[1] Press to display a file open dialogue to search for and open a MIDI file (extension “.mid” or “.kar”) or an MP3* file.

[2] Press to save the current Arrangement (with MIDI data). Press the 3-dots-button to display a file save dialogue to choose where to save and the name of the Arrangement

[3] Here you can choose the application language

[4] Information and version check 

[5] Help – press to show this file

[6] Press to toggle FullScreen and normal view mode 

[7] Press to exit the program

[8] Change Pitch: transpose the MIDI notes up/down

[9] Change Tempo = change MIDI Beats Per Minute (BPM)

[10] Use this slider to change the overall volume level

[11] Use these two buttons to switch the VOLUME slider mode between Linear and Decibel mode

[12] Loudness is a basic low level effect to slightly increase the level of sound without causing too much clipping of peaks

[13] Pan position. Use the trackbar below to change position. Press button to reset to middle (0)

[14] This arrow shows the playback position, in percent, You cannot change the position here. You can click anywhere in the midi Pianoroll [18] to jump to a position

[15] Playback transport buttons. Jump to previous file, rewind (keep CTRL down to go to beginning of song), forward 10 bars, next file, stop, pause, play current file, play all files in a list. and start MIDI input playback (”live mode”)

[16] Press to display a file open dialogue to search for a SoundFont to use as the Default. SoundFont will be added to a list

[17] Press to manage the list of SoundFonts. You can remove SoundFonts, choose the Standard GM SF2 and uninstall or reinstall SFKR files

[18] This is a “mini Pianoroll”, showing all notes in all tracks being played. A red cursor line shows the position during playback. You can jump to any position by clicking in the graph

[19] Two buttons to shift the PITCH up/down one semitone and a button to reset to no shift (similar buttons for TEMPO [9]) 

[21] Press to display the Files and Playlist page. “Files” containing a simple Explorer view and “Playlist” gives access to your own lists of MIDI files

[22] Press to display the MIDI Channels page. This page contains the MIDI channel tools and effects (“Mixer”)

[20] Press to access options

[23] Press to show the Main Effects page. Main Effects contains four common audio effects for the main route

[24] Press to show the Create audio file page. On this page you can define audio format, file name and path

[25] Press to show the page where you can find some more SoundFonts in SFKR format to purchase, download and install

[26] Press to show the page where Karaoke lyrics may be displayed (if available) (both for MIDI and MP3*)

[27] New in version 1.1.2.0: Press this button to save a new version of the current MIDI file. There are a few items you can edit in MidiSoundSynth that can be saved. See MIDI Edit.

[28] New in version 2.0.0.0: Press this button to show a Pianoroll with notes separated into the MIDI channels -OR - if the file open is an MP3* files you will see a window with some MP3 tags.


* Support for MP3 is available only to users with a software license. Users lacking a license may try this feature for 15 day.


NOTE: If you have an MP3 file open in the program, the graph in [18] will not show a "mini Pianoroll" but a graph outlining the audio data in the file, like this: