songs with text events won't show in the lyrics view. How can I change text
> events to lyric events so that they will? Thanks.

Try with GNMIDI    https://www.gnmidi.com

> I am using a few midi's I got off the web for background music for a
> screensaver I've created but the volume varies from song to song. Is there a
> simple program I can use to normalize the songs?

GNMIDI from https://www.gnmidi.com  you have to have this midi tool if you do
any midi at all.

There is no intent to infringe on any COPYRIGHT and if anything on my
page is in violation I will remove same on notification and PROOF from
owner. We have checked each song with the GNMIDI midi song checker found
at GNMIDI utilities for windows for copyright details, and found none

Comment from GNMIDI author:
Finding no copyright information in a MIDI file is no proof that it is 
copyright free or that free distribution is allowed! 
Some person might have even deleted copyright messages from the file to
make it more difficult to identify file origin.
Rights of midi file producers, composers, lyric authors are still 
existing even if they are not mentioned inside midi file.

This is an amazing program that performs many useful utilities on MIDI
files. Use this to
view / add copyright info, change track titles, change MIDI format, change
volumes.... the list goes on.
At only 300k, a must have!

The program works perfectly.  You are very creative.  I am enjoying my 
Technics PR902 Digital Ensemble more than ever thanks to you.  By the 
way, I am in a wheelchair and have spent the last 25 years there.  I 
suffered a birth injury which caused Cerebral Palsy.  Thank you for your 
help and good work.  I noticed at your WEB site that you use the money 
to buy Keyboars for handicapped kids.  This is a wonderful thing to do 
because as  you know it gives the children control over something where 
they can be creative.

I've received the software just now.
It's a GREAT software!

https://www.gnmidi.com it is a place where he finds something of profit sure.

I seem to be using your program lately more than 
I have previously; especially to check midi files for errors etc.

Hello Mr. Nagler,

first my respect to your GNMIDI software.
I searched several month for such a tool.
With your software all my MIDI problems were solved suddenly.

I ordered GNMIDI after testing the demo extensively.

As you're probably aware I've recently spent some time figuring out how to
add lyrics to a MIDI and thought I would put together the following to help
others get started.  Please let me know if you have any comments.

Paul Johnson's guide to adding lyrics to a MIDI file

 

 

 

Because there are a wide variety of songs there are different ways to add
lyrics to a MIDI.  I'm going to go through a fairly general process for
adding lyrics to a MIDI which has no lyrics.  You may want to alter the
process to suit different songs and your individual preferences.  I've only
started trying this out a week ago and I've only done a couple of songs so
it's easily possibly I may have missed some obvious efficiencies.

 

 

 

Once you've found a MIDI that you like I recommend first listening to it a
few times.  I've been using the VanBasco Karaoke Player because it displays
the different channels.  This is available for free at
http://www.vanbasco.com/download.html.

 

 

 

Step 1:  Determine the Melody channel

 

You'll need to determine which channel carries the melody.  Play the MIDI
using the VanBasco Karaoke Player.  Watch the lower left MIDI Output screen.
If the MIDI only has one channel take note of the channel number.  The top
channel is channel 1 and the bottom channel is channel 16.  If the MIDI has
different channels click the little red boxes in the MIDI Output screen to
the far left of each channel to turn the channels on and off until you only
have one channel playing which has the melody to which the words are sung.
Take note of this channel number.  In the rare case where you need two
channels for the lyrics you'll need to repeat this whole process for each
channel which carries the melody.

 

Additional help can be found in the VanBasco Karaoke Player Help menu.

 

 

 

Step 2:  Run GNMIDI

 

I've been using GNMIDI to add lyrics.  This is available for  at
https://www.gnmidi.com/.  Install GNMIDI.  Run GNMIDI.

 

 

 

Step 3:  Slow down the GNMIDI lyrics editors slow play speed (optional)

 

The GNMIDI lyrics editors run at a normal speed and at a slow speed.  The
following adjusts the speed of the slow speed.  The normal speed is 100 and
the default slow speed is 60.  The following slows this down even further.
You can change this for different songs depending on the tempo of the song
and the complexity of the lyrics.

