VirtualMIDISynth
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Ok, I've done the required changes... now show me your content!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 (SP3) / Vista (SP1) / 7 (SP1) / 8.x / 10 / 11 (both x86 and x64), and is based on the great BASS library from un4seen.
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 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.
One day Ian Luck (un4seen) added to his BASSMidi library a great feature: the possibility to render a live MIDI stream, including SysEx messages. I quickly realized that, if only I could intercept that MIDI stream and drive it through Ian's library, well, we would have got a great MIDI Synth.
The challenge was to create a good quality synth and keep the end user away from complicated virtual MIDI chains (ever tried vanBasco -> MIDI Yoke/LoopBe1 -> SynthFont chain ?).
User only needs a new virtual MIDI Out device, select it as output on his preferred player settings and... start playing, nothing more.
Here we are, VirtualMIDISynth is the answer: an user mode multimedia x86/x64 driver that works on Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 / 11 (both x86 and x64), implemented as a MIDI Out virtual device.
Main features
- User mode multimedia driver, no reboots, no BSOD
- Directly accessible as MIDI Out device, no need for virtual MIDI cables (like MIDI Yoke, LoopBe1)
- Supports up to 4 virtual devices, each with its own soundfont configuration (new in version 2.x)
- Virtually unlimited polyphony (limited only by available CPU power)
- MIDI mixer to set track mute/volume, accessible through systray icon
- Integrated MIDI converter to easily convert your MIDI files to WAV/MP3/FLAC
- Lightweight setup (~1.2 MBytes)
- No DLL cluttering, everything is self contained installation folder (except for MIDI device driver) (new in version 2.x)
- Clean installer, won't affect other MIDI devices
- Efficient RAM usage (allows using large SoundFonts, > 1GByte)
- Load soundFonts (up to available memory), enable/disable/chain them at your will; native 64bit version (on x64 OS) is not limited to 4GByte (new in version 2.x)
- Configure MIDI Mapper default device (this feature is already available in XP, but missing in Vista / Windows 7)
- Windows 8/10/11 users can also install CoolSoft MIDIMapper and configure it straight from VirtualMIDISynth configurator to get the well-known MIDI Mapper back to their systems
- Multilanguage dialogs.
If you want to help in translation, see here for status then get in touch to have access to the online translation system.
Take a look at the TODO list of what features you'll find in next versions or propose your ideas.
What now?
Well, having a better MIDI experience is easy as 1-2-3:
- Download VirtualMIDISynth setup following the link at the bottom of this page and install it (you need administrative privileges)
- Download a SoundFont (you'll find a list of free high quality files below), save it locally on your computer and add it to VirtualMIDISynth
- Run your favourite MIDI application and configure it to use VirtualMIDISynth (or set VirtualMIDISynth as your default MIDI Out device)
See here for help about how to set default MIDI device on Win8+. - Donate to CoolSoft ;)
oops, this step was not mandatory, anyway... thanks for doing it!
Maxime Abbey wrote a really detailed documentation on how to setup and configure VirtualMIDISynth; you can find it here.
FAQ & Troubleshooting
Why are you still playing MIDI files? Have you ever heard of MP3?
Well, first because MIDIs are cool and compact; in a few megabytes you can store thousands songs.
Second, I love Karaoke; vanBasco is one of my preferred MIDI/KAR players.
Third, with MIDI you can silent some tracks, change tempo and pitch easily.
I tried playing a MIDI file on my PC, and it sucks!
I agree, that's why I wrote VirtualMIDISynth!
MIDI only contains "instructions" on what should be played: instruments, notes, their length, power and so on. It's up to the synthesizer to generate sound from these "commands".
The bundled Windows synthesizer, "Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth", is the worst.
Which players work with VirtualMIDISynth?
VirtualMIDISynth works with Windows Mediaplayer and MPlayer classic. Since these players cannot change their MIDI out device, you must set VirtualMIDISynth as your default device.
I suggest you to try vanBasco player, which is one of the best MIDI/KAR players around.
How much does it cost?
VirtualMIDISynth is freeware, you can use it as you like.
If you use it "professionally" you're encouraged to make a donation.
Why are you releasing it for free?
Because the greatest part of MIDI synthesis is done by BASS libraries from un4seen; I only wrapped them in a Windows driver and gave them an easy to use interface.
