MIDIJam for the modern computer.
Feature rich, easy to use, and free. midis2jam2 is the best way to play MIDI files on your computer.
🎶 Your favorite songs—animated.
midis2jam2 is a 3D MIDI file visualizer. It plays any MIDI file and animates its performance with a virtual band.
A remaster of MIDIJam, it provides a faithful recreation of the original MIDI file visualizer with new instruments, graphics, and settings.
🎥 View from anywhere.
midis2jam2 natively supports a freecam/noclip feature, allowing you to move around the scene and view from any angle.
Get up close to any instrument and notice the detail. Each instrument is accurately and aesthetically animated.
🔊 Listen with your favorite SoundFont.
Experience midis2jam2 with high-quality sound, allowing you to play with any SoundFont of your choosing.
Have a physical MIDI synthesizer? Connection is easy with simple configuration.
🪕 More instruments than ever before.
New instruments including the clarinet, banjo, and helicopter have on-screen visuals—with more to come with every release.
midis2jam2 currently supports the visualization of any instrument 98% of the time.
🖥️ Free and open-source—forever.
midis2jam2 is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License . It will always be free and open-source. You can view the source code on GitHub .
You can also contribute to the project by reporting bugs, requesting features, or submitting pull requests.
Download
v1.10.0 – Jan 25, 2025
midis2jam2 will always be free to download and use. If you found this valuable or entertaining, and want to support its development, consider buying me a coffee. Thank you! ❤️
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Changelog
- Add autocam angles for kalimba, tinkle bell, and bird tweet (#210)
- Add guitar textures
- Add localization: Polish
- Add new camera mode: classic camera (#236)
- Add new instruments: gunshot and turntable (#208)
- Add new stick animation engine
- Add playlist feature (#216)
- Add setting to lock cursor to window (#213)
- Add setting to toggle speed modifer keys mode (#192)
- Add synthesizer textures: atmosphere, echoes, and sweep
- Fix issues with instruments overlapping: accordion–cello, tenor sax–mallets, melodic tom–stage choir, guitar–baritone sax–banjo, flute–recorder, and violin–flute (#207)
- Fix the issue where drum kits or percussion instruments would sometimes not appear (#219)
- Fix the issue where sometimes the app would crash on startup (#233)
- Fix the issue where steam particles would move with their instrument (#36)
- Fix the issue where string family instruments could play notes too high for their range (#223)
- Fix the issue where the bass guitar strings were misaligned (#226)
- Fix the issue where the splash cymbal wasn't "hit" with the drum stick (#197)
Profiled and packaged with JProfiler and install4j , a Java profiler and multi-platform installer builder.
Documentation
Need help getting started? Check out the documentation .