MIDI Search

Searching the Internet For a Certain MIDI File

Visit all registered sites with Standard MIDI Files on the Net
This comprehensive list of sites also has 'search pages'.
Do you think you have found an unlisted MIDI file page?
Copy & paste the non-frame URL of the page that actually has MIDI files.
Example: http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~ckelly/midi/loops/midi.html

If it isn't, you'll be able to add it, so everyone can enjoy it.

If you can't find it elsewhere, then make a request on news:alt.binaries.sounds.midi
Use the subject "REQ: Song_title" ("Song_title" being the title of the song which you want).

How to Search Alta Vista

Put the title of the tune (or the artist's name or the type of music) which you are looking for in place of "pink panther" . Keep the quotes.

Incomplete tune names will give you more links (ie. "pink panther" instead of "pink panther theme")

All lower-case will give you more links.

Since some pages with MIDI files only give filenames and not tune names, also try abbreviated forms. (ie. "pink", "pnkpanth", "panth", etc.)

Note that this will only search for .mid files. To also search for .zip files, replace the above search string with this.
"pink panther" AND (link:zip OR link:mid)
With this search string, you'll possibly also get pages offering ZIP files, which are not ZIP files of MIDI files.

Note that this will only search web pages and not FTP sites which also have large collections of MIDI files. Use filez.com to search FTP sites.

How to Search Hotbot

Put the title of the tune you are looking for in place of pink panther . Don't use quotes.

Most of the advice given for Alta Vista also applies to Hotbot.

Your search will probably be most successful using the default settings. However, try some of the options if you get no results.

Alta Vista seems to give better results and also produces faster-downloading "fat-free" pages.

Hotbot may have different pages in its database, so try it if Alta Vista can't find what you are looking for.

If you plan to use this page again, save it as HTML (save as "source" with Netscape), and use "Open File..." to access it from your own computer.

The latest version of this page is located at:
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~ckelly/midi/help/midi-search.html