On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 20:56:30 +1000
_nasturtium <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 08:26 pm, John Richard Smith wrote:
> > least Yamaha seem to be using this specific file connotation, whether
> .mid are MIDI files and they're quite standardised - if the keyboard is 
> "General MIDI" then the files should be easy to play and edit.
> 
> > and the sound quality is good. So it's not a cheapskate size reduction

> MIDI files only record the notes.
Bit of an oversimplification, this may be useful.
http://www.borg.com/~jglatt/tutr/miditutr.htm
this one seems a good description
http://www.borg.com/~jglatt/tutr/midiform.htm

> The final playback quality is NOT guaranteed. It depends on your waveset, you 
> might notice they sound different on computer and keyboard.
> 
> > I'm still looking for something that will both display and allow me to
> > edit, and in the end convert to an ordinary .wav file format to write to
> > CD, and in linux if at all possible.
> To play, use "timidity" or various frontends like "kmidi" or "kmid".
> To edit in Linux, use sequencers such as MuSE. Timidity can save MIDIs to wave 
> files. In Windows, programs like Cake Walk can edit.
> 
> Regards,
>       _nasturtium
> 
> 


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