MIDI sequence reader

I don't think I quite understand the question. I assume any DAW shows MIDI events in some kind of a Event List,
where you can read details of MIDI events in plain words, if that's what you mean. Do you mean a similar thing, but a standalone version?

Spend a few more words, and let us know what you are trying to do. As noted previously, almost any MIDI editor or sequencer, like Sonar, will let you see the MIDI events in a MIDI file in readable form. Many will make a valiant attempt to display them in standard music notation.

I am confused by the OP as well. For any MIDI track the Piano Roll View and Staff View are quite useful. I am not sure if the event list was the OP's intent, but that also is useful.

jatoth
I think the key to the OPs question is "it will not open in Sonar yet".
Why won't it "open"? Have you tried importing it?
 

Yes, but that wasn't there when the above answers were written. The original post included only the first
sentence of the post.
It would have been better to give the explanation as new post instead of adding it to the original one.
This makes the first answers look stupid.

How are you trying to "open" them in Sonar? Unless Sonar is set as the default MIDI player for your Windows installation just clicking the file icon will open them in that default player.The best way to get the file into Sonar is to use File>Import>MIDI, to import it into a MIDI track. You can also use the browser or drag and drop. If doing that does not work, is there an error message?
 
What are you planning to do with a MIDI event list in MS Word  or CVS[sic] (I assume you mean comma separated values=CSV) format?

I am still confused... If WMP plays the file, then it must be in a MIDI format... Right clicking the file and "Open with..." and choosing SONAR is the simplest method. If NO "MIDI output" is assigned in SONAR X3 and above, SONAR will also insert and route the TTS-1 synth for you.

It might help to post one of the files that crashes SONAR. What SONAR version are you using?

Red4Con1
 
Hello let's see if I can clarify a few things I used the term "open" I was generally speaking, to mean load, open, import, drag and drop, right click and choose, all mean the same thing to me and yes I have tried all these. When I do open the files in question SONAR crash still some I can preview in SONAR others if I preview them that would crash SONAR too.
As to posting into original it's no longer and important how many post I have and this is keep it neat.

When SONAR crashes does it produce an error message or minidump?
 
Although continually modifying the original post works for you it may discourage others from replying to your threads.

Point taken scook & Doktor Avalanche
scook would copying things back to original and still make separate post make people not want respond to my post?

hey red4 here's an old post i helped another user with.  http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/2810578
if you're comfortable with a hex editor, give this a shot...  i was a bit loopy and referred to smpte as smtp, but you should get the idea...

There are a variety of "midi monitors" that simply read a stream of data and print each event to your screen in "english-ish".    The very old midi site, "midi-ox.com" is still safe, I believe (you never know what 'free downloads' may bring you ... )