How to open MIDI audio .mid files
Have you had trouble opening the mid file on your computer? What are mid files? We explain what they are and recommend software that we know will open them.
What is mid file?
Files with mid extension can be found as common MIDI files. Also uses MIDI extension. It is one of the most basic sound files, used a lot in the past.
MIDI audio description
File extension mid is commonly used for MIDI audio files. Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) is a standard protocol for the interchange of musical information between musical instruments, synthesizers, and computers.
This standard defines the codes for a musical event that include the start of a note, its pitch, length, volume, and musical attributes, such as vibrato. It also defines codes for various button, dial, and pedal adjustments that are used on synthesizers.
MIME types:
audio/mid
audio/midi
audio/x-mid
audio/x-midi
music/crescendo
x-music/x-midi
Suggested software to open mid file
Microsoft Windows Media Player
The default multimedia player from Microsoft Windows
VLC media player
One of the most popular multi-platfom multimeda player
There are other MID filename extensions with the same .mid suffix
mid - MapInfo interchange format file
Files with mid extension are used by MapInfo program. They are used as one of the default interchange format files