 

Quit GNMIDI.  In your Windows directory (usually C:\Windows\) find the file
GNMIDI.INI and open this for editing using an editor such as Notepad or
Wordpad.  Find the line "[Settings]"  Add a new line below this
"KaraokeEditSlowPercent=40" (without the quotes).  If you wanted to go even
more slowly, instead of 40 you could set it to, for example, 20.  Run
GNMIDI.

 

 

 

Step 4:  Use the GNMIDI Synchronizing editor (optional)

 

GNMIDI has two ways to add lyrics, the Synchronizing editor which places
entire lines at a time coarsely into a MIDI and the Karaoke editor which
places individual syllables finely with each note.  In many cases it's
advantageous to make a rough placement of the lyrics first.  For example,
sometimes when you find lyrics a refrain may be repeated but it may only be
listed in the lyrics once.  With the Synchronizing editor it's very easy to
check for situations such as this and add entire refrains.  This is more
difficult in the Karaoke editor.  Try to do a search at www.google.com and
search using the word "lyrics" and the title of the song to try to find the
lyrics to your song.  Once you've found a website with suitable lyrics copy
these lyrics by selecting the lyrics on the website and then right click 
and select copy.

 

Open the MIDI file in GNMIDI:  select File -> Open and select the MIDI.  A
screen is brought up with information about the MIDI.  Right click in the
middle of this screen.  Set the Melody Channel to the channel noted in step
1.  You'll notice that this gets added to the screen.  Select Modify ->
Synchronizing editor.  Paste in the lyrics:  Right click -> Paste.  In
general the lyrics should not extend more than one third to one half of the
way across the Song Text box.  If they do they should be broken down into
smaller lines.  Select OK.  You're now in the Synchronizing editor.  To the
left of each line it should say "REC" followed by some dashes.  This means
that you can set the time of these lines.

 

I normally like to use the mouse when working on a computer but for the
following it's advantageous to use the keyboard keys.  You may want to read
through this entire paragraph and be familiar with the keys before you do
any of the following.  Press the F3 keyboard function key to start.  When
the melody reaches the first syllable of the first lyric line press F5.  If
you make a mistake press F6.  You can continue to press F6 to undo as many
mistakes as you've made.  Select the slow speed if the melody is too fast to
accurately determine the placement of the lyrics.  Redo Step 3 if you would
like to change the speed of the slow speed.  Select Part and then All if
youwould like to redo all of the lyrics or select a portion of the lyrics
and then select Part to redo a portion of the lyrics.  Press F1 for further
help but note that the option Part is covered under the description for
option Range in the help page.  Select OK when you're happy with what you
have.  If you're only interested in course line at a time placement of the
lyrics select File -> Save As and you're done.

 

 

 

Step 5:  Use the GNMIDI Karaoke editor (optional)

 

Use this editor if you want to accurately place individual words and
syllables within the MIDI.  If you've skipped Step 4 open the file and set
the Melody Channel as described in Step 4.  Select Modify -> Karaoke editor.
This defaults to the Melody channel you've set.  If lyrics are present you
have the option of removing them.  Select OK.  If there are no lyrics you'll
now see a Song text screen where you can paste in the lyrics:  Right click
-> Paste.  In general the lyrics should not extend more than one third to
one half of the way across the Song Text box.  If they do they should be
broken down into smaller lines.  Select OK.  You're now in the Karaoke
editor.

 

Lines of lyrics are designated or terminated with a "<line>".  Stanzas or
paragraphs of lyrics are designated or terminated with a "<par>".  If you've
done Step 4 or if the MIDI had existing lyrics the <line>s will be locked to
prevent changing the position of existing lyrics and I find it easiest at
this point to unlock all of the <line>s by going through all of the lyrics
and click on the red keys to the left of each of the <line>s or <par>s to
turn off locking.  Note that in addition to using the scroll bar you can
scroll through the lyrics with the scroll wheel of your mouse or the Page Up
and Page Down keys.  If you don't have a scroll wheel this is a valuable
feature if you plan to do much editing with the Karaoke editor.