That's great, how can I thank you?
Join to the forum and help other users, or promote it to your friends / forums / social networks.
You could also support development with a donation.
Is there a tutorial available?
Don Allen wrote a great setup tutorial freely available here.
MIDIKAR group is full of great MIDI experts and enthusiastics, please follow it.
If you're experiencing problems using VirtualMIDISynth, here's a list of common issues already solved.
Please check all of them before reporting a bug.
License
VirtualMIDISynth is freeware, use it as you like.
Donations are welcome, especially if you earn money with it (live performances, public karaoke sessions, ...).
SoundFonts
Here you'll find a list of some free and quality SoundFonts available on the net.
Please let me know if I miss something or if any link dies...
Some fonts are compressed with sfArk or sfPack.
This page contains links to decompressors: http://woolyss.com/chipmusic-soundfonts.php#compressors
You could also try this online converter: https://cloudconvert.com/sfark-to-sf2
FREE
- FluidR3_GM
compressed version (sfArk, 71MB), uncompressed version (147MB)
Still my preferred, the one I test VMS with. - Timbres Of Heaven
By Don Allen (219 MB uncompressed).
Also take a look at MIDIKAR group, where you'll find a lot of MIDI fans. - Arachno SoundFont
By Maxime Abbey (80 MB sfArk compressed).
It also have a detailed documentation on how to install it on VirtualMIDISynth. - SGM-V2.01
(about 240 MB, needs 7zip to uncompress) - SGM-X28/SGM-X48 (thanks to Shandavid)
(27MB/47MB uncompressed) - ChoriumRevA
(about 19.6 MB) - WeedsGM3
(about 26,5 MB) - SoundFont 32Mb GM Stereo Set
By NTONYX (31MB uncompressed) - CrisisGeneralMidi 3.01 (alternative link, thanks to Emu-France)
The largest I've ever seen (about 1,57 GB uncompressed).
Use the menu at the top of page to find download link.
NOTE: as of January 2018 the original link is unavailable, an alternative link is available here, thanks to Emu-France. - TimGM6mb (SourceForge download link)
By Tim Brechbill (about 4MB) - Merlin Vienna Soundfont
(about 16MB, sfArk compressed) - GeneralUser GS
By Christian Collins (about 27MB) - UHD Soundfont
(about 50MB, needs 7zip to uncompress)
NOTE: original website is not available anymore, the download link is provided by xproot (and this is a mirror from Internet Archive) - FatBoy
SoundFont for classic video game MIDI, emulation, and general usage.
(about 220MB, needs 7zip to uncompress)
NOTE: original website is not available anymore, the download link is provided by xproot (and this is a mirror from Internet Archive) - GMLiveSF2 GM, GoldMidiSF2 SC-88 Drums, OrchestralSF2 GM, Sax compilation
Free Soundfonts from GoldMidiSF2.com - GM DLS Remastered Soundfont
Free soundfont by Michael69.
A soundfont that have the same samples of GS Wavetable Synth (gm.dls) but in high quality.
(67 MB) - ColomboGMGS2 Soundfont
Free soundfont by Duwindu Tharinda Perera
SF2 download (about 215MB)
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDAQ7p7vm8ylmW5xYo629eQ - Giant Soundfont (about 50MB download)
By ex-driver
MIXED LICENSING
- Good list of soundfonts, suggested one is 084.0mg ALL In ONE GM V1.1 Bank.sf2
(sorry, I can't read Japanese so I can't categorize its licensing) - General MIDI SoundFonts for the Sound Blaster Family starting with the AWE32
(collection on archive.org by Joe-P)
DONATION / COMMERCIAL
- Princess Soft SF2 (by Giovannino Imperi)
https://princesssoftsf2.com
NOTE: Soundfont author will devolve part of his donations to VirtualMIDISynth project.
If you like this SF2, please let him him know you're a VirtualMIDISynth user. - GMLiveSF2-24bit
https://www.goldmidisf2.com/gmlivesf2-24bit/
By GoldMIDISF2, with 24 bit sample quality (about 200 MB) - GoldMidiSF2 GM (by GoldMidiSF2)
http://www.goldmidisf2.com/goldmidisf2-gm-soundfonts
GoldMidiSF2 Mega GM/GS (by GoldMidiSF2)
http://www.goldmidisf2.com/goldmidisf2-mega-gmgs
MegaPro Studio
http://www.goldmidisf2.com/megapro-studio-soundfonts
NOTE: Both these soundfonts are tested and work well with VirtualMIDISynth.
References
Links to programs using/suggesting VirtualMIDISynth and sites that talk about us:
- Setup tutorial (english by Don Allen, the author of Timbres Of Heaven soundfont)
http://midkar.com/soundfonts/coolsoft.html - Setup tutorial (italian by Giovanni Pioggine - ChimeraRevo)
https://www.chimerarevo.com/windows/cambiare-soundfont-windows-7-8-8-1-1... - Usage tutorial - (italian - Il blog del Salmo 69 blog)
https://www.salmo69.com/2011/10/usare-soundfonts-con-karaoke-e-basi.html - JJazzLab - Free backing track application.
https://www.jjazzlab.com - Synthesia - Musig game
https://www.synthesiagame.com - Musink - Free music-composition software
https://www.musink.net - Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard - opensource and multiplatform MIDI keyboard
https://vmpk.sourceforge.io - Drumstick Multiplatform MIDI File Player (dmidiplayer)
Open source and multiplatform MIDI and Karaoke player (by Pedro López-Cabanillas)
https://dmidiplayer.sourceforge.io/
Translations
Latest stable version includes these languages: English, Italian, French, Spanish, German, Greek, Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Japanese, Polish, Finnish, Danish, Indonesian, Czech, Dutch, Hungarian, Chinese (simplified), Chinese Traditional (Taiwan), Thai, Turkish, Korean, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Corsican, Norwegian and Swedish.
You're welcome to help in translation!
VirtualMIDISynth has an on-line translation system that's really easy to use: see here for current language status then get in touch; you'll be given access to the language you'd like to translate and can start your work.
v.2.13.8 - 2023-12-03
fix | Updated translations. |
v.2.13.7 - 2023-03-30
fix | Updated translations. |
v.2.13.6 - 2023-03-19
new | A more detailed error message, including device name, is now shown if a configured output device is missing at start. |
v.2.13.5 - 2023-01-09
fix | Fixed MIDI rendering delays when receiving a quick MIDI notes sequence just after device opening, with additional buffer greater than 250ms. |
v.2.13.4 - 2022-12-10
fix | Updated to BASS 2.4.17.0, BASSMIDI 2.4.14.1, BASSENC 2.4.16.1. |
fix | Extended details of errors when loading SFZ soundfont. |
v.2.13.3 - 2022-11-30
fix | Fixed output device initialization when resuming from sleep/hibernate. |
v.2.13.2 - 2022-09-08
fix | Disabled BASS_MIDI_ASYNC flag in MIDIConverter to avoid volume issues. |
v.2.13.1 - 2022-09-04
fix | Updated translations. |
v.2.13.0 - 2022-08-06
new | Added support to asynchronous MIDI events processing (BASS option BASS_MIDI_ASYNC) to improve MIDI rendering timing precision. |
v.2.12.8 - 2022-05-29
fix | Updated translations. |
v.2.12.7 - 2022-05-11
fix | Updated to BASS 2.4.16.7, BASSMIDI 2.4.14.1, BASSENC 2.4.16.1. |
v.2.12.6 - 2022-04-25
fix | Updated BASSMIDI library to version 2.4.13.42. |
v.2.12.5 - 2022-03-06
fix | Updated translations. |
v.2.12.4 - 2022-01-13
fix | Fixed crash when more than one MIDI Mixer is open. |
fix | Updated translations. |
v.2.12.3 - 2021-12-15
new | Added Norwegian and Swedish languages (thanks to Ole Aarsand for both). |
v.2.12.2 - 2021-10-23
fix | Fixed embedded manifest causing errors on some Win7 installations (both x86 and x64). |
fix | Updated translations. |
v.2.12.1 - 2021-10-03
fix | Fixed crash at startup on Win7. |
fix | Configurator dialog could not appear if its position is missing or wrong in configuration file. |
v.2.12.0 - 2021-10-01
NEW | High-DPI rendering enabled for all windows. |
NEW | Switched to vectorial drawing (icons/bitmap) to get a resolution-independent high quality rendering. |
NEW | MIDI Mixer can now be zoomed to 125-150-200% to ease its usage on HiDPI displays. |
NEW | Signed binaries to allow users trust CoolSoft self-signed certificate and reduce antivirus false-positives (see here for further info). |
FIX | Reset button in options page gets a wrong position when window is resized. |
