Midget 3.5 Information
This is basically an improved version of Midget 3.0. Several problems have been resolved and the interface has been tidied up. There are also a few new features.
System Requirements
| Required: | Recommended: | |
|---|---|---|
| Processor: | 166 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Memory: | 16 MB | 64 MB |
| Disk Space: | 2 MB | 5 MB |
| MIDI/Sound card: | Any with MIDI | Yamaha XG or SB Live! |
| Graphics: | 800x600 (16 colours) | 1024x768 (256 colours) |
| Mouse? | Yes | Yes |
| Operating System | Windows 95 | Windows ME/2000/XP |
NOTE: Midget 3.51 is incompatible with the default Microsoft GS Synth device. If you try using Midget with this, it will crash. You can fix this by downloading the Midget 3.52 beta.
Highlights
Supported Devices
- General MIDI-compatible equipment
- Yamaha XG equipment
- Sound Blaster Live! (with SoundFonts)
- External MIDI input devices
- FM synthesis devices
- Software synthesisers
Features
- Improved "all-in-one" configuration dialog
- Recording from external MIDI device
- Remote instrument selection
- Input message type filtering
- Easy instrument selection and editing
- Instrument auto-detect on SB Live! / AWE cards
- General MIDI and Yamaha XG instrument lists provided
Supported Song File Formats
- Midget 3.0 (*.m3)
- Midget 3.5 (*.m3) - incompatible with 3.0
- Standard MIDI file (*.mid) - load and save
Supported Instrument List Formats
- Midget Instrument Settings (*.mis)
- Midget Profile Script (*.mps) - load only
Song Editing
- Track mute LEDs
- Bar/beat indicator during playback
- 250 bars maximum song data
- Time signatures from 1/4 to 9/4
- Title/Author information
- Song notepad (for details about songs)
- 10 note columns
- 2 effect columns
- Zoom in/out 3 levels
- Faded text to indicate velocity/value
- Auto-increment/decrement of effect values
- Right-click effect placement and removal
- Chord generator
- 25-level undo
Controls and Effects
- Master volume slider
- Per-track volume sliders
- Octave slider
- 8 initial effects sliders
- Load/save default values
Manipulation
- Cut, Copy, Paste Insert, Paste Over functions
- Row insertion/deletion (per-column, track and song)
- Transpose Up/Down functions
- Fade Out function
Other
- Windows Help (*.hlp) format manual