 

Select the normal button to change it to Slow if you want to play the slow
speed.  Select play to start and the MIDI starts playing at the top of the
screen.

 

Select stop to stop the MIDI at the first note where lyrics are sung.  Note
the time to the left.  Now find the first word to be sung and highlight it
by clicking on it with the mouse.  If you have a long musical interlude
before the first note is sung you'll see the advantage of Step 4.  Press F6
to move the word down the song or F5 to move the word up the song to the
note whose time you've noted.  Scroll up a bit using the scroll wheel on
your mouse or scroll bar on the screen, select play and check your work.

 

I find that by far most of the time I'm moving lyrics down and the most
convenient way to use the Karaoke editor is to keep my right hand on my
mouse and the index finger of my left hand on the F6 function key.

 

If the word has multiple syllables that are sung on different notes select
the word to highlight it then select between the syllables to position the
mouse cursor (the flashing vertical bar) between the syllables, then press
F7 to split the syllables.  For example, say you want to split the word
"decided" because the "de" is sung on a different note than the "ci" which
is sung on a different note than the "ded".  Select the word "decided" by
clicking on it and position the mouse cursor between the "e" and the "c" and
click the mouse.  You should see a flashing vertical bar between the "e" and
the "c".  Now press F7 and the word will be split.  Repeat the process to
split "ci" from "ded".  Note that in general syllables sung start with a
consonant and end with a vowel.

 

The lyrics should not extend beyond about half way in the lyrics window.  If
it does highlight the last word or syllable in the line and select Line.
This adds a <line> below the word.  If this is the end of a stanza or
paragraph of lyrics select Paragraph instead.

 

Repeat this process until each syllable is properly placed.  Select Save
when you're done.

 

Press F1 for further help on any of the above or for the other features of
this screen.

 

When you've completed this select File -> Save as.

 

Now go back to the VanBasco player, sit back and SING!


Addition from GNMIDI author: since GNMIDI 2.48 <line> and <par> don't exist anymore in 
this way. The paragraph and line end are now single character symbols that are behind 
last character of the text line inside same field (not anymore in a new field).
Adding line and par works still same. The new display makes it easier to move text line 
 together with par or line symbol.

I like your software a lot. I have looked for this type of music software
for almost 3 years yours is the only one that suit my need much more than 
cakework pro9.

if you get GNMIDI from https://www.gnmidi.com you can analyze your chord
progressions and save the progression as Lyrics and run the progression 
as the music plays in the PowerTracks midikaraoke Big Lyrics Window.
GMMidi costs 36 Euro at 
https://www.gnmidi.com/gnorderen.htm (credit card, paypal, bank transfer)

GNMIDI will increase the volumes of the channel, or even of every note in
the song.
Incredibly useful, many times I've done a file much too quiet, by mistake.

I raise my glass to you for making this great collection of 
midi tools in one single package. It does just what I need, great job!

>>>> Anybody know how long it takes to get on average? I live in Michigan.
>>>> Just curious.

>>> Not sure, but it's a great program. Might have been a week or two.

>> GNMIDI is a great program, and low price. I use it almost every day for at
>> least one of it's features.
>> When you say you ordered it.... it's downloadable on their site and all
>> functions work with just a few limits in unregistered mode
>> Günter is a real nice guy and very serious, so I don't think you'll wait
>> long for the cdrom - I got it just a few days, but am in France and GN is
>> in Austria.
>>
>> Enjoy it !

> Like I said you guys are really talking it up for getting
> out of certain problems with it, so I just had to have it too. I just
> got an email from Günter earlier today and he gave me a temp unlock on
> the program till the cdrom comes. I have been working with it already
> and can see it is really going to help me out of some of my problems
> with midi files. Sure makes life easier

You should have it immediately.

Günter usually emails you a code to unlock the demo program until your CD
arrives.