FIX | Removed flickering when resizing/moving the options tab. |
v.2.11.2 - 2021-05-14
FIX | Updated BASSMIDI to version 2.4.13.16 to fix vibrato issues (see here and here for details). |
v.2.11.1 - 2021-03-24
NEW | Added Corsican language, updated other translations. |
v.2.11.0 - 2021-01-17
NEW | New MIDI Converter feature to generate multiple output files, one for each MIDI channel. |
FIX | Improved MIDI Converter speed, now up to 3x faster. |
FIX | Fixed crash closing VMS with systray context menu when MIDIConverter is open. |
v.2.10.2 - 2020-12-14
NEW | Updated BASSMIDI library to 2.4.13. |
NEW | Soundfonts import files (*.vmssf) can now contain relative filenames (based on .vmssf file path). This allows user to manually create "portable" soundfont configurations. NOTE: filenames will always be absolute on export. |
v.2.10.1 - 2020-09-07
FIX | Soundfonts webpage is not opened (if required) at the end of setup. |
v.2.10.0 - 2020-08-30
NEW | Removed Windows XP and Vista support. VMS now requires Windows 7 SP1 or newer OS. |
NEW | VirtualMIDISynth is now listed as an audio device in Windows Device Manager. |
NEW | Installed files size is now shown in "Estimated size" field of Windows Apps & Features app. |
NEW | CoolSoft MIDIMaper 2.0.0 (x64) is now supported. |
FIX | Fixed a bug (started in Windows 10-2004) that "removes" device at each reboot. |
FIX | Uninstaller now won't blindly remove the whole installation folder (avoid damages to users installing VMS in "unusual" folders). |
v.2.9.3 - 2020-07-18
FIX | KeyChange can't be changed in MIDIConverter source list. |
v.2.9.2 - 2020-07-08
NEW | Soundfonts list supports multiple selection. |
FIX | Extended SF valid bank offset to -127...+255 when in offset mode (see https://coolsoft.altervista.org/forum/post/4722#post4722 for details) |
v.2.9.1 - 2020-04-25
NEW | Updated BASS to version 2.4.15. |
FIX | Fixed GDI and memory leaks. |
v.2.9.0 - 2020-04-19
NEW | New MIDI Converter feature to allow output folder selection. |
NEW | Added Key change feature to MIDI Converter. |
NEW | Replaced MIDI Converter files ListBox with a ListView. |
NEW | MIDI Converter files list is now preserved when conversion ends. |
NEW | MIDI Controller window can now be maximized. |
NEW | MIDI Converter files list can now be imported/exported to a file. |
NEW | Added watermark to Soundfont list and MIDI Converter files list to remember user that files could also be dropped from Windows Explorer. |
NEW | Updated BASS libraries: BASS 2.4.15. |
FIX | Soundfont list import wrongly append its content to existing list. |
FIX | When importing a soundfont list, its content is applied immediately instead of after Apply button press. |
NEW | Added tooltips to Soundfonts and MIDI Converter list buttons. |
FIX | Changed color of Soundfont LEDs to make them colorblind friendly. |
FIX | Setup doesn't show "Close process" option for some processes in "Locking processes" dialog. |
v.2.8.0 - 2019-10-29
NEW | MIDI converter feature to skip initial silence. |
NEW | Generated MP3 and FLAC files now include default tags (Title and Comment). |
NEW | Updated BASS libraries: BASS 2.4.14, BASSMIDI 2.4.12.1, BASSENC 2.4.14. |
NEW | Added new hi-res icon (256px) to VirtualMIDISynth executable. |
NEW | Configurator dialog is now compliant with Windows "high contrast" themes. |
NEW | Updated translations (Chinese simplified, Chinese Taiwan, Danish, Deutsch, Greek, Finnish, French, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Thai). |
FIX | Added missing Open/SaveDialog titles and translated file filters. |
FIX | MIDI converter now sends 24bit floating point data to MP3 encoder (lame.exe) like it already does with FLAC (flac.exe). |
FIX | Silent crash if opening Configurator dialog (with About tab selected) while playing. |
FIX | Soundfonts configuration was applied instantly to new MIDI clients (but not stored to config) even if not confirmed with configurator dialog Apply/Ok buttons. |
