Hi, I need a good and perferably free midi editor.
Now, I'm useing the term editor in that way wav editors work. When I google it all it comes up with is midi converters. Thats not what I need.

I need cut and paste functions, fade in and fade out functions also.

Any ideas?

Oh btw- every one I DL'd from google set off my anti-virus (#@#%^$#

Thanks

If I recall, Cakewalk was a midi editor and creator. I have an old version. I use it with my midi piano. I don't know if they still make it. You could try eBay.

There's an old, old one (which I bought and still use) called Evolution MIDI.  It was available as a coverdisk some years ago, on Electronic Music and Recording World.  I don't know if it's available anywhere as a free download, though.

Thanks guys- I'll google em :)

How about going to  http://www.download.com/   

Type in midi editor in the search area and it pulls up a bunch of editing programs.

Cakewalk isn't (or wasn't) free, though. I got the original Dos version, upgraded it once or twice, and never really figured it out...;) I think the current version is called Sonar. Me brudder uses it religiously, but he's a professional musician (in the sense he makes his living that way...;)

Try Sourceforge, downloads dot com, or even nonags, or throw in the terem 'open source', and you should have more programs than you can shake a stick at. Saying that, there's probably so many that you might want to be a little discriminating as to what you download. Some are good, some aren't worth the download time, but you can say that about any free type of program out there...;)

Found a free one here http://www.geocities.com/ap_sugunan/editor.html

Go to www.copernic.com and download the free search engine. It searches multiple search engines including google. I typed in "midi editor" and got some hits. Don't know if they are any good, but if they are free you can try them.

@drifterlee, thanks for locating Swiftlet.  I'd also been looking for a free simple
no-bells-&-whistles Midi editor,  mainly to shorten files or remove tracks.   Looks 
like Swiftlet will do that job!

I used to use Anvil Studio, which is free.

http://www.anvilstudio.com/

Didn't a couple of older ones go free/open source not too long ago (maybe Anvil Studio, but it was something else maybe - Cubase? Nah. Can't remember.  Cakewalk is not free, as mentioned.  I use to use it all of the time.  Try a guitar with a Roland MIDI pickup and the Roland MIDI guitar synth hooked up - wowpers!  Great for transcription - even if limited on bends and dives and such.  Guitar Heroes, Guitar Zeros - with their five button guitars.  Gimme a guitar game where you actually have to learn the chords and licks - and I lick your chords off of the floor. :P

If you want a traditional score editor, I'd suggest Finale Notepad. Yo need to register to download it, but registration and the program itself are free. The newest version now reads and exports MIDI files - a really useful addition. If you want a recorder and mixer, you could try Reaper. It's non-expiring shareware and is very good.

I use both; I compose in Finale then import the MIDIs to do the instrumentation and mixing in Reaper.

Finale Notepad - http://www.finalemusic.com/notepad/
Reaper - http://reaper.fm/

wow- Thanks all. :D

I'm kinda suprised so many ppl around here create with midi.

Might be a good forum addition and a gallery catagory :)

Kuroyume,
Have you ever tried the POD's?
They are unreal for direct recording, a little sample from some misguided 3d modeler
www.darkedgedesign.com/KeepOnGoing.mp3

You mean of the Line 6 variety?  No.  I do have a Line 6 Flextone III (with the 2x12" Celestion speakers) and a Shortboard.  Don't do much recording these days - mainly just playing.

Glad you can use Swiflet! I still use my old Cakewalk on an older Dell that has a midi port to hook up my keyboard. It has an old Soundblaster with midi. Now I am inspired again. Haven't done anything in some time.

Not strictly a Midi editor but a full-fledged DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) is FL Studio:

http://www.flstudio.com/index.html

It's not free either, but a really good deal. I use it all the time.

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