2026 MIDI Innovation Awards

MIDISplitter 1.5

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A practical macOS MIDI utility for musicians who need to open, hear, understand, split, merge, and reuse MIDI files quickly.

MIDISplitter 1.5 brings that workflow into the MIDI 2.0 frontier with focused .midi2 file handling, UMP import and export work, MIDI looping, beat detection, loop export, and a much stronger Track Mixer workflow.

MIDISplitter 1.5 playing New Toy Demo.mid with populated tracks and timeline
Open a MIDI file and get a readable map of the arrangement: tracks, instruments, event counts, playback, mixer controls, split/export tools, and a timeline underneath.

Evaluation Copy

Built for real MIDI file work.

Start with a normal MIDI file. MIDISplitter shows the musical tracks clearly, so a user can audition parts, check instruments, adjust the mix, and prepare a cleaner project.

  • Split a MIDI file into focused output stems.
  • Merge selected tracks into a new arrangement.
  • Audition one track, selected tracks, or the full file.
  • Use beat detection, looping, loop export, and expanded mixer controls.
  • Import and export focused MIDI 2.0-aware .midi2 / SMF2 workflows.

Award Demo

Open. Hear. Understand. Reuse.

The award video shows New Toy Demo.mid loaded in MIDISplitter 1.5, playback, splitting and export workflow, reviewer package materials, and the app's MIDI 2.0-aware direction.

MIDI 2.0-Aware

Useful today, ready for what comes next.

MIDISplitter 1.5 focuses on the MIDI 2.0 features that matter to its core job: opening files, preserving useful musical information where safe, exporting clean results, and reporting what happened.

.midi2 / SMF2

Imports and exports MIDI Clip .midi2 files in the evaluation workflow.

UMP file handling

Uses Universal MIDI Packet work where it supports MIDISplitter's practical file workflow.

Evidence-backed limits

Known limits are documented, tested, and explained without burying the musician in jargon.

MIDISplitter main window showing a loaded MIDI file
See the arrangement before committing to edits or exports.

Hear the parts.

Audition the whole song, one track, or a selected group so the export matches what you meant to keep.

Finder window showing exported MIDI stems
Split output files are readable and ready to reuse.

Save usable stems.

Exported MIDI parts can move quickly into a DAW, notation app, collaborator folder, or remix session.

Evaluator Access

Download, test, and review the evaluation copy.

The reviewer package is a notarized macOS disk image with MIDISplitter 1.5, copyright-safe demo MIDI files, reviewer notes, evidence reports, a user manual, and evaluation license terms. Please do not redistribute, sell, decompile, or repackage the evaluation copy.

Reviewer Materials

Prepared for quick testing.

The submission materials are included as clean PDFs where PDF is the right format, with Markdown retained only where plain technical text is more useful.

Reviewer Quick Start

Short setup and first-test instructions for opening the app and using the included demo files.

User Manual

A concise guide to MIDISplitter 1.5 features, including MIDI looping, MIDI export, beat detection, and Track Mixer workflows.

Field Report

A more educational use-case article on taking MIDISplitter toward the MIDI 2.0 frontier.

About the public New Toy Software website

The public New Toy Software site includes MIDISplitter 1.0 help and support materials, plus the free MIDI Box download. MIDISplitter 1.0 is the current App Store release and does not include all of the MIDISplitter 1.5 evaluation features, including MIDI 2.0 integration, MIDI looping, beat detection, loop exporting, and the advanced new Track Mixer tools.