v.2.7.3 - 2019-08-10
FIX | Clear "Update" INI section when a new version is installed to ensure restart suspended checking. |
v.2.7.2 - 2019-07-23
NEW | Updated translations (Czech, Danish, Deutsch, Magyar, Japanese, Dutch, Russian, Turkish, Indonesian, Ukrainian, Simplified Chinese). |
v.2.7.1 - 2019-06-19
FIX | VirtualMIDISynth dialogs (configurator, Mixer and MIDI Converter) now work and snap correctly on High-DPI screens. |
FIX | Unneeded error message is shown when installing/upgrading on Windows 7 on certain conditions. |
FIX | MIDIMapper and ActiveMovie default devices were set to default during upgrade. |
v.2.7.0 - 2019-06-07
NEW | Added driver check/installation/repair features to synth. VirtualMIDISynth now checks at startup if driver is correctly installed and configured; if not, it allows the user to fix it without reinstalling. |
v.2.6.0 - 2019-02-18
NEW | Added support for MIDI Active Sense message (0xFE), used by external MIDI hardware like keyboards and sequencers to detect MIDI connection issues (cable disconnected, broken connectors, unexpected power loss, ...). |
FIX | Reverb and chorus values were not correctly initialized, causing a "flat sound". |
FIX | Reverb and chorus max value now works also in GM/GM2 MIDI mode. |
FIX | MIDI Mixer activity LED does not reset when a client is forcibly closed by IPC watchdog. |
FIX | Optimized IPC queue efficiency to avoid playing notes to remain stuck in case of queue overflow (expecially for Black MIDIs). |
v.2.5.4 - 2018-09-17
FIX | VirtualMIDISynth systray icon is not restored after explorer.exe restart. |
v.2.5.3 - 2018-09-03
NEW | Added Portuguese-Brasil translation (thanks to senpi0). |
FIX | Updated Turkish, Polish and Vietnamese translations. |
v.2.5.2 - 2018-08-05
FIX | Improved BASS_MIDI_FONT_XGDRUMS algorithm detection. |
FIX | Fixed autostart registry setting. |
NEW | Added Serbian latin translation, updated Ucrainian, Thai and Chinese simplified. |
v.2.5.1 - 2018-07-12
NEW | MIDI Mixer volume level indicator now shows both left and right levels. |
FIX | Improved volume level running average algorithm to better detect peaks. |
NEW | False positive peaks shown by volume level indicator when opening/closing MIDI clients. |
v.2.5.0 - 2018-06-26
NEW | Added MIDI Mixer to MIDI Converter. |
NEW | Added channel "solo" feature to MIDI Mixer. It can be enabled/disabled by clicking on the new "solo" button or by pressing the S key (while the channel is selected). Solo ratio can be configured with Mixer context menu. |
NEW | MIDI Converter window can now be snapped to others. |
NEW | Mixer button in MIDI Converter shows (*) when Mixer is not in default state. |
NEW | Added new "clone" feature to MIDI Mixer that lets user clone Mixer state from another mixer. |
NEW | Added new "settings" icon to MIDI Mixer to ease opening its contextual menu. |
NEW | Added peak indicator to MIDI Mixer master channel. |
NEW | Added icons to systray context menu, MIDI Mixer context menu and MIDI Converter window. |
NEW | New soundfont option that let VMS use bank 127 as drumkit in XG mode, instead of the default 128. |
FIX | Mouse pointer goes out of dialog title when undocking or unmaximizing a window by dragging it with mouse (Aero docking/undocking feature). |
FIX | Fixed options tab layout errors when maximizing/unmaximizing the configuration window. |
FIX | Entering numeric values with keyboard in soundfont editor fields is difficult because cursor position changes after each key press. |
FIX | Added forced Mixer repaint when a new MidiDeviceInstance is created to avoid Mixer still show old program names. |
FIX | Soundfont configuration import dialog allows user to select an unexisting .vmssf file, leading to current SF configuration being cleared. |
FIX | Soundfont configuration tab buttons do not update their state after import. |
FIX | Clicking to enable/disable a partially visible SoundFont item at the bottom/top of soundfonts list cause the previous/next item to be enabled/disabled. |
