CoolSoft VirtualMIDISynth
VirtualMIDISynth is a software MIDI synthesizer implemented as a Windows multimedia user driver, accessible as a standard MIDI Out device.
It works on Windows®
XP / Vista / 7 (SP1) / 8.x / 10 (both x86 and x64), and it's based on the great
BASS library from un4seen.
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Introduction
Playing a MIDI (o karaoke) file on Windows has always been a poor-quality experience, because the well known bundled "
Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth" synth is just... ehm... simple: poor samples, mono sound, no effects (reverb, chorus) support.
Software synts deeply improve quality, but sometimes they're difficult to install or limited to specific uses, like the ones integrated in some DAWs or karaoke players.
Till Windows® XP some virtual devices alternatives existed on 32bits systems, like the well-known
YAMAHA XG SoftSynthetizer S-YXG50 and
Cakewalk-sfz+ (both unsupported now).
Nowadays, on x64 systems, we're out of luck: none of them works anymore.
Here we are,
VirtualMIDISynth is the answer: an user mode multimedia x86/x64 driver that works on
Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 (both x86 and x64), implemented as a MIDI Out virtual device.
License
VirtualMIDISynth is freeware, copyrighted by Claudio Nicora.
It can freely used both for personal and for commercial use, but donations are welcome, especially if you earn money with it (live performances, public karaoke sessions, ...).
Some of VirtualMIDISynth icons come from
nuoveXT-2.2 Icons package (LGPL license).
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