ShowMIDI Alternatives

ShowMIDI is described as 'Multi-platform GUI application to effortlessly visualize MIDI activity' and is an app in the audio & music category. There are more than 10 alternatives to ShowMIDI for Mac, Windows, Linux, Web-based and iPad. The best ShowMIDI alternative is Midilize , which is free. Other great apps like ShowMIDI are MIDIQ, Mididash, MidiView and MIDI-OX.

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Midilize
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A visual MIDI router, monitor, and processor for macOS with a drag-and-drop canvas for building signal flows.
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Origin
Israel
Platforms
Mac
Israel
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MIDIQ
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MIDIQ is a MIDI processor plugin that runs in any DAW with MIDI routing support. Place the plug-in on the generator track or use multiple instances of the plug-in assigned to different tracks (e.g. to layer the output for creation of very unusual, highly polyphonic progressions...
Cost / License
Paid
Proprietary
Origin
Czechia
EU
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Czechia
EU
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Mididash
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Mididash is an open source and cross-platform MIDI router with a node-based interface and Lua scripting. A modern take on programs like MIDI-OX.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
United States
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MIDIQ
MIDIQ is a MIDI processor plugin that runs in any DAW with MIDI routing support. Place the plug-in on the generator track or use multiple instances of the plug-in assigned to different tracks (e.g. to layer the output for creatio...

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MidiView
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MidiView is a simple MIDI Monitor app to that shows bi-directional MIDI packages that flows through your machine.
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Platforms
Mac
Windows
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MIDI-OX
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MIDI-OX is the world's greatest all-purpose MIDI Utility.
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Cost / License
Free Personal
Proprietary
Platforms
Windows
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gmidimonitor
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GMIDImonitor is GTK+ application that shows MIDI events.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Linux
G
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MIDI Room
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MIDI Room routes MIDI between your hardware instruments without a DAW. Connect your gear over USB or Bluetooth MIDI, then draw connections on a node-based canvas. The canvas doubles as a live visualizer with four themed rooms (Studio, Terminal, Glass, Desktop) that react to your...
Cost / License
Freemium
Proprietary
Origin
Japan
Platforms
Mac
iPad
Japan
+4
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MIDI Lab
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MIDI Lab is a Swiss army knife allowing any imaginable MIDI processing environment to be defined. Perfect for studio and live performances. Connect all your MIDI hardware and manage it from one control panel.
Cost / License
Paid
Proprietary
Origin
Poland
EU
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Poland
EU
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MIDI Monitor
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MIDI Monitor is an app to display MIDI signals going in and out of your Mac. Musicians will find it handy for tracking down confusing MIDI problems, and programmers can use it to test MIDI drivers and applications.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (BSD-3-Clause)
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
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knob.monster
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knob.monster is a web-based SysEx librarian and cloud backup tool for vintage synthesizers from the 1980s and 90s. Connect a USB-MIDI interface in Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, or Opera, dump soundbanks from hardware such as Yamaha DX7, Roland Juno-106, Korg M1, JV1080, and...
Cost / License
Freemium
Proprietary
Origin
Canada
Platforms
Online
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