MIDI-OX Change History

Version 7.0.1

Made SysEx handling more robust.

Version 7.0 RC

Added an option to toggle MIDI-OX in tray. When minimized, clicking on the tray icon will
show MIDI-OX. When restored, clicking on the tray icon will hide MIDI-OX.

Version 6.7 Beta 7

Added an option to always place MIDI-OX in tray. When not minimized, this option will
cause MIDI-OX to appear on the taskbar and animate in the tray simultaneously.
Added a facility to change the tray icons displayed for each instance of the application. Look
inside the TrayIcon.zip file (installed to the application folder) for details.

Version 6.7 Beta 6

Fixed a problem with mapped event delays when played with the computer keyboard.
Added saving of a keyboard configuration profile, KEYNOTE.INI, when the keyboard is
activated and the entries dont exist.

Version 6.7 Beta 5

Fixed a problem with mapped event delays in 16 bit code (Windows 9x) -- this should work
properly now.
Changed visual indicators for Routing view: an indicator is now always placed on a
connection. You can click on it for properties.

Version 6.7 Beta 4

Added an indicator to the Routing View. When a map is attached and/or some filtering of
data is being performed for an Input-Output port connection, a color coded indicator button is
displayed on the connection line. Clicking on this button opens the connection properties
dialog.
Repaired a problem with restoring Ports when applying Profiles.
Added an optional command line argument, /MinTray. You can use this in a shortcut or
command line to open MIDI-OX minimized in the Windows Tray.
Revised parsing of INS files to handle Unix style (no carriage returns).

Version 6.7 Beta 3

Added user information to the About box and Installer.

Fixed some more MTC bugs and anomalies.
Made Patch map triggering Program changes route through the current (new) port and data
maps.
Added persistence for whether the monitor display is off or on.

Version 6.7 Beta 2

Further fixed some bugs in MTC transmit: it should roll over after hour 23, not 24! Added
some verification and formatting of SMPTE values specified as a location offset.
Separated the Port Map Realtime and Common flags, so that each can be specified without
the other. The first Launch of the app after install will modify internal registry maps to match
the new format.

Version 6.7 Beta 1

Added support for mapping to and from RPNs (Registered Parameter Numbers).
Added support for specifying delays in a map. You can specify that the mapped event be
delayed by 0 1023 milliseconds (1000 milliseconds = 1 second). Each mapping step can
have a delay and these delays are stored in .oxm and .txm maps, and displayed in the
mapping view.
Added an optional switch to the Patch Mapping facility, to decide whether to resend the
Program change that triggered the map change. This was hard-coded to on earlier.
Changed the way Patch Mapping is implemented: now a (slightly delayed) triggering
Program change message is sent only to the new map (not the original) after it is loaded (if
the above switch is enabled). The end result is that only one (or none) program change is sent
and it is sent after a new map is loaded.
Changed some logic in device openings, that may improve the experience of dealing with
corrupt drivers.
Made some MTC improvements.
Fixed a bug in MTC transmit: it was not rolling over the hour to 00 after 24, but continuing
on to 25.
Fixed a bug during port initialization which was not reflecting the routing map correctly.
Allow Data Maps to be attached to MIDI-OX generated events: you can assign .oxm maps to
internal port output connections.
Added a new view: MIDI Port Routing. This view displays and configures In Port to Out
Port mapping. It should be easier to understand than the MIDI Devices dialog routing, and
can remain open and edited during a session. To use it, you can connect Input and Output
ports by dragging a line with the mouse. You can also right-click on ports or lines and select
the appropriate command(s). Right-clicking on a line and choosing, Properties allows
configuration of the connection.
Added custom color configuration for the MIDI Port Routing view into the Color Dialog.

Version 6.5.1

A bug involving initializing the events sent during Panic Reset has been fixed.
Support for .TXM Map files has been added to the Scripting. You can now specify a .TXM
file in LoadDataMap(FilePath)
A StatusBar has been added to the SysEx View, and a progress meter will appear when
lengthy operations are undertaken.
A bug in SysEx handling has been fixed in the Scripting engine. Dumps received when using
buffers larger than 256 bytes had been corrupted.
An option has been added to the General Options dialog to color code messages by channel
rather than by Event. The channel colors can be adjusted in the Colors Dialog.

Version 6.5

Patch Maps containing preset changes have been repaired.

A bug that caused system lockups with the Colors dialog under Win 9x has been fixed.
A bug that caused incorrect command line processing has been fixed.
NRPN mapping was not using the correct channels.
Several bugs in the new per-port mapping have been fixed.
MIDI-OX now has visual styles enabled when running under Windows XP: it will use any
current theme in effect.
The MIDI Status View has been greatly enhanced to support data entry. Clicking on a cell
now opens a slider. You can drag the slider with the mouse or use the cursor keys for fine
adjustment. Support for Mouse Wheel has been added. You can center the slider by pressing
INSERT. To dismiss the slider, either right-click or press ESC or ENTER.. When the Slider
is displayed, clicking on another Cell will move it to the new location. Clicking outside any
cell will remove it.
The SysEx View will now provide syntax highlighting for SysEx Start (F0) as well as SysEx
End (F7). In addition, you can adjust the highlight color using the Options | Colors
dialog.
Illegal/Bad SysEx values can be located by a new SysEx View menu command: Check Data.
Out of range values are flagged by underlining.
The installer has been rewritten, and the application now properly self-registers itself.
MIDIBar has been enhanced. There is now a Loop button, as well as Rewind and Fast
Forward to end buttons.
Added custom color configuration for Active StatusBar items (Options | Colors), and
changed the defaults to yellow test on dark blue background.
Enhanced the Middle C Octave setting in General Options (1 7), and modified the Monitor
display to show negative octaves.
Added a TaskBar command to turn the global Data Map off and on.
The MIDI Devices dialog is now resizable. The list boxes and trees will size themselves
depending on the layout dimensions.
Repaired a bug where ASCII map channel numbers were imported as one higher than
specified.
Added the capability of mapping System Realtime messages: Start, Continue and Stop.

Added the capability to map System Common message: Song Position Pointer.
Added support for toggling Status Bar items by clicking on the Status Bar: LOG, REC,
SYX, KBD and MAP. When any of these items are on, the background is displayed in
green. When an item is off, its text is grayed.
Added the ability to associate Data Maps with each Output and Input port connection. You
specify this in the Options | MIDI Devices dialog: the Port Map Objects box now
contains a list of all .oxm files in the Map directory. These objects can be dragged onto an
input port in the tree.
Added a new command: View | Current Map. It displays the parameters for the currently
loaded map in the Monitor. Therefore, the map display can be copied and pasted from the
clipboard.
Added Import and Export of ASCII Data Maps. This is a new file type that describes a
mapping using an ASCII File format. Its designed for those who wish to use tools such as
Perl or Python to generate maps.
Added code to re-send the Patch Change that triggers a new Patch Mapping, after the new
map and/or preset is loaded. This allows placing translations into the (new) map that
anticipate receiving the patch change immediately after load.
Added an Options | Folders dialog to configure application folders.
Added the ability to view both Input and Output ports in the Monitor (labeled: In and Port).
This means that the output Monitor will now display each event output. If you have more
than one output port hooked up and active, you will see more than one event output. The
Input Monitor does not have any Output port associated so the Port field is blank in the input
Monitor.
Added an option to display the 1st 3 characters of the Device name instead of a port number in
the Monitor. This allows you to create custom abbreviations for display of the ports in the
Monitor.
Added an option to display a custom background bitmap: open Options | Colors and
choose Custom.
Fixed a bug associated with mapping when pulling Data1 into the target Data2 position while
interpolating. Also fixed pulling Data2 to Data1 while interpolating.
We now only display events in output monitor when data is output, or when the input monitor
is closed.

Version 6.4.2

Mapping of Data Entry and NRPN controllers has changed slightly. If you now have no other
NRPN mappings, you can map Data Entry (6, 38) as if it was any other controller.
MIDI-OX sometimes seems to reuse the wrong instance number, when loading the next
instance after a crash. The instance number logic has been changed to account for this.
When changing the Monitor Font, all open monitors are now updated.
Fixed two problems associated with Instrument Definitions: 1) Prevent infinite recursion
when a Bank is based on itself. 2) Repair parsing of certain .INS files.
Repaired a problem when loading Profiles: the PortMap was not always properly obeyed.
Repaired a display problem in MIDI devices, when loading from a Preset and [x] Auto-attach
is off.
Fixed a bug in the display of Windows MIDI System errors.

Fixed a bug in the Port Status display when simultaneous events arrive.

Version 6.4.1

This is purely a maintenance release: a small, but annoying SysEx bug has been repaired.
After choosing Send/Receive SysEx, re-sending the result from the Display Window
would sometimes send only the first message of a multi-part SysEx message.

Version 6.4

A New scripting engine has been implemented. This scripting engine uses MIDI-OX as a
COM server. The engine is compatible with Windows 98, Me, and 2000. Scripting
information is documented in MOXScript.rtf and in the help files. Example Windows Script
Host scripts in VBScript, JScript and Python have been placed in the MIDIOX\WSH
directory during installation. If you want to use Python, youll have to install it:
http://www.python.org.
The Keyboard Piano has been made configurable. This should allow better usability for
foreign keyboards. See the text comments in KeyNote.ini for details.
The controllers sent during Panic, and their values have been made configurable. See the
MOXLIB.ini file in the application directory for variable names and default values. Set any
variable to -1 to cause the corresponding controller not to be sent at all (Pan is an example of
this).
A Discard option has been added for map targets. This allows using map statements to filter
data with finer granularity than the global MIDI Filter.
Aftertouch has been added to the MIDI Status view, and maps can be appended to the
currently loaded map (versus replacement).
MIDI Status configuration is now restored properly from Profiles.
The name of the currently loaded Port Map preset is retained and displayed across sessions.
Added SysEx logging for MF2T format.
Repaired bug in restoring Data Maps from INI Profiles.

Version 6.3

A Patch Mapping facility has been added: you can now have Data maps and/or Port maps
swapped and loaded upon receiving an external Program Change message.
The MIDI Status view has been significantly enhanced: you can now choose to display any
controller as a column and specify column order. In addition a controller Snapshot send
facility has been added, and you can save and restore Snapshot dumps.
You can toggle on and off whether selected input ports are automatically attached to output
ports as ports are selected.
An option has been added to the Data Mapping dialog to allow a special NRPN mode. It has
been reported that certain devices, such as the EMU APS require the Data Entry portion of
the NRPN to be sent in reverse order from the MIDI spec. When sending a full 4 message
NRPN, and option has been added to reverse Ctrl 38 and 6. To use this, first setup a NRPN to
NRPN mapping (see: APS NRPN Reverse.oxm for an example), and then check Send Full
NRPN and Reverse Data Entry.

Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements.

Version 6.2

We extended the 255-character limit for SysEx items in a map: each can now be a maximum
of 1022 bytes.
Added simple substitution for SysEx map items: you can substitute in channel, data1 and
data2 values from the MIDI message that triggered the SysEx item. See the Help file for
details.
Added the capability to delay mapped SysEx buffers by the amount specified in the SysEx
window.
MIDI-OX would sometimes crash when timing clock was streaming in during driver
initialization. This has been repaired.
Repaired a problem where MIDI-OX would incorrectly map a pull from data 2 item when
NRPNs were being mapped.
Data entry values were being filtered when a pass-through map was in effect. They will now
be passed along unhampered.

Version 6.1.4

This release greatly increases the number of MIDI device drivers supported. Until now
MIDI-OX could only handle 24 input and 24 output devices at once. This number has been
increased to 63 input and 63 output devices. In addition MIDI Yoke will now present up to
16 distinct application ports. Each MIDI Yoke port can be opened by up to 4 applications on
each end (input and output).

Version 6.1.3

This is solely a maintenance release. Attempts have been made to better deal with hotswapping of USB devices. In general, we have found that Windows 98/ME handling of USB
MIDI devices works OK as long as the devices are switched on at boot time and left attached
while the system is running. When MIDI USB devices are removed while the system is
running, the driver is also removed from memory (even if it is open and being used by a
program!). Remaining drivers may be renumbered on the fly, when MIDI USB devices are
removed or added to the system, and this can cause all sorts of problems with existing
software. Having said that, we now make an attempt to clean up, close and reopen drivers
when device changes are detected.

Version 6.1.2

A File Association dialog has been added. Associations can be made with Maps and SysEx
files. Associations can be added and removed. In addition an option is provided to associate
MIDI files with MIDI Bar.
MIDI-OX Command line options have been enhanced: you can now specify Map and SysEx
files on the command line, as well as profiles.
MIDI-OX now supports drag and drop of Map files, SysEx files, and Profiles.
MidiBar has been enhanced to (optionally) limit the applet to a single instance. If it is set to
single instance and an associated MIDI file is launched, it is loaded into the running instance.
A scripting bug was fixed: you can now reattach an instance after detaching it.

Version 6.1

A MIDI Sync feature has been added. You can now use MIDI-OX as a MIDI Sync master
controller. It can also synchronize clock start with MTC. See the help files for details.
Mapping has been enhanced. You can now trigger SysEx data events when specified MIDI
messages are received. In addition you can receive, map and transmit NRPN events. See the
help files for details.
Many small items were repaired or tweaked

Maintenance Version 6.0.5

Fixed a bug regarding multiple mapping items. The system had been limited to 64 active
mappings it has been increased to 256, by default. A setting has been added to
MOXLIB.INI to further control this behavior. In the [Options] section create a setting named
MapItems. Example: Mapitems=384 ; Creates room for up to 384 mapping items.
The display in the Mapping dialog has been improved: A bitmap is now used to display the
All condition (asterisk). This fixes problems with non-U.S. versions of Windows.
A feature has been added for selection and copying of text in the Monitor views to the
Windows clipboard. To mark text, right-click in the monitor and choose Mark for
Clipboard, or double-click, or ctrl-click in a monitor window. Drag a rectangle over the text
to select. Next, right-click and choose, Copy to Clipboard, or press Enter. Then paste the
text into any application.
Two additional commands have been added: Select Window selects all the text currently
displayed in a monitor. Copy All -- will copy the entire contents of the monitor to the
clipboard. This includes displayed and non-displayed messages.
Added a secondary method for deleting port objects. Items in the Port Mapping view
(Options | MIDI Devices...), now support a context menu with a Delete <item>.

Maintenance Version 6.0.4

Fixed a bug regarding extremely dense SysEx messages.

Maintenance Version 6.0.3

Enhanced the mapping feature: you can now duplicate an input event to allow multiple
message mapping. You can use this feature to create a NRPN value from a single MIDI
controller or chords from a single input MIDI note, among other things.
Keyboard accelerator support has been added to MidiBar. See the help file for more details.

Maintenance Version 6.0.2

Fixed a nasty bug associated with selection and use of the MIDI Mapper.

Added command line processing for MidiBar it can now accept a filename on the command
line. You can setup custom shortcuts to play specific MIDI files or associate all MIDI files
with MidiBar in the Windows Explorer Shell.
Fixed a Y2K problem with date display in the MIDI log.
Changed the way dynamic menus are created for Banks and Patches in the Instrument Panel.
This should fix a problem when running at very high screen resolutions.
Added a raw MIDI messages display mode for the logfile. People have asked for a way to
display Raw MIDI messages and cut and paste messages from the Monitor. This may be
slightly less direct than that, but it works, and gives you a permanent record.

Maintenance Version 6.0.1

Added some new (optional) controllers to the MIDI Status Window.

Several fixes for the Instrument Panel for Bank Select methods other than Normal

New Features for Version 6

This is a list of features added after version 5

Customizable Port Names have been added wherever MIDI Ports are displayed.
HTML Help is now supplied (and used if you have HTML Help installed)
Support for WSH (Windows Script Host -- see MOXScript.rtf for details).
SysEx input event sinks and polling methods have been added to the scripting interface.
Instrument Panel supporting Cakewalk Instrument Definition files.
Enhanced Port Status It now shows activity for each channel plus real-time and SysEx.
Multiple Output ports and enhanced MIDI Devices dialog.
MIDI Port Status view -- It shows activity for each channel plus real-time and SysEx
The MIDI Status window has been enhanced. Several new controllers have been added. You
can configure which columns are shown: Options | Configure Status... Scroll bars have
been added to the Window.
You can now display SysEx data in the Monitor Windows. You can enable and disable this
feature in the filter dialog.
MIDI-OX will now store up to 16 unique instance profiles in the registry.
MIDI-OX supports saving and loading of user profiles: File | Save Profile... and File | Load
Profile... A user profile can be specified on the MIDI-OX command line. Example:
midiox mprof.ini
The Monitor Window now displays known Controller types by name.
The Monitor Window will now show GM patch names, or the currently defined instrument
from the Instrument Panel. This can be turned off if desired (Options | General).
An MCI MIDI File player (MIDIBar) has been added to the Actions menu. This is a
separate applet that can be run outside of MIDI-OX or it can send its output to MIDI-OX if
you use a routing driver such as MIDI Yoke.
A capability of sending MIDI using running status has been added. This is useful mostly to
test the behavior of MIDI drivers: it is still up to the driver whether to send the data to the
hardware using running status, but output drivers are supposed to be capable of handling

running status.
A Running status info command has been added: View | Running Status It displays
whether running status output has been enabled, and the current status it has calculated,
regardless.
Updated versions of MIDI Yoke for Windows 95/98/NT. These now handle running status
correctly as well as a few other bug fixes. To update your MIDI Yoke drivers, un-install the
old ones and reboot. Then install the new ones and reboot.
GM, GS, and XG Reset commands have been added to the action menu and the Taskbar
context menu.
The ability to create and run IBM Object REXX programs on MIDI data from within MIDIOX. If you have the IBM Windows 95/NT version of Object REXX installed, a new menu
option is available: Actions | Run REXX... See the MIDI REXX.rtf file for more details, as
well as the help file. Several example REXX scripts are installed with the program.
SysEx data handling has been improved considerably and made much more robust. The
SysEx view will now display F7 bytes in a separate color.
New background wall paper and a way to turn it off: Options | Colors... Remove
background bitmap.
The main executable has been renamed from MIDIOX32.EXE to MIDIOX.EXE. In addition
the installer now creates several data subdirectories. For this reason, we recommend that you
de-install any older MIDI-OX installations before installing this one.
Known MIDI controller messages are now named in the Monitor window.
An updated version of the Windows 95 MIDI Yoke driver has also been included.
A mapping feature has been added to allow swapping and extending of MIDI data bytes.
The Map list box dialog is now color-coded.
MIDI-OX places itself on the Cakewalk Tools menu.
Bank select capabilities have been added to the control panel. It can send Normal (LSB,
MSB), LSB only or MSB only messages and patch changes. In addition, a Bank select
column has been added to the Status window.
The Log File dialog has been enhanced..
The monitor now displays key names for polyphonic aftertouch.
The Control Panel has a new Patch Panel.
Several SysEx view bugs have been repaired.
A SMPTE/MTC Send and Receive view has been added. You can use MIDI-OX as a master
MTC device.
A raw MIDI scratchpad has been added to the SysEx View.
MIDI-OX now offers an option to minimize to the taskbar. When it is running in this
configuration, the taskbar icon is animated when MIDI data is received.
MIDI-OX now saves and restores the windows layout for each instance.
SysEx Buffers have been separated into Input and Output buffers: you can specify size and
number for each.
Number of user profiles can grow as the number of instances increases (8 Maximum).
Beta drivers for MIDI Yoke NT have been supplied. See the MIDIYoke.RTF and/or help file
for more information.
MIDI-OX now works under Windows NT 4.0. It should work with NT 3.5 as well, but has
not been tested with it.

Arpeggiated chords are available when using the computer 'piano' keyboard.
MIDI-OX now displays the current mapping state on the status bar.