MIDIPlayer X App Reviews
I like the Keep-it-simple-and-stupid method great app :) Nice update for muting and transportation :) please support also *.midi (not only *.mid) files *thx*
I purchased this app because Apple dropped support for midi in Quicklook, Safari and in Quicktime player. It works as advertised. Its intuitive and midi files sound like they were played with Quicktime 7. I hope the developper add the ability to skip ahead while playing or a plugin version for quicklook. For the price, you can’t go wrong with this one.
This is a terrific bit of software! Once upon a time, MIDI playback was built into Preview. For some reason, Apple decided to drop the ball. Well, MethodRed has picked it up and run with it. Glad to find a lightweight solution—much better than opening Logic every time I want to preview a .mid file.
Simple and functional
No unwanted complexity this is the application that takes a midi file and send it to a midi expander… It does this very nicely and effectively!
Does what it says on the tin. It’s almost too basic though. I would love to see some integrated QuickLook functionality, and something to show me how to change whatever soundfont it’s using to play the MIDI with. I have no idea how to do that, and my MIDI files don’t sound too good right now...
I needed a quick way to preview MIDI files, since Apple pulled MIDI support from the Finder. With this application, just drag a folder full of MIDI files to the application window, and use the square brackets, [ or ], to quckly move through the tracks you dragged. Does what is promises and adds some nice bells and whistles. The company’s support is outstanding. Even when I was a bit terse with my questions, they were patient and extremely helpful. This purchase is a no brainer, especially at this price.
This app works well and has a nice clean interface. I found that it played midi files fine. One problem is that it is brutal on the energy usage. As soon as I started playing a file the fans on my MacBook can on full blast. Even when the app isn’t playing anything it was still on the top of the list of energy users on my MacBook.
Simply the best $1.99 MIDI file player in the App Store. No other app under $14.99 lets you create a MIDI playlist, trigger VST virtual inputs, and save Type 0 files as channel separated Type 1 files. Would love to see a few more features added to a Pro version in the furure: 1) When saving, remove files that were muted prior to saving. (FYI, anything else you change gets saved in the newly saved file) 2) Give users an option to save either type 1 filesor type 0 MIDI files. Currently, all files become type 1 3) Manually type in which bar to start playback from 4) Change key Great job folks!!!
Good MIDI Player
Works great with my USB MIDI interface. Thanks!
COMPLETE WASTE OF MONEY
It promises that you can drag multiple files to play in the app, but you can't see a list and it doesn't play sequentially. I WANT MY MONEY BACK, this is a complete ripoff.
Works as advertised
If you need a simple MIDI player, this is it!
Nice, basic MIDI player! List view & m3u support would be helpful.
There isn't much to say, regarding the basic funtionality- it is clean and functions as described, as in, it plays MIDI files, so no complaints in that regard. 😄 The UI is intentionally simple and straighforward, but perhaps to a fault, in one particular way—Though you can drag-and-drop a folder, or multiple files, and they will play sequentially, there is no way to see which song/file is currently playing, how many files are enqueued, or view and adjust the order in which they play, short of manually renaming all files in a folder to a sequential numbering scheme. While I love the simplicity of this application, it would be extremely helpful, while working with collections of MIDI files, if a list view would appear below the transport controls, when multiple files are loaded. Ideally a playlist file could also be loaded and saved from this view (just a text file, containing an ordered list of files, with or without an absolute path).
Not accurate
Something is wildly wrong with bank selects and program change when starting playback noted when playing old GS files that work find in MIDITrail or a minimal command line CoreMIDI player. When starting a file with a GS Reset and bank/program changes, often times they won't take effect. However if you pause and then unpause the player they will get applied.
Exactly what I needed
I needed an app to quickly play MIDI. Just drag and drop a file in, and hit play. Fast, and it works great. This is how apps should be!
EXCELLENT !
Very handy for checking tempo and time signatures of MIDI files because it launches instantly. Also handy is it showing the active tracks and the activity of each. I used to have to open a bloated editor to get this info, but now with this I can do it instantly! Thank you dev!
Perfect balance of MIDI playback features
This has become my goto app for quick playback / review of one, or many, MIDI files. Lots of essential features packed into a great looking UI!
MacOS 11.6 seems to have broken the app for virtual MIDI
Use of the app with virtual MIDI now seems broken in MacOS 11.6. The app can still play MIDI to synths on the same Mac if there is a USB MIDI interface with echo-back capability, such as the MIOxm and MIOxr, or a USB MIDI interface with output and input connected together to create a hardware-based loop-back.
Love it.
Close to the 90 synth sound. Great for any GM and GS midi files. Good color and tone.
Thank you
:)
Great but lacks Tempo Lock
Really a P.I.T.A. trying to audition midi files in the tempo of the a song you may be composing. The tempo keeps jumping to whatever is set in the midi file and can't be locked to any one tempo. So it is a constant click play to audition - set tempo to say 87 BPM - click next file - then the tempo jumps to 125 BPM - so you you have click arrow down like 35 times - then repeat this process over and over - pretty much much unusable for searching hundreds of files quickly. The MIDI outs are great for auditioning in the DAW - YAY!! - Each new MIDI file selection resets the tempo :-( BOO!! I see the REX player has a tempo lock... PLEASE CONSIDER ADDING FEATURE TO MIDIPlayerX!!!
