ABC Music Maker

ABC Music Maker is a music creation studio built around ABC notation — a compact, human-readable text format for composing music. Write melodies as plain text, hear them instantly through your MIDI setup, and route live MIDI output to any software or hardware on your system.

At its core is a MIDI server that sequences and delivers note events with precise timing, connecting to DAWs, virtual instruments, hardware synthesizers, and more.

Features:

GUI DAW — A full graphical editor with a piano roll, multi-track mixer, loop regions, undo/redo, and real-time playback

ABC Notation Editor — Compose and edit music as human-readable text; no prior music theory required

Multi-Voice Support — Up to 16 simultaneous MIDI channels with per-track instrument assignment using General MIDI programs

MIDI Import — Bring in existing .mid files and edit them as ABC notation

Built-in Synthesizer — DX7 FM synthesis engine and SF2 soundfont playback, no external software required

MIDI Routing — Send to Ableton, FL Studio, Logic, hardware synths, or any virtual MIDI cable

Perfect for: musicians who think in text, tracker-style composers, and anyone who wants a lightweight notation-first workflow.