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MIDIs. Everyone loves MIDIs... or do they?
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What do you think MIDIs are?
Good
36%
 36%  [ 4 ]
Bad
9%
 9%  [ 1 ]
Ugly
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
Good and Ugly
18%
 18%  [ 2 ]
Bad and Ugly
18%
 18%  [ 2 ]
Good and Bad
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
All three
18%
 18%  [ 2 ]
What's a MIDI O.o
0%
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ayana
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 3:24 pm� �Post subject: Reply with quote

Agreed.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 3:37 pm� �Post subject: Reply with quote

I guess I should explain exactly what a MIDI file is and why it isn't obsolete quite yet.

A WAV file has samples of audio stored at different frequencies. This is the computer equivalent of a tape cassette. You can record at different qualities, with greater qualities taking more space to store. An MP3 file is simply a compressed WAV file. Since audio data is pretty random to begin with, the only way to get good compression is to give up some quality, which is why MP3 encoding is referred to as "lossy".

A MIDI file has instructions for your computer about what instruments to play and what notes. This is the computer equivalent to a score sheet. Depending on the computer, the music can sound different since each computer uses different sounding instruments. Since it's just notes and instruments, the file size is small, so no compression is necessary.

The advantage is that MIDI files are much better at orchestrating a song using less space. It can do some excellent composing of songs, like the Dragonlance Overture. However, if you need sounds that can't be provided by the standard set of instuments, you should go with WAV or equivalent.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 9:00 am� �Post subject: Reply with quote

Very few MIDIs are annoying he says...

Good quality MIDIs he says...

He has them, on Cds. He brings them into the house and plays them...

Bip Bop Bip Bop

It just goes on and on. He's got hundreds.
We told him to stop.
Now he's become bitter and resentful.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 9:10 am� �Post subject: Reply with quote

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Right...

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 2:23 am� �Post subject: Reply with quote

...O_o?
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