What are Frank's MIDI Plug-Ins?

Cakewalk SONAR, Steinberg Cubase, Cakewalk Project5, Cakewalk Pro Audio and many other products from Cakewalk provide the ability to use plug-in MIDI effects. Using plug-in effects is very similar to using the MIDI processing commands like "Quantize", "Transpose", "Interpolate". For a detailed description of the MIDI effects see your Cakewalk user manual.

What is offered by Frank's MIDI Plug-Ins?

Frank's MIDI Plug-Ins is a continuously growing series of useful plug-ins. Presently there are eight plug-ins available:

  • Humanize allows you to randomize all aspects of notes and choose from four different kind of random number generation schemes.
  • Virtual Band automatically generates a complete professional quality arrangement. Just insert the chords using standard chord symbols (like C or Gm7), load the style you would like to use, and Virtual Band does the rest.
  • Split Poly strips a chordal passage into individual single-line melodies on separate midi channels. Use this feature, for example, to transform a polyphone sax or trumpet section into single-line melodies.
  • Delete Doubles deletes all kinds of doubled, repeated and possibly unnecessary MIDI events: doubled events, repeated events, octavated notes.
  • Rhythmic Controller is a step sequencer for controller events and can be used to automate pan, volume, filter cut-off, resonance and many more.
  • Track and Clip Notes is a tool that allows to have individual comments for MIDI tracks and clip.
  • Midi Statistics analyzes your MIDI events and collects a lot of useful information about Note, Wheel, Patch, Controller, RPN and NRPN events.
  • Split by Patches is a plug-in for splitting tracks that contain different sounds. The result is a track where the different sounds are split into different midi channels.

More plug-ins are currently under development.

What people say:

Ole Vinther: "Why Yamaha and Roland and others of the 'great' arrangement-keyboard makers do not implement some of the functions from your plugins (Humanize, Virtual Band and others) I do not understand. I am a proud owner of a Yamaha Tyros 2, and it is very well performing. But it would be perfect if one could run your plugins within the keyboard."

Jeffrey R. Smoots: "The Humanize plug-in is an essential 'secret-weapon' in my midi sequencing toolkit. Frank's Humanize mfx saves me countless hours of tweaking my midi tracks' events manually. Instead, I simply apply the Humanize plug in. [...] Bring the nuance of human performance to your midi sequence with Humanize mfx."
Jeff used the Humanize plug-in on his latest album "Loss for Words" on all the sequenced sounds.

Frank Like: "[...] wanted to say thanks and I spread the word about your great midi plugs and great price every chance I get."

Joey Stuckey: "These plug-ins are some of the most useful and time saving plug-ins out there! They do so much and cost so little! [...] These are essential tools for anyone that is a serious MIDI programmer!" (midi-plugins.de is an endorser of Joey)

Tom Parker: "I use Humanize on almost all my MIDI tracks, and would be lost without it. The new Notes plug-in is a dream come true. I use it on MIDI tracks and/or clips to make notes to myself, and can see at a glance whether I have notes. (Along with AnalogX's DXPad or ProXL's VstNotes for audio tracks/clips) I now have a complete solution to notes."

Ray Lindsley: "...this is one of the most useful add-on tools that I have ever purchased for Cubase and, at $19.95(*) is an incredible value. I have saved myself hours of tedious editing with just the humanize tool, alone. Given the price- it's a no-brainer."

Manuel Dominguez Sarmiento: "I've recently begun to do all my drum tracks strictly with softsynths/sequencers and your Humanize plugin is indispensable. [...] Again, thanks for listening and for the great support."

What's new?

Mai 20, 2012: Updated Virtual Band with Arpeggiator and Phrases. Many bug fixes, especially for Cubase users.
January 14, 2012: Default Cubase plugin presets availbale for download.
December 28, 2011: Small fixes for Virtual Band.
August 28, 2010: All plugins now work in Cubase 64 bit. Track and Clip Notes can show notes with an alternate fixed font.
February 10,2008: Free Virtual Band style by Alan Smith.
November 5, 2007: Many small fixes. Improved Virtual Band and Midi Statistics.
April 8, 2007: Updated Humanize. Release of native VST interface. Some bug fixes.
Aug 20, 2006: Release of Virtual Band. Some bug fixes.
Jan 8, 2006: Release of Track and Clip Notes. All plugins are from now on available as 64 Bit Version to be used with SONAR 5 x64 Edition.
May 29, 2005: Updated: Delete Double Plug-In, Split Poly Plug-In, Humanize Plug-In, Split by Patches Plug-In, Rhythmic Controller Plug-In, Midi Statistics Plug-In
May 2, 2003: Release of Humanize Plug-In
Oct. 1, 2002: Release of Midi Statistics Plug-In
June 14, 2001: Release of Rhythmic Controller Plug-In
Oct. 1, 2000: Release of Split by Patches Plug-In
May 1, 2000: Release of Split Poly Plug-In
Feb. 1, 2000: First public release of Frank's MIDI Plug-Ins

(*) price of the plugins up to version 7