Your quest for MIDI management ends here.

You love the sound of your MIDI synthesizer, but a soft synth seems so much easier to use when it comes to working with a sequencer. After all, they're both on the computer already. Right?

Not necessarily. Don't be so quick to give up on your hardware. Before you invest in a soft synth, consider getting Sound Quest's MIDI Quest XL 10. This MIDI editor/librarian comes with it's own VST, Studio Connections, and MFX plug-in versions that integrate virtual versions of your MIDI hardware, whether it be a synthesizer, drum pad, or other effects device right into your sequencer. Your MIDI hardware still creates all of the sound, but now you can audition sounds, organize a bank, edit a patch on the computer like you would with the software synth without losing that great hardware sound. When you're done, all of your settings are saved with your song for immediate recall just like they would be with a soft synth.

If you're new to synth programming but desire new sounds for your instrument, MIDI Quest XL has uncomplicated click-and-go tools that do the work for you. It's simple-to-use interface utilizes the entire computer screen, letting you manipulate all the parameters in your instrument on one page without losing your inspiration to make music because your slogging through submenus.

Not only does it support more than 650 synthesizers, drum machines, effects, and various MIDI devices, but the MIDI Quest XL is also the first Windows 64-bit hardware virtualizer with plug-in software available for your instruments. It will make you happy you held on to your cherished Korg MS200.

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Sound Quest MIDI Quest XL 10 Features:

Works on both Macs and
PCs
Patch/Parameter Editors
Every editor is uniquely designed to match the instrument
Open any combination of editors that you wish, including multiple editors for the same instrument
Choose your preferred editing style
Easy-to-use, grab-and-drag editing
Direct numeric entry from the computer keyboard
Mouse Wheel
CC automation to remotely edit parameters using controls on a synthesizer or external MIDI hardware
Extended editing pop-up mode for parameters with large data ranges
Pop-up numeric equivalent for all graphic parameters for accurate editing
MIDI keyboard based zone and velocity editing
25 different control types to optimally display each parameter
Extensive patch auditioning options
Randomize, restore, or copy & paste any combination of parameters
All edits automatically sent to the instrument so the instrument stays in sync with your editor
VNRPN (Virtual Non-Registered Parameter Numbers) allow you to assign any controller to any parameter in an editor for remote control editing
Edit patches individually or from a bank
Simultaneously edit as many different patches as you want
Save edited patches to source location or any other location in another bank
Customize, create, and enhance editors with the Panel Editor
Combi/Multi editors show names of selected sounds
Customize your editors with your own unique Midi Quest "Skins"
Bank Editors
Intuitive multiple patch drag and drop interface copies or swaps patches within the current bank or within another bank
Real-time auditioning to listen to any patch in the bank at any time
Parent/Child relationship tracking ensures performances continue to reference the correct sounds even during bank reorganization
Parent/Child copying ensures sounds used by a performance are also copied
Automated display of sound names used by each performance
All sounds used by a performance automatically tagged reducing risk of accidental overwriting
Printable listings of all bank patches along with parent/child relationships
Unlimited undo
5 different patch generation tools to create unique and usable new sounds
Simultaneously edit as many different banks as you want
Automated transfer of patches into patch libraries
Sets
Provides integration between each type of SysX data allowing you to treat an instrument as a whole
Maintains the intelligent integrated Parent/Child hierarchical editing
Open an unlimited number of Sets from any combination of instruments
Libraries
Store all instrument patches in a single searchable location
Libraries hold a virtually unlimited number of patches
Find all duplicates
Automated intelligent keyword assignment
Keyword sensitive auditioning
Find similar sounds or patches
Add descriptive comments to each sound
Add identifying keywords to find specific patch types
Sort sounds 3 ways
Collections
Store patches & banks from any combination of MIDI devices together in one file
Create and restore complete MIDI System "Snapshot"s with one click
Librarian
Save & load all types of SysX data from each instrument
Librarian Drivers support 650+ instruments
Open an unlimited number of Banks, Sets, Collections, and Libraries
3 types of MIDI THRU re-channelization
Hands-off automated control of your patch bay
Export SysX in standard MIDI file, MIDIX/Cakewalk, and Text formats
Transmit MIDIX format files to your instruments
Unique online "Fast Tips" help simplify MIDI communication
Configurable file extensions & customizable storage directories for each instrument
Store and retrieve entire screen layouts
Internal support for 256 individual MIDI IN and MIDI OUT ports
"File Linking" allows many files to use the same data
Sound Checker
Comprehensive sound auditioning tools for sound development/auditioning
Standard MIDI File Sequencer plays Type 0 and Type 1 files
All functions are active while playing
Complete graphic MIDI systems analysis
Trigger custom defined notes, chords, and arpeggios
Basics
Support for over 650 MIDI devices
Comes in an x64 version with x64 versions of MIDI Quest XL plug-ins
Integrate right into sequencer using the included VST, Studio Connections, or MFX plug-in versions
Save and Load instrument data to and from disk
Supports all MIDI instrument/device data types
MIDI interface: any MIDI interface with Windows drivers
DVD version includes over 12 hours of video tutorials
DVD version includes an more than 70,000 unique patches along with other SysX data
No copy protection
Easy-to-use program installer
New and updated instrument support downloaded and installed from within Midi Quest
Read data files from DOS, Mac, Amiga and Atari versions of Midi Quest
Extensive editing and organizational tools

Sound Quest MIDI Quest XL 10 Specifications:

Minimum Requirements: Windows XP, 2000, NT, PI with 32 MB RAM, 30 MB hard drive space

Suggested Hardware: P3/Celeron with 64MB, 30 MB hard drive space