What is the best ( or one of the best ) MIDI editing software ?

[Tomthetom]

Ladies and Gentlemens,
I need an MIDI editing software,may it be the one you use alot, or one that has special functionalities.
please forgive spelling and/or grammar errors.
Have a good day.

[Watermelon]

I actually use Guitar Pro for mine because I usually write a guitar melody and then might send it to the piano. I also have been able to plug in my electronic piano and send data to GP. The only problem is it costs money. The free alternative is PowerTab I think.

These are mainly for guitarists only though, but I think they support midi format... or at least GP does.

There are probably better editors out there though.

[one_Two]

To edit midi's I use fruity loops, but allot of music software has a midi editor built in. This list has all the main ones, you should find something - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_MI ... sequencers

[Combinebobnt]

For free editors, TuxGuitar

[Mr. Repo]

Alrighty time to give my two cents here.

If you're serious about MIDI and want all the effects and perks that you can get, do NOT use a program like GuitarPro or TuxGuitar. Yes, they're great... if you play guitar and want to transcribe or notate something, but they're awful for pure MIDI. Exported MIDIS will NOT sound as good as they would in the said programs for the most part (at least in my experience). Aside from all of that, you're also limited to measures and the sound of everything usually relies upon how well you know where each pitch on a guitar's fretboard lays. Plus you can't even apply CC effects which is half the fun of editing MIDIs!

With that said, there are really two options here for full on MIDI editing capabilities. One_Two mentioned Fruity Loops and that is probably one of the most user friendly programs out there, but it unfortunately costs money. Granted it's fairly cheap, but it ain't free. You could try the demo of Fruity Loops and determine if you want to get it from there or you could try this free program that's extremely similar to it. Granted, it isn't EXACTLY like Fruity Loops and a bit clunky compared to it, but it does the same basic things. It is called Linux MultiMedia Studio and don't let the title fool you because there are ports for Windows 32/64 on their download page. You could also try Reason out, but it's not free and the learning curve is pretty steep. Aside from this it's an extremely powerful MIDI editing suite if you really get into this stuff.

The second option is to use more of a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) approach. The advantage to a DAW like MIDI editor is most of these high end programs (Cubase, Logic, Sonar, Cakewalk ect...) for the most part use almost the EXACT same interface that hasn't really been changed in about 15 years. The only downside to this is that these types of editors aren't exactly made for pure MIDI and are more catered towards folks who want to record and mix live audio on top of resampled MIDI. Granted, Fruity Loops does this too, but this is what DAW programs are specifically designed for. Personally I prefer these to edit and create MIDIs in, but that's only because I've been using them (more specifically Cubase) since 2003 and have grown accustom to their layout and how they work. Again most of these editing programs cost big big money so you could go down that route to try them out or give the free generic equivalent a whirl. This program Rosegarden has the exact same layouts and believe it or not is a bit more indepth for editing MIDIs than the high end DAW programs mainly because it's a pure MIDI sequencer only. Definitely a pretty cool piece of software.

Hope this helps!

[Llewellyn]

Linux MultiMedia Studio
...it's an extremely powerful MIDI editing suite if you really get into this stuff.

Err it can't export MIDI?

[Mr. Repo]

Ah shoot it doesn't look like you can unless you have a plug in. You'd think that would be a standard function. Guess it shows how much I've used it!

Oh well, I still stand by Rosegarden being a winner. That one I have used and it's definitely gotten the job done.

[one_Two]

Ah shoot it doesn't look like you can unless you have a plug in. You'd think that would be a standard function. Guess it shows how much I've used it!

Oh well, I still stand by Rosegarden being a winner. That one I have used and it's definitely gotten the job done.

I agree with you on Rosegarden, a brilliant piece of free software, I thought it was just linux though.

[Tomthetom]

Gentlemens,
Thanks for all your anwsers, I might Download one of those softwares in the close future.
have a good day.

[Dark-Assassin]

OpenMPT (Open Mod Plug Tracker) is also able to create MIDI files, not just the newer tracker files.
http://openmpt.org/download

[Laggy Blazko]

What about Anvil Studio?
http://www.anvilstudio.com/