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What can you do with a MIDI file?

Fifteen practical uses. The list is not exhaustive.

Play and accompany

On stage, in rehearsal, or at home.

1

Play on your instrument

Any brand supporting the GM, GS, XG or GM2 standards. The format suits every style and every level, with no technical constraint.

2

Build your own accompaniment

Become your own orchestra. Rather than hunting for the perfect backing track, compose it.

3

Prepare your live shows

Solo or with a band, the sequence adapts to every performance format.

4

Put together a medley

Chain several titles into one continuous sequence. Useful for DJs, hosts and content creators.

Edit and transform

What a recording will never allow.

5

Transpose

Move the piece to any key, instantly and without loss.

6

Change the tempo

Slow down to learn, speed up to energise. The pitch does not move.

7

Edit note by note

Every element can be reworked on its own, until it is exactly what you want.

8

View and edit chords

Display the chord grid and correct it directly.

9

Drive each instrument

Isolate, mute or bring forward any track — for rehearsal as much as for performance.

10

Create arranger styles

Build your own arranger keyboard styles and shape a signature sound.

Produce and publish

From the studio to the classroom.

11

Engrave a score

Turn the sequence into a professional score, ready to export and print.

12

Produce a karaoke or teaching video

Teaching material or personalised karaoke — for teachers, vocal coaches and social media.

13

Take it to the studio

Carry the sequence in to convert, record, mix and assign high-end instruments and processing to each track.

14

Synchronise lights and visuals

MIDI also drives lighting rigs and video systems, locked to the music.

Document your work

A detailed log of your compositions.

15

Keep a precise record of your creations

Far more than a score or a recording, the MIDI file logs the exact pitch of every note, its duration, its velocity, tempo changes, modulations, effects and controls. A fine-grained record of your work, kept in a light and durable format, recognised as an international standard since 1983.

⚠️ An honest word about protecting your work. A MIDI file documents your composition in great detail, but its metadata — date, author, edits — can be changed easily: on its own it is not proof of precedence. To genuinely protect a creation, use a timestamped deposit with a recognised body (collecting society, patent office, sealed envelope, notary).

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