FIX | Fixed wrong interpretation of NOTE_OFF MIDI events, leading to MIDI Mixer channel LEDs (except for channel 1) stay ON forever. |
FIX | Fixed setup procedure not creating registry keys on x86 systems (2.4.0 regression). |
FIX | Wrong watchdog initialization caused disconnection of MIDI clients that open the device and do not immediately send another message. |
FIX | Exported MIDI Mixer state file can't be imported on another device mixer (with a different #id). |
v.2.4.1 - 2018-06-04
FIX | Fixed setup procedure not creating registry keys on x86 systems (2.4.0 regression). |
v.2.4.0 - 2018-05-02
NEW | Each VirtualMIDISynth MIDI device can now be assigned to a different analog output device. |
NEW | New output device selector that shows each VMS device together with its assigned output device. |
NEW | Updated setup procedure to improve compatibility with newer Windows 10 versions. |
FIX | Fixed driver crash when client process tries to open the same DeviceID more than once. |
FIX | Close any device left open by broken clients that do not send the expected MODM_CLOSE messages. |
FIX | Fixed bug in setup procedure causing unneeded reboot request. |
v.2.3.2 - 2018-03-20
FIX | Fixed bug in setup procedure that leads to unneeded reboot request |
v.2.3.1 - 2018-03-16
NEW | Improved MIDI converter efficiency and let it use Reverb/Chorus settings |
NEW | Extended error messages in case of failure of x86 MIDI devices enumeration |
FIX | Fixed bug in watchdog that caused paused MIDI clients to disappear when another client is disconnected |
FIX | If a loaded soundfont is removed from soundfonts list, its handle is not released and the SF2 file is kept in use |
FIX | Optimized Reverb/Chorus SysEx management |
v.2.3.0 - 2018-01-16
NEW | If <default> output device is selected and Windows default output device is changed while playing, VMS will automatically switch to the new default device (@Falcosoft: thanks for your suggestion). |
NEW | Updated BASS.dll to version 2.4.13.2. |
FIX | Window snapping now works correctly with Windows 10 trasparent borders. |
FIX | Fixed a memory leak in device opening/closing. |
FIX | Optimized memory allocation and usage. |
FIX | Watchdog thread sometimes got stuck in a dead-lock instead of being terminated. |
v.2.2.1 - 2017-12-24
NEW | New configuration option to enable/disable windows snap. |
FIX | Improved window snap on Vista+, now excluding no-title, minimized, maximized, system and overlapped target windows. |
FIX | Fixed possible deadlock on IPC watchdog when quickly and repeatedly opening/closing devices. |
FIX | Fixed crash when showing balloons longer than 256 chars. |
v.2.2.0 - 2017-11-27
NEW | MIDI converter support to batch conversion of multiple files at once. |
NEW | User can now pass custom parameters to external encoder (actually MP3/FLAC formats are supported). |
FIX | MIDI converter doesn't use configured Reverb and Chorus settings. |
FIX | It's now possible to add the same soundfont multiple times, with different preset/bank settings. |
FIX | Minimum accepted bank value changed to -128 (with preset = -1). |
v.2.1.0 - 2017-10-31
NEW | Virtual MIDI devices can now be shared between process and opened multiple times. Each client will see each of them as it was the only one. |
NEW | Better soundfont Preset/Bank management (@Falcosoft: thanks for your help). |
NEW | Updated BASSMIDI.dll to version 2.4.11.0. |
NEW | Added Greek, Thai and Vietnamese translations. |
FIX | Increased watchdog timeout to avoid disconnection of long startup clients. |
FIX | Fixed update checker that won't stop notifying users when an update has been found before setting check frequency to "Never". |
FIX | Uninstaller now restores the default device both for MIDIMapper and Active Movie. |
FIX | Missing vertical scrollbar in Soundfont list at first config dialog open. |
v.2.0.1 - 2017-04-23
