Midi Guitar Chord Finder

Midi Guitar Chord Finder is a lightweight Windows application whose purpose is to help you open and play MIDI files, as well as check out the guitar chords in real time during the audio playback.

The comfort of working with a portable tool

The portable running mode ensures your Windows registry does not get clogged up with extra entries. Uninstalling the utility means deleting the files that you have downloaded from the Internet.
You may copy it on any USB flash drive or other portable devices and run it on the target computer without administrative privileges. There’s no installation setup included in the process so you may open the app by simply running the executable file.

User interface

Midi Guitar Chord Finder sports a clean and intuitive interface that gives you the possibility to import MIDI files using the built-in browse button (there’s no support for drag-and-drop).
In addition, you may view a list with recent files and play, pause or stop the current audio selection. The guitar chord data is revealed in the main window.
A help manual is not included in the package, so experimenting with the dedicated parameters is your only chance in order to understand how the program works.

Audio playing and MIDI monitoring capabilities

Midi Guitar Chord Finder allows you to select the MIDI channels that you want to monitor and choose the tracks you want to keep an eye on (initially all tracks are selected).
What’s more, you may mute certain tracks, transpose audio data, set the tempo to a user-defined value, adjust the resolution, as well as enable logging for all monitored notes, recognized chords, MIDI events, and track information.

Bottom line

To sum things up, Midi Guitar Chord Finder comes with a basic suite of features for helping you play MIDI files and check out the guitar chords during the playback. It can be handled by all types of users, regardless of their experience level. On the downside, the audio tool hasn’t been updated for a long time, so some compatibility issues may appear especially on newer operating systems.