A Program I can throw a MIDI file into and select the Instruments?

[ONI Agent Locke]

Hello,

I just want to make some simple remixes for myself using publicly available MIDI files, but I've yet to find a program that'll help me out.

I don't have any experience in sound editing, so I've been trying to find a program I can just import a MIDI file into and select what instruments play what notes. After that maybe some more tweaking could be done, but primarily I just want to find an easy way to set that sort of framework up.

Thanks!

[AngelCityOutlaw]

A DAW or notation software.

However, with a DAW you'd have to purchase most of the instruments as VST plugins separately so that pretty much only leaves Finale, Sibelius or Guitar Pro type of stuff.

[Frederic Petitpas]

Guitar Pro 5

[AngelCityOutlaw]

Well, now that I think about it more, I wouldn't recommend GP5 for MIDI import on account of its MIDI import feature sucking miserably.

[Gario]

Reason is a bit pricey, but you can import MIDIs and assign the instruments that come with it, which generally are pretty good. It's not normally a standard used in the industry, but it works well enough.

[Moseph]

Any DAW should be able to output MIDI tracks to the system's default MIDI playback device (in my case, it's called Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth), so you don't need any VSTs if all you want to do is edit and play MIDI files in a DAW. Check out Reaper, or try a search for freeware MIDI editor if you want to find a simpler program that will probably do what you need.