NEW | Added Korean and Ukrainian translations. |
NEW | Added analog audio devices list to debug report. |
FIX | MIDI Mixer context menu is now shown both when right clicking on title bar and pressing the Application key. |
FIX | Fixed vertical scrollbar in options tab becoming transparent on Win10, making it unaccessible. |
FIX | Reverb and chorus override is not applied live to active devices. |
FIX | Some MIDI messages (0xF6, 0xF8, 0xFA, 0xFB, 0xFC, 0xFE, 0xFF) could not be processed correctly. |
FIX | Fixed wrong "Bank MSB/LSB" handling (control change 0 and 32). |
FIX | Post-setup custom dialog is disabled on Win8+ due to undefined variable. |
v.2.0.0 - 2017-03-22
NEW | Multiple virtual devices supported (up to 4), each one with its soundfont configuration. |
NEW | No more DLL conflicts, driver component (loaded by MIDI client) is now lightweight and independent from the synth component. |
NEW | MIDI Mixer can now stay open when play stops. |
NEW | MIDI Mixer can now be kept on top of other windows. |
NEW | Instant play start (if synth is already started), no more soundfont load delay. |
NEW | Integrated MIDI --> WAV/MP3/FLAC converter to easily perform MIDI file conversion. |
NEW | Soundfont configuration editor to set bank, preset and volume. It also shows soundfont details like contained presets. |
NEW | Native 64bit for 64bit operating systems; now all the available system memory can be used to load soundfonts. |
NEW | Integration with CoolSoft MIDIMapper. |
NEW | Customizable MIDI client blacklist to exclude misbehaving clients. |
NEW | Redesigned (and resizable) configuration dialog. |
NEW | Configuration report feature, to ease bug reporting. |
NEW | Version 2.x introduces some other architectural changes, see here for further technical details about them (respect to 1.x series). |
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Some antiviruses are reporting CoolSoft VirtualMIDISynth (and also CoolSoft MIDIMapper) as infected.
These are false positives, maybe due to the fact that both softwares install some components in "sensitive" system folders like C:\Windows\System32.
To be crystal clear with my users, I always publish a VirusTotal scan report link next to each download, even if it contains those false positives.
There's no way for me to demonstrate I'm right; submitting my files to each AV vendor is simply unfeasible (see here for further details).
UPDATE: starting from version 2.12.0, VirtualMIDISynth binaries are digitally signed with CoolSoft self-signed certificate; see here for details.
CoolSoft_VirtualMIDISynth_2.13.8.exe | |||
Descrizione | Latest version (Windows 7 / 8.x / 10 / 11) | ||
Release date | 2023-Dic-03 | Dimensione | 1,735,400 bytes |
MD5 | 36bed3d0fa7c62c6bad879ea621c580b | ||
SHA1 | eebf4bdac7e22cb66e003735da2b1fa0909853fb | ||
SHA256 | 35c24e133f91af0d79b6a7b66b41e5f98f8d3c2102cc6d4e1250b5479ae22a49 | ||
TIMESTAMP | 1701614076 | ||
Open virus check report |
CoolSoft_VirtualMIDISynth_2.13.5.exe | |||
Descrizione | Previous version (Windows 7 / 8.x / 10 / 11) | ||
Release date | 2023-Gen-09 | Dimensione | 1,721,312 bytes |
MD5 | 45b5aa72e6de449b1bf9dfc1bcab6e52 | ||
SHA1 | c8bd8c41d7a9d3544c32e2e31262ca1dc5798b8c | ||
SHA256 | 3de2fda77018963a7cce1199e7a32c312fe904cf005315155288e9063df06d71 | ||
TIMESTAMP | 1673300264 | ||
Open virus check report |
CoolSoft_VirtualMIDISynth_2.9.3.exe | |||
Descrizione | Latest version with Windows XP/Vista support | ||
Release date | 2020-Lug-18 | Dimensione | 1,542,582 bytes |
MD5 | 480ecac45141708cb6cf6fde3a20f692 | ||
SHA1 | 8750be51d8185ecddcbe6bc597ae66dc59247db5 | ||
SHA256 | a94736eebc4e78ef9f41447105a74030ddfd05ecc4cafd860137316bc8eb5622 | ||
Open virus check report |
Beta versions
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BEWARE: beta versions are only for the braves! Feel free to experience issues and help in testing their fixes ;)
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