Tempo Doesn't Work
Tempo can only be changed by arrow (why not by data input?), and it doesn't actually affect the playback at all (in Catalina here), so tempo is always at 120bpm no matter what. Otherwise a very useful app, but two stars deducted until this is fixed. Added one star back as manufacturer responded quickly and constructively... will give 5 stars as soon as we figure out how to get tempo to work here.
Didn't do what I needed
I needed a simple MIDI player for updating the firmware on a guitar pedal. I was told specifically to use a simple midi player over the players in DAWs. I could not get the firmware upgrade to work with this MIDI player. I'm a little bummed because I will likely never use this app ever again for anything, but at least it was very inexpensive. I ended up running a virtual Windows 10 machine and using MIDI-OX instead, with absolutely no issues. I did try playing a MIDI track with this app (briefly). For this purpsose, it worked great.
Huge time-saver
I have a 32-year-old Roland U-20 keyboard, and after I had the internal battery changed, the keyboard lost all of its default patch data (the display showed nonsense characters, and wouldn't play any internal instruments). The Roland company sent me a .MID file and instructions on how to set the U-20 to receive the default patches. I simply added a Roland U-20 device to MIDI Studio on the Mac, and connected the MIDI In and Out ports to an internal Mac MIDI device. MIDIPlayer X was extremely simple to use: I turned off Auto-Play and sent the data to the U-20. Problem solved, without spending weeks trying to figure out one of those complicated software sequencers.
Precisely what I needed.
I have Logic Pro X. I bought 3rd party midi files. Importing them is doable but slow and not very "user friendly". So, I bought MidiPlayer X to get a quick listen, in order to decide what to import. Works great! Very fast, simple, intuitive. Just what I needed.
Great for previewing MIDI files
Just drag-and-drop a file and start listening to it. Do the same with a whole folder and go from one file to the other with the click of a button.
Exactly what I needed
MIDIPlayer X is a great app for just playing MIDI files, which is exactly what I needed; I have other music apps that can play MIDI files, however, they also do lots of other things, so it is an overkill when I just want to enjoy my MIDI files. Also, MIDIPlayer X uses OS X/macOS's built-in synth, which is based on (or at least sounds just like) Roland's Sound Canvas; this is what I used when sequencing my MIDI songs, so MIDIPlayer X allows my MIDI songs to sound just like they do on my external Roland synth, something that GarageBand does not do so well. Great functionality at a great price!
Crashes on start
Not usable for me. Crashes on start. OSX High Sierra on 2016 MBP.
Very fast support
Had a problem with my reading expertise. I mean, when I see push on a door, I’m supposed to pull, right? However, when I emailed them that my music wouldn’t cycle to the next song, they answered right away (even on New Years Day, I might add) to keep clicking autoplay until it turns blue. They weren’t smart alecks and didn’t tell me to go back and read the instructions, dummy. For two bucks this is a great program.
It just works
Easy to use and it works great!
Works great with digital pianos
If you own a digital piano and want to turn it into a “player piano” this simple MIDI app does the trick. I own a Yamaha P-85 and while it comes with a decent collection of built-in demo songs, I’ve always wanted to add more. Well, this app accomplishes just that. Connect your Mac via USB MIDI cable and enjoy! Thanks MethodRed!
Great!
This is a terrific bit of software! Once upon a time, MIDI playback was built into Preview. For some reason, Apple decided to drop the ball. Well, MethodRed has picked it up and run with it. Glad to find a lightweight solution—much better than opening Logic every time I want to preview a .mid file.
Best $1.99 MIDI file player in the APP store
Simply the best $1.99 MIDI file player in the App Store. No other app under $14.99 lets you create a MIDI playlist, trigger VST virtual inputs, and save Type 0 files as channel separated Type 1 files. Would love to see a few more features added to a Pro version in the furure: 1) When saving, remove files that were muted prior to saving. (FYI, anything else you change gets saved in the newly saved file) 2) Give users an option to save either type 1 filesor type 0 MIDI files. Currently, all files become type 1 3) Manually type in which bar to start playback from 4) Change key Great job folks!!!
Works well but drains battery
This app works well and has a nice clean interface. I found that it played midi files fine. One problem is that it is brutal on the energy usage. As soon as I started playing a file the fans on my MacBook can on full blast. Even when the app isn’t playing anything it was still on the top of the list of energy users on my MacBook.
Fantastic company with a much needed product
I needed a quick way to preview MIDI files, since Apple pulled MIDI support from the Finder. With this application, just drag a folder full of MIDI files to the application window, and use the square brackets, [ or ], to quckly move through the tracks you dragged. Does what is promises and adds some nice bells and whistles. The company’s support is outstanding. Even when I was a bit terse with my questions, they were patient and extremely helpful. This purchase is a no brainer, especially at this price.
Small and works
Does what it says on the tin. It’s almost too basic though. I would love to see some integrated QuickLook functionality, and something to show me how to change whatever soundfont it’s using to play the MIDI with. I have no idea how to do that, and my MIDI files don’t sound too good right now...
Simple and functional
No unwanted complexity this is the application that takes a midi file and send it to a midi expander… It does this very nicely and effectively!