MIDI Software Development Tools

MidiShare Development Kits
MidiShare is a real-time, multi-tasking, MIDI operating system for the development of musical applications.
DxMidi
A RealBasic plug-in for Mac programmers to access MIDI services.

DirectMIDI
Programming library to simplify building apps using DirectX.
Maximum MIDI (or the author's site)
A commercial book that includes tools for authoring Windows 95 MIDI programs (with Microsoft C++, Borland C++, or Microsoft Visual Basic), including input/output functions and synchronization routines.

Midi Classes for Microsoft Visual C++ (36K)
This is a free package from Enborne Computing Limited to simplify reading MIDI files.
KeyKit
A programming language for MIDI processing. For Windows 95 (ports may be made available as well)
Rogus McBogus
A free tool for developing MIDI applications on Windows 95/NT.
The Zel MIDI Language
A programming language for creating and altering MIDI files.
SoundBlaster Freedom Ver.4 87K (2/14/94)
A source of programming information for the SoundBlaster cards. The zip file contains general information as well as some source code.
Visual Basic Code
Visual Basic MIDI Control Project Source
Source code for a MIDI program in development.
Sound Blaster Utilies - Abstract or Download 188K
Visual Basic - The files midivbx.zip (31K) and midilib.zip (34K)
contain code to handle MIDI input and output in Visual Basic to help you make your own applications.
MidiShare Development Kits
MidiShare is a real-time, multi-tasking, MIDI operating system for the development of musical applications.
MIDI Pack sold by Mabry Software
(previously called MIDI Cool Tools from Artic Software) includes 5 controls (source code is available as well) for building Windows based MIDI programs. You can read the complete overview, download the entire set (873K), or just the MIDI I/O Control (268K), MIDI File Control (270K), Slider Control (296K), Knob Control (239K), and Indicator Control (269K).
OS/2 Real-Time MIDI Subsystem (RTMIDI)
A package to handle MIDI input and output under OS/2.

MidiShare Development Kits
MidiShare is a real-time, multi-tasking, MIDI operating system for the development of musical applications.
JavaMIDI
A library for accessing MIDI capabilities on Win95, NT, and Mac from Java.
The Linux MIDI-HOWTO
Covers basic aspects of MIDI under Linux from installing ALSA, sequencing software and writing MIDI applications.
MIDI Programs and C++ Source code
A collection of .zip files of MS-DOS programs including the source code for them. These are primarily programs for parsing MIDI files. (Your browser may not unzip the files, but I've test a few and they are indeed zip files)
Midifile 1.11 (24K)
A library of code for reading and writing standard MIDI files.
MIDI File Parsing Code (9K)
The code will read in a MIDI format file, and call user-defined routines each time it encounters an event.
MIDI-Perl
A collection of Perl modules for reading, writing, and manipulating MIDI files.
Midi-Eiffel 1.1 - Abstract or Download (33K)
TclMIDI 4.1 - Abstract or Download (35K).
MIDI for the Pilot
MIDI programming tips for the Palm Pilot.