The holy grail has been found!!  I've solved it - Using a combination 
of GNMIDI and a program called Serenade (both purchased products) 
I can now create Midi files that trace the lyrics as the song 
plays as well as show the chord at the bottom of the screen (external 
monitor on the MidJay).  Here's how to do it:

Load a Midi file into GNMIDI and analyze it to guess the chords (here's 
the important bit).  Change the Chord Text Format to WordBox Sysex and 
select the chord format {Cm} - with curly brackets.

Save the song as a midi file.  Then open it in Serenade - get the lyrics 
off the net and paste them into the editor window at the top.  Play the 
song and use the CTRL key to highlight the words as it plays.  Save this 
Midi file again and copy it to the MidJay. 

Now when you play you get the lyrics highlighted in the main screen and 
the chords should show at the bottom.  

It hasn't worked for every Midi file - for some odd reason - sometimes I 
only get the chords and no lyrics - but it does work for 75% or so.

Theoretically this should work for any of the keyboards that have a 
large display that show lyrics etc Yamaha, Korg and Roland do a few of 
them I'm sure.

Seems that the chords are stored in Sysex. 

       I'm very happy to tell you that the CD-ROM already arrived. 
The pandas on the stamp are so cute. Good service! And I will enjoy my time 
with GNMIDI, thank you for your help and replies. Looking forward to your 
new developments.

Thank you!  A very good program and very good service.

>i have tried to change ext from kar to mid but error code mmsystem281 could
>not be played on media player keeps coming up and icon is for karaoke file
>not midi file

  If you want to work with the lyrics, some files with lyrics use
lyric events, which Cubase will show (in the score view).  Others use
text events, which will show up in the event view, but are hard to
read and edit there.  You can convert from one to the other with a
program like GNMIDI (https://www.gnmidi.com, Windows).

I played with GNMIDI demo a few minutes last night... mainly with the Chord
Guesser.

I think the Chord Guesser is an excellent feature of your program as I have
not seen anything like it elsewhere.

http://www.synthzone.com/ubbs/Forum37/HTML/020427.html

GNMIDI does a lot for very little.

Your file works very well.

Yesterday night I also tried your procedure 
with a couple song
and I can tell you that they work!!.

I really tried 
only two songs because I come back very later at home,
but I'm trusting 
you solved the problem.

YOU'RE GREAT!

Still thank you for your helpfulness.

(I already told my daughter and my family that Günter, a friend of mine, 
solved my problem of few months in one day because he is a genius)

>i have a cool midi file from PinkFloyd - Money
>it sounds realy gread on my Cellphone but it
>is to big (52kb) and needs to long to load when a phone call comes.
>
>how can i cut the first ca. 15-20 seconds from the file.

  https://www.gnmidi.com, Windows.

  Or any MIDI sequencer program, some are freeware, most of the good
ones are shareware.  Most offer the option to cut parts from all
tracks in the file at once.

GREAT software, by the way....I've mentioned to several friends and they'll
be buying shortly.

>I've bought a 731 tk casion keyboard, which save or play only smf0 midi files in/from
>disk.
>That's why i've been looking for a program, free if possible but not necessary, that
>can transform a midi file of type
>smf1 or smf2 into a smf0 midi file.
>Who knows the answer ?
>Thanks much for responding.

  Most flexible converter tool I know is GNMIDI (https://www.gnmidi.com)
which is Windows software.  But it does much more than just type conversion.

>>>> i have a large collection of full length midi files
>>>>
>>>> I want to be able to trim these files down using something like Nero Wave 
>>>> editor, only something that works with midi files
>>>>
>>>> this is because i mainly want to be able to use these as small previews 
>>>> at whats on offer the download from a large directory of midi files.
>>>>
>>>> can anyone point me in the right direction?
>>>>
>>>> something simple that a novice can use would be ideal
>>    
>>
>>
>> GNMIDI Software
>>
>> it can:
>> shorten a midi song (cut operation e.g. first 30 seconds)
>> fade in/out midi song volume
>>
>> and this can be done to many files at once (batch conversion).
>>
>> it is no midi sequencer, easy to use
>>
>> try it for some files with demo at https://www.gnmidi.com

legend

thanks man

exactly what i wanted 

>      I am a musician that was looking for such a product like yours
> for ages!!! I am thrilled to find that a genius person like you Sir
> have had the inspiration to create such a wonderful piece of
> programing!

