Appmuse

This is the best tool found for quickly playing midi files. Also very useful for testing out accompaniments in different instrument settings. Basically love it. Worth every penny. Using it with the Nektar SE 61. Beats all other badly done UI keyboard hardware with just the simple Nektar SE and the GM Midi application. Only wish two things: 1) It had a playback bar and slider to see what time location is playing and to move around to different parts of the song. 2) Higher range (gain) on the volume control. Even at the highest setting it is not equal to normal volume levels from other apps. Thus is it hard to use in combination with anything else playing audio. Show more

Everytime I close the app, I get a message that pops up and says "the app quit unexpectedly." That shouldn't happen because I quit the app intentionally. It's not a huge problem, but it gets annoying after a while. Plus, a report is automatically sent to Apple when that error comes up, so in other words, Apple will know everytime I close GM Player. The app itself works great. It plays all my midi files with no problems (at least so far). They all sound as expected: reverb, tempo, instrument, tracks, all attributes seem to be output properly. The only problem I'm having (again) is the "quit unexpecredly" error that comes up whenever I close the app. Hopefully this can be fixed. Show more

Crahses as soon as you try and click the menu bar for preferences - requires force quit.

Hoping to use it with the built in Mac OS general midi instruments as an alternative to Garage Band sounnds.

I was using this with an iRig Keys and it was fine, then today it just stopped working. iRig still works with other software (Logic, Finale) so that's not the issue. Did a restart and a re-install - no luck. Oh well. It did work for a couple of months, anyway. Show more

It does what it says on the label. And when I requested a new feature (ability to play the drum kit on MIDI channel 10) they implemented it! Yay!

This is an excellent little program if you just need to play sounds on your computer using 1) mouse on screen keyboard 2) MIDI controller keyboard input 3) computer keyboard The interface is VERY simple, so it’s incredibly useful in just getting your MIDI controller up and running. I had problems with other music programs — they have complicated interfaces with buried, obscure settings and I could not get the computer to recognize my little MIDI keyboard (LPK25) in order to play sounds. If you can’t get the hardware to produce a sound at all, you can’t get off the ground, and it’s very frustrating. For playing MIDI files or composing, editing, and playing MIDI files from MIDI keyboard I recommend Aria Maestosa. Make sure you 1) choose the right MIDI channel (if “any” doesn’t work, try 1) 2) sound output(click on speaker icon below Output) is turned on (OFF is the default — I would suggest that ON be the default) Show more

Any MIDI player I ever heard of would allow a person to input MIDI (.mid) files and play back the music. This one does not even do that. It is usless. If you can’t create or playback MIDI files, then it cannot rightfully be called a MIDI player. Show more

Keeps crashing when I open it, even after computer restart. Mac OS 10.10.4

Beware that even though the name is General midi player - it will not play midi files. I should have read more closely but the name implies its a midi player and what midi player app wouldn’t have the most basic ability to play a midi file. I’ll skip a cup of coffee this afternoon and make for the lost $2. Cute app for the price but unfortunately the only use I have is to play midi files. not noodle around on a screen keyboard. Show more

$2 and 2 seconds to playing a MIDI hardware insrument is pretty unusual. Works good for someone wanting to play a midi device as a keyboard instantly and easily. Show more

Though there is a note prior to downloading that this is NOT a MIDI file player, the name “General MIDI Player” is misleading and it is difficult to figure out to get a refund. My bad, but was easily mislead. Show more

This is not a .MID file player. Read reviews before you buy, I should have.

Does not open MIDI files as promised. Rip-off.

Just purchased it. Stays open for 5 seconds then crashes on a mac pro running lion.

Crashing on SL Server 10.7.3!!! Please fix