Midget 3.5

Midget 3.5 is a MIDI music program for Windows 9x/2000/XP.The interface of Midget is based on the kind found in "trackers" (eg: Impulse Tracker / ScreamTracker), where notes are represented on-screen by their name, octave and velocity (eg: C#4 99 specifies a C sharp note in the 4th octave, at velocity 99.)It is very different from most "common" music programs, in that music isn't edited using a score-based interface or a piano roll. Some new users may find the interface quite daunting, but once you get the hang of it, you'll be able to work quickly.I chose to use the tracker-style interface because it allows users to enter notes, and then instantly change them using the computer keyboard. If you have an external MIDI device, you can use that for recording or playback too. Certain MIDI input events can be filtered out, and you can select instruments by sending the appropriate bank and patch changes from the external device.The most common MIDI controls are supported, and you have full control over them.You can also load, save and edit instrument lists (MIDI patch mappings) and auto-detect SoundFonts on Sound Blaster AWE/Live/Audigy cards (although the support for this is somewhat buggy.)Clipboard functions are included, along with transpose and fade out functions. There is no undo function.The free version has no MIDI load/save and is limited to 50 song bars (approx. 2 minutes-worth), and there are NO "nag screens" or adverts. A version with MIDI file support and 250 bars of song is available for a very small fee. But the free version will be sufficient for newcomers and supports loading/saving of Midget 3.5 files.