I do really appreciate your quick reply! You've made me a very happy man!
I will be your customer forever!!!! Keep up the good work!! it is great!

> Hi could someone tell me how to download midi files onto a floppy and	ensure
> i can play them on a yamaha QY700 without it saying illegal file

You probably need to convert them from Type 1 to Type 0 files.
Goto https://www.gnmidi.com and get GNMIDI with the converter.

> All the files have the correct .MID extension and will not play either with
> the Windows media player or with the Soundblaster midi player. The following
> error message comes up......
>
> MMSYSTEM296 The file cannot be played on the specified MCI device.
> The file may be corrupt or not in the correct format.
>
> Files downloaded from this newsgroup work perfectly, so everything is
> configured correctly.
> I'm attaching a couple of the problem midi files as an example.

    Your attached MIDI files do appear to be corrupt, however, GNMIDI 
(by Guenter Nagler) does fix the problem even though it states that "much
data was lost". The files seem to play OK.

I'm really enjoying GNMIDI since I purchased it. Well designed and
extremely useful - well done! I use it for playing backing tracks for my
one man band, and prefer your method of displaying lyrics to that of
VanBasco. However, the Entertainer function seems to always load each
new song in a half window, whereas I would prefer maximised windows or
even full screen. Is there any way to edit GNMIDI.INI to achieve this?
Thanks for a great product,

Thank You for a great product GNMIDI. I have recently purchased the product (within the last week)

> I have a new Casio CTK811 (w/ disk drive) and need a software
> program that will allow saving and loading of MIDI SMF0 format.
>
> it seems when I download a MIDI song from the 'net, the synth says
> it is not SMF0.

Most files downloaded from the net are in SMF Type 1 or multitrack--to
convert them to Type 0-single track you can use software like Cakewalk
Express or Dr. Nagler's GNMIDI (cool little tool to have anyway).

Most SMF files you download are Type 1 with channels split out to tracks.
Type 0 has all the channels on one track.  Some synths only play back 0 
because it is a much smaller file for their limited buffers. Goto 
https://www.gnmidi.com and get Dr. Nagler's GNMIDI which contains
a file converter to change Type 1 to Type 0.
That's all there is too it.
Enjoy.
PS--keep your copy of the Type 1 file so you can edit it easier in a
sequencer like Cakewalk.
The way I do it is midifile.mid for 1 files and midifile0.mid for the Type 0
clone.

Thank you so much!  I love this program!  I play a synthesizer (tyros2 by
Yamaha) as a volunteer at nursing homes and veterns homes.  using midis
allows me to have a huge library right on the screen of my syntersizer.  The
"guess chord" function is the best because I play using lead sheet.  Thank
you again for your help and thanks for this fantastic program...Lucy

This is a follow up on the Suzuki G-33 Karaoke player. I have found the
answer to playing your own karaoke (.kar) files on all the Suzuki Electronic
Keyboards and pianos. Now you can convert any .kar file and copy them to a
floppy disk so they will show lyrics on the LCD screen and the Video output.
I discovered a software program by Gunter Nagler called GNMIDI and it works
great.  There is a trial version available too. You can convert a single
song or do a batch convert on an entire folder. It's so simple even a novice
can do it, first you need a blank floppy disk then on your PC gather the
..kar songs in a folder that you want be able the play using the LCD screen
to show the lyrics. Next open GNMIDI and click "Convert" on the top tool
bar, Select "All Karaoke to Midi with lyrics",  In the next window select
"Tune 1000 (standard midi lyrics)" then click OK, Now in the "Choose folder
for batch conversion" window browse and select the respective source and
destination folders and click OK. If you want them to go directly to your
floppy disk be sure to have a disk in the drive. Now they are ready to play
on your Suzuki Piano. This is only one small aspect of the power of this software.

