diff --git a/libs/evoral/evoral/LibSMF.hpp b/libs/evoral/evoral/LibSMF.hpp
index 0c3386b40c..da90814bf3 100644
--- a/libs/evoral/evoral/LibSMF.hpp
+++ b/libs/evoral/evoral/LibSMF.hpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #define EVORAL_LIB_SMF_HPP
 
 #include <cassert>
-#include "evoral/StandardMIDIFile.hpp"
+#include "evoral/MIDIFile.hpp"
 
 struct smf_struct;
 struct smf_track_struct;
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ template<typename Time> class EventRingBuffer;
 /** Standard Midi File (Type 0)
  */
 template<typename Time>
-class LibSMF : public StandardMIDIFile<Time> {
+class LibSMF : public MIDIFile<Time> {
 public:
 	LibSMF() : _last_ev_time(0), _smf(0), _smf_track(0), _empty(true) {};
 	virtual ~LibSMF();
diff --git a/libs/evoral/evoral/StandardMIDIFile.hpp b/libs/evoral/evoral/MIDIFile.hpp
similarity index 95%
rename from libs/evoral/evoral/StandardMIDIFile.hpp
rename to libs/evoral/evoral/MIDIFile.hpp
index a3359368f6..093267041b 100644
--- a/libs/evoral/evoral/StandardMIDIFile.hpp
+++ b/libs/evoral/evoral/MIDIFile.hpp
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ namespace Evoral {
 template<typename Time> class Event;
 template<typename Time> class EventRingBuffer;
 
-#define THROW_FILE_ERROR throw(typename StandardMIDIFile<Time>::FileError)
+#define THROW_FILE_ERROR throw(typename MIDIFile<Time>::FileError)
 
 /** Standard MIDI File interface
  */
 template<typename Time>
-class StandardMIDIFile {
+class MIDIFile {
 public:
 	class FileError : public std::exception {
 		const char* what() const throw() { return "libsmf error"; }
diff --git a/libs/evoral/evoral/SMF.hpp b/libs/evoral/evoral/SMF.hpp
index 4a154cba0f..23a317bb28 100644
--- a/libs/evoral/evoral/SMF.hpp
+++ b/libs/evoral/evoral/SMF.hpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #ifndef EVORAL_SMF_HPP
 #define EVORAL_SMF_HPP
 
-#include "evoral/StandardMIDIFile.hpp"
+#include "evoral/MIDIFile.hpp"
 
 namespace Evoral {
 	
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ template<typename Time> class EventRingBuffer;
 /** Standard Midi File (Type 0)
  */
 template<typename Time>
-class SMF : public StandardMIDIFile<Time> {
+class SMF : public MIDIFile<Time> {
 public:
 	SMF();
 	virtual ~SMF();
diff --git a/libs/evoral/src/LibSMF.cpp b/libs/evoral/src/LibSMF.cpp
index 9f6f260b9f..127aa9699c 100644
--- a/libs/evoral/src/LibSMF.cpp
+++ b/libs/evoral/src/LibSMF.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ LibSMF<Time>::open(const std::string& path) THROW_FILE_ERROR
 	if (!_smf) {
 		_smf = smf_new();
 		if (smf_set_ppqn(_smf, _ppqn) != 0) {
-			throw typename StandardMIDIFile<Time>::FileError();
+			throw typename MIDIFile<Time>::FileError();
 		}
 		
 		if(_smf == NULL) {
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ LibSMF<Time>::close() THROW_FILE_ERROR
 	assert(false);
 	if (_smf) {
 		if (smf_save(_smf, _path.c_str()) != 0) {
-			throw typename StandardMIDIFile<Time>::FileError();
+			throw typename MIDIFile<Time>::FileError();
 		}
 		smf_delete(_smf);
 		_smf = 0;
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ void
 LibSMF<Time>::end_write() THROW_FILE_ERROR
 {
 	if (smf_save(_smf, _path.c_str()) != 0)
-		throw typename StandardMIDIFile<Time>::FileError();
+		throw typename MIDIFile<Time>::FileError();
 }
 
 template class LibSMF<double>;
diff --git a/libs/evoral/src/SMF.cpp b/libs/evoral/src/SMF.cpp
index 0278bed490..fa62ab8eeb 100644
--- a/libs/evoral/src/SMF.cpp
+++ b/libs/evoral/src/SMF.cpp
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ SMF<Time>::begin_write(FrameTime start_frame)
 
 template<typename Time>
 void
-SMF<Time>::end_write() throw(typename StandardMIDIFile<Time>::FileError)
+SMF<Time>::end_write() throw(typename MIDIFile<Time>::FileError)
 {
 	flush_header();
 	flush_footer();