MIDI Avenue

Welcome!

Thanks for visiting. This page is primarily for sharing MIDI files and general information on the associated modules, software and standards.

I may also add misc retro gaming content from time to time.

Use the navigation menu on the left !

In the spirit of the 90's - this page is always under construction ;)

New Things

Misc small tweaks

To-do List

Sort my massive MIDI collection and upload them (this is why the MIDI, GS pages are so barren)

Expand the Playback page further

Light Reading

History of PC Game MIDI

Recommended MIDI Player(s)

Windows (modern)

tmidi

Falcosoft MIDI Player

Windows (9x/2000/XP)

XGPlayer (included w/ Yamaha S-YXG)

vanBasco's Karaoke Player

MacOS 9

Qmidi

Please note you may need to install FreeMidi/OMS for playback to work with certain sound modules
(I had to do this in order to install the Roland 8820 USB drivers)

Linux

Rosegarden

Recommended Software Synths

If you don't have access to a hardware sound module/tone generator, another option is a software synth.

Yamaha S-YXG is abandonware:

Yamaha S-YXG50 (Win9x/2000) [Serial: G5AP77777013]
Yamaha S-YXG100 (Win9x/2000) [cracked, no serial needed]

By default, this software installs the 2MB wavetable files but you can make the driver load the 4MB wavetable files:

Extract sxgbin41.tbl & sxgwave4.tbl from the 1403848.cab file included in the zip
Copy these to the \windows\system\ folder
Then edit \windows\sxgma.ini - add the "waveset=1" line below the [setup] section and save changes
Now restart your Win9x/2000 system and play a MIDI file in any MIDI Player (try the included XGPlayer)

If you want to go back to the 2MB wavetable, modify to "waveset=0" and reboot for the change to take effect.

Yamaha S-YXG50 (Windows XP) [Serial: G5AP77777013]
Yamaha UW500 Software Disc (Includes a version of S-YXG50; uploaded by me)
Yamaha S-YXG Collection Additional versions hosted on archive.org (I have not tested these so use at your own risk)
Yamaha S-YXG50 VSTi (Updated portable version with 4MB wavetable embedded; for modern Windows Vista/7/8/10/11)
Virtual Sound Canvas (v3) A great software synth from Roland (Win9x/2000/XP)

Supplemental Software

Things you may find useful...

CoolSoft MIDIMapper
- Allows you to map/configure MIDI devices in modern Windows.
XG MIDPLUG
- Embed and play XG MIDI files in html pages, for Win9x/MacOS 9 only!
Rightmark Audio Analyzer 5.5
- Intended for testing the quality of analog and digital sound sections of any audio equipment, be it a sound card, portable audio player, consumer CD/DVD player, or a speaker system.

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Last updated: 2024/04/17

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