If you want to a single song just click "file" and then "open" and select
the single song you want to convert. Then click "convert" tool and select
"Karaoke to Midi with lyrics" and set the format to "Tune 1000 (standard
midi lyrics)" then OK. Then Save the song using "save as" where ever you
wish, floppy or any file.

I've just downloaded the latest version and must say "thanks" 
for your amazing programme !

I use it almost daily since purchasing several years ago 
and highly recommend it to fellow musicians.

I like your software. But I would like to know:

1) The quickest way to put the lyrics for a whole song.
2) How to change the MIDI channels for tracks ?
3) How to merge 2 tracks ?
4) I would also like to point out to you that I had success with displaying
lyrics on a Voice Systems Genius Midi File player.  However, to do this
I had to save the MIDI with Lyrics file as a *kar file and then convert
it to Yamaha format. None of the other formats eg Tune 1000 did not work
with the Genius. So is there a quick way of saving in Yamaha format withous having to
make a *kar first ?

Thanks,

Answers from GNMIDI author:
ad 1) GNMIDI contains two lyrics editing tools for entering 
   and synchronizing song text syllables or lines with melody notes
ad 2) GNMIDI has a channel mapping operation, exchange two channels 
   by mapping channel numbers 1->3 and 3->1 in one step
ad 3) format 0 conversion merges all tracks into one track, if two tracks 
   use same channel then the trick would be to convert format 1 to 0 and 
   back to 1, then there is one track that merged the tracks with identical channel,
   merging tracks with different channel is only allowed in format 0, in format 1
   it would be against MIDI standard.
ad 4) in older GNMIDI versions the two steps were necessary, 
      in newer GNMIDI versions this can be done directly by kar->midi operation
      (even when the original input file is not a .kar formatted midi file).

I have today received the disk for your program. I installed it and
converted several files for our Piano Disk. They work beautifully.

Thank you so much for the explanation. It works well. And I love this program. 
I am now transposing all my files so i don't have to do it at the keyboard.

Hi,
I'm trying GNMIDI software, it's very nice, compliments!

Many thanks for sending the registered floppy disk fro GNMIDI. Your
software is excellent. Incredibly useful, and great value!

A have a suggestion, I hope you will consider including in the
future...

I have many MIDI files, and the volume (loudness) of these varies much
-depending on each MIDIs channel volumes and note-on velocities.

My suggested feature would "normalize" the volume of a MIDI file.
It would increase the loudest channel volume to 127, and scale the
others accordingly. There would be an option do same for note-on
velocities.

If this feature were added, users could easily make the volume of MIDI
files match one another.

Thanks again for your great software!

Annotation from GNMIDI author:
Your suggested feature is already part of GNMIDI: 
set common volume in all midi files, 
it can be applied automatically and optionally before playing a midi file.

i purchased your midi software it's great. 

I was searching for a tool like this to give my father
for his birthday.  He just bought a player piano that
will read midis off of a floppy.  He was unaware of
this as the store loves to sell midis on floppy at 30
dollars for ten songs!  So it will be a great present
for him.

The great thing with GNMIDI is that there are many ways to diagnose and fix any problems.

Thank you for responding to my email complimenting you on GNMIDI.
I am not a savvy computer user and certainly not a software engineer 
so my comments are based as an observer and user only.

The experience I have had with GNMIDI was so positive I had wanted to let you know.
Specifically I appreciate the simple, yet elegant, operation of the program 
through the icon menu. The "Tips" is very clever and useful. 
Your documentation was thorough. I've only begun to unlock the potential.

I use GNMIDI to help with my Yamaha Dislavier ( DGA1 ) in manipulating various 
MIDI files so that I can use with the piano.
In combination with the Yamaha S-YXG50 Soft Synthesizer ( to test play ) and 
the Giebler Enterprises Yamaha Diskette Manager and a set of freeware utility 
programs called "dkvutils" I have had great success.

Once again, thank you for a very good and helpful program.
I suspect that a great deal of time and effort went into developing 
GNMIDI and it is appreciated !

>> I'm putting together an eartraining and music theory book online, in webpage
>> form using midi files and I need some of the exercises to pop-up as .kar
>> files, and play in the QuickTime plugin. So far, I've had no luck converting
>> my Sonar midi files to .kar. I've tried a dozen different programs, but I
>> end up starting from scratch with the lyrics and then they don't display in
>> Quicktime.
>> I tried out Noteworthy and QT still doesn't see the lyric track. I'll
>> do some more research at the Apple site.
>> WinKaraoke Creator doesn't format it right either. 

> Try this nice Windows utility:  GNMIDI  https://www.gnmidi.com
> Simple and quite excellent tools to help discover issues or fix problems.  I 
> use them frequently.

Thanks. The solution was using GMMIDI to convert the midi
lyrics track, which cakewalk puts on the melody track, to a separate "words"
track. The karaoke file must be a format 1 file (logical tracks- single
ch/track) Track 1(no ch) Tempotrack, Track2 (no ch) "soft karaoke", Track 3
(no ch) "words" and Track 4 and so forth are set to channels 1-16 with
patches assigned, as in GM.

it works great. Thank you very very much for such a wonderful 
product and such good service.

Love your program GNMIDI  ***** (5 stars!).  I just bought a new Yamaha
DGX505 Keyboard and was trying to figure out how I can get some
background music to play along with.  It dawned on me that I had all
these Midi Files and if I could just strip off (or lower) the Voice
(Lead) volume to the song I want to play, then I could save the file on
a Smartcard, pop it into my keyboard slot, start the song and play the
lead.  Works Great!  (Well . Almost!)   . Additionally, it's a GREAT
learning tool for learning the notes of the melody.
I WILL be registering the GNMIDI program before the trial period is
over.  I just want to play around with it more and figure out what else
I can do with it.
Aloha and Mahalo for such a fine program.

I am testing your *excellent* (congratulations!) GNMIDI. 

> how do I put a copyright notice in my midi files ?

With Cakewalk and similar software, there is an Info chocie on the menu and
you simply call it up and type the text in the text box.
GNMIDI by Dr. Nagler at https://www.gnmidi.com will allow you to insert a
secret copyright as well. Many commercial midis now published contain copyright
text info in the actual code data of which I will say no more.

Answer from GNMIDI author:
     GNMIDI has insert copyright operation and insert secret copyright
operation, try "(c)" tool buttons in demo

Thank you .... great utility.

My ten-year-old boy boy is having "the time of his life" 
making karaoke files in the Welsh language!

Ok i ve found another way to get kar files into sonar dxi, thought i'd post
it for future reference.
I use software called 'GNMIDI' to batch convert all the .kar (karaoke files)
to midi with lyrics GNMIDI supports cakewalk 4 and above with lyrics) then
bring them in as midi tracks and set up the lyric view nice and large and it
works great, add dxi as per a normal midi track. The timimg in lyric view of
the highlighted lyrics is better than all the other karaoke programs i ve
tried, would be nice if the lyric view was a bit more customizable, but i m
not complaining.

By the way, I really like your software.  I have only been playing
keyboard for less than one year and your program lets me take my midi
files and edit them to a much improved state.  My wife says it sounds as
if I have been playing for a much longer time when she listens to the
edited midi files.  I have only had the software for a few days but am
really looking forward to exploring all of its features.

I am recording off of a Yamaha DGX-500.  It will only save the files in
a midi 0 format, so I immediately lose any drum tracks when I move them
to the computer.  Also, since I have not been playing long, my tempo is
not right on the mark.

With your program I convert to midi 1 format and separate the tracks.  I
can then move the drum sounds to channel 10 so that I can hear them on
the computer.  I use the volume operations to adjust the volume on each
track to an appropriate level.  After that, I use the tempo operations
to smooth out the tempo of the recording.  I then play with the sound
operations to see what the song sounds like using different instruments
to achieve (to my ear) the most pleasing results.  

Feel free to put these comments on your web site if you wish.

Thank you for the quick reply ... the logistics of this order went very
well.

I am a novice at working with midi.  We have a player piano from PianoDisk,
and I am using your software to convert from Midi 1 to Midi 0.  Your
interface is particularly easier for us to use.

web page: http://www.carolrpt.com/faqs.htm
Subject:  FAQ to piano rolls 

What kind of software do I need to edit these MIDI files?

    You would use Sequencer Software or a utility program like GNMIDI.


Why won't the keys on my piano play a file I downloaded from the Internet?

    The piano keys play data found on Channel 1 in MIDI files, and maybe
    none of the music on the file is assigned to Channel 1. If music is
    coming thru the speakers, a simple program change will fix this. Use
    Sequencer software to edit the file, or when using GNMIDI select
    "prepare sound program for PianoDisc" from the Modify menu even if
    you have a QRS or Disklavier system. A good setting on the
    Disklavier for playing MIDI format 0 files is to set L=01 and R=Prg.
    See Owner's Manual under Import Files.

About My Piano

Is there a way to make my piano play more quietly?

    Yes. It is possible to lower the volume through software
    manipulation of the MIDI file. See the section Editing MIDI Files in
    the Music Files <http://www.carolrpt.com/musicfiles.htm> section.
    The three utilities that have been most successful are GNMIDI,
    veloset, MidiMod2 and the Giebler software. There are also acoustic
    solutions such as foam baffles installed next to the soundboard. On
    MarkIII Disklaviers, the Silent System can be engaged and the volume
    of the tone generated piano sound can be infinitely adjusted. See
    Volume Control in the Editing MIDI Files section of the Music Files
    <Music%20files.htm> page.


I want to sing a song I have a MIDI file for, but the arrangement is 
too high/low for my voice. Is there a way to change the key?

    You can transpose any MIDI file up or down using a program like
    GNMIDI, or any MIDI sequencing software. You can also use the
    Transpose function on your piano.

License now received and program authorized.

This is great software Mr Nagler. I am merely a musician (hobbyist) and have 
been searching for a way to separate midi files into track arrangements so 
that I may learn (and play) each facet as a fairly faithful cover version. 
Your software will be tremendously useful in that endeavor and much more 
besides.

Making chords in GNMIDI and save it as a lyric in Sonar or Cakewalk, works
now wonderful.
In Cakewalk or Sonar you can add chord diagrams on base of the "lyric"
chords made in GNMIDI and save the file as a Cakewalk or Sonar File. After
that you can see the cords / cord diagrams on  the track you have chosen and
easily move them to any track (for instance the track with the leading song)
and more than that you can see the cords also in the lyric view.

I'm very very happy with your program!!

let me say that this is the best midi software on the market and I use it all the time. 
Two of the most used sections by me are the synchronizing editor and the harmony channel selection.
It's just a great program. 

Yes, you can. A lot of sequencing programs allow you to choose the file
format as part of the "Save as" operation. Sometimes, as in Cakewalk,
you will find this under "Options" in the "Save" or "Save As" dialog
box. So opening the file using your sequencing program and saving in the
desired format is one method of converting formats.
There are also utilities that will translate between MIDI file formats
for you. One of these (GNMIDI - which does FAR MORE than file format
conversion) can be found at the excellent Günter Nagler's MIDI Utilities
site which is full of "small" but great utilities for MIDI fans. 

Additional information from GNMIDI author about this topic:
The Windows software GNMIDI and GNMIDFMT can do this conversion comfortably.
GNMIDFMT - can convert single files and more selected files of one folder at once.
GNMIDI - can convert single files or all midi files of a folder tree at once and 
GNMIDI has many other operations.

> can you help i have recorded my midifiles onto my mididisk playeri thought
> they sounded okay but when i go to venue and play them they have various
> levels of sound
> is there a way i could equalise them so as they would play at same settings
> on my mididisk

Goto https://www.gnmidi.com 
GNMIDI has a volume batch editor.

Thank you very much Mr. Nagler
It's an amazing program.