[fruityloops] Re: What are MIDI files for?...
- From: "Lasse" <jag@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <fruityloops@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 16:45:33 +0200
Basically midi was invented for synthesizers to communicate with each =
other in the 70:. It that way you could play several synths with one =
keyboard.
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From: "Doktor Scragz" <scragz@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <fruityloops@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 4:35 PM
Subject: [fruityloops] Re: What are MIDI files for?...
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> also, they are very small files and are a common way to have embedded =
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> for your web page and not have a huge load time. kind of wierd for me =
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> my cards midi plays through my non-gm synth.
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> >From: Andrew Ebling <andyebling@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: fruityloops@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: fruityloops@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [fruityloops] Re: What are MIDI files for?...
> >Date: 25 Jul 2002 14:51:15 +0100
> >
> >
> >On Thu, 2002-07-25 at 03:15, P. Diddy Records wrote:
> > >
> > > They exist in the millions, practically any song or
> > > artist you can think of is available to download off
> > > the net in this format... No, I'm not talking about
> > > MP3's, I'm talking about MIDI files!
> > >
> > > Call me stupid, but what are all these MIDI tracks
> > > for? I can't imagine some dude sits in his bedroom
> > > with a bunch of sheet music from the top 100,
> > > replicating each and every entire track for the
> > > pleasure of others... So what ARE these MIDI files and
> > > what are they used for? :)
> >
> >It all goes back to the days of FM chips (like the yamaha OPL-3) when
> >computers were not powerful enough for full blