How to Create Cell Phone MIDI Animation

Watch a MIDI animation on your cell phone.

Most people use Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) files on their cell phones for songs or ringtones. Since the MIDI file format is often used with electronic musical instruments, using a MIDI file as an audio file comes naturally. However, MIDI files are not music files. Rather, they are unique electronic files that send event messages to order a program to raise volume, set tempo or flash a certain color. MIDI files can use these event messages to create video files.

Instructions

1. Click on the "Start" menu and scroll to "Programs." Click on your MIDI file-creating program to open it. If you do not have one of these programs, you can download one from the Internet. See the Resources section below for MIDI file-creation program options.

2. Click on the "File" button and scroll to "Create New." Enter a name in the "File Name" text box.

3. Open the "Settings" menu and scroll to "Player." Click on the drop-down menu that reads "Sounds." Scroll to "Video" and press "Enter." Click "OK." The program should open a MIDI "player."

4. Click on the keys and knobs of the virtual player to create the animation. Play around with the different options and effects to create the animation you desire.

5. Hold the "Control" key and tap the "S" key to save your file.

References

• Liutilities: How to Create MIDI File
• MIDI: About MIDI

Resources

• Partners In Rhyme: Free MIDI File Creation Software
• Hoof Jaw: MIDI File Creator
• Simtel: MIDI File Creator