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Posted by Domz on Dec-27-2003 15:44:

midi vs. mp3

Does anyone else actually enjoy listening to midi's

they just soo cheesy i find them entertaining

Posted by andy on Dec-27-2003 15:52:

theres no sound in midi files

Posted by St_Andrew on Dec-27-2003 16:18:

hehe how can midis be cheesy?

Posted by BTG on Dec-27-2003 16:43:

quote:
Originally posted by St_Andrew
hehe how can midis be cheesy?

because if you do play it in winamp, they use those sounds that are on your soundcard. very basic sounds.

Posted by noikeee on Dec-27-2003 16:46:

loading them into fruity and some lame cheesy 3xosc preset can be fun as well

Posted by m0sh on Dec-27-2003 16:57:

I need full songs on midis (trance) for my phones
to make a nice ringtone
not a simple one poly ring

Posted by KilldaDJ on Dec-28-2003 01:06:

does anyone enjoy listening to a midi?

in a word, no.

Posted by moncster on Dec-28-2003 01:08:

midi's are the suck
xm's and chiptunes r00l j00

Posted by nickpdx on Dec-28-2003 02:55:

hehehe midis are the worst type of sound file ever invented

.ogg and .mp3 = teh win

Posted by mndeg on Dec-28-2003 03:40:

why were midis made anyway? once i listened to a midi a long long time ago, i just thought it was a bad file

Posted by arctic on Dec-28-2003 03:45:

quote:
Originally posted by nickpdx
hehehe midis are the worst type of sound file ever invented

You obviously have absolutley no clue what they're for then. MIDI can't be compared to ogg/mp3, it's a totally different format.

They're useful for ringtones on certain types of phones, and invaluable for producing, as they contain the actual notes to tracks which can be easily exported into a sequencer. For instance, if I wanted to remix PVD - For An Angel, and I had a midi file of it (which I do), I can just insert the notes into FL (The sequencer I use), and away I go.

Posted by DJ-Fuq on Dec-28-2003 03:48:

Midis are not for listening to. They dont contain any audio, only notes and what u hear is ur sound cards crappy synth playing those notes.
U can load them into a sequencer and instead of the shit sound card synth sound, it will use the sound from a sample or proper synth to play the notes.

Posted by nickpdx on Dec-28-2003 03:56:

quote:
Originally posted by arctic
You obviously have absolutley no clue what they're for then. MIDI can't be compared to ogg/mp3, it's a totally different format.

They're useful for ringtones on certain types of phones, and invaluable for producing, as they contain the actual notes to tracks which can be easily exported into a sequencer. For instance, if I wanted to remix PVD - For An Angel, and I had a midi file of it (which I do), I can just insert the notes into FL (The sequencer I use), and away I go.

i wasnt comparing ogg&mp3 to midi - i was stating that ogg&mp3 are the best midis suck for listening to actual songs

Posted by ali92 on Dec-28-2003 14:10:

quote:
Originally posted by nickpdx
i wasnt comparing ogg&mp3 to midi - i was stating that ogg&mp3 are the best midis suck for listening to actual songs

No, Free Lossless Audio Codec (?; a.k.a. FLAC) is the best. It losslessly compresses audio at a nice rate and has so many other nice features. Read more about it at http://flac.sourceforge.net/ .

Posted by arctic on Dec-28-2003 21:34:

quote:
Originally posted by ali92
No, Free Lossless Audio Codec (?; a.k.a. FLAC) is the best. It losslessly compresses audio at a nice rate and has so many other nice features. Read more about it at http://flac.sourceforge.net/ .

I'm partial to Monkeys Audio, although FLAC is open so it gets some brownie points there.

The .ape file extention is so cool.

Posted by DrUg_Tit0 on Dec-28-2003 22:02:

I have some old midis from all those amiga and pc demos that were out there before the mp3 period. There are many that are really good and I really do enjoy listening to.

Posted by SuperFarStucker on Dec-29-2003 00:26:

Midi contains NO ACTUAL SONIC INFORMATION. It is up to the midi reader to "create" sounds based on the notes or pass it onto a device that will.

Posted by arctic on Dec-29-2003 00:28:

quote:
Originally posted by nickpdx
i wasnt comparing ogg&mp3 to midi - i was stating that ogg&mp3 are the best midis suck for listening to actual songs

That's because they aren't meant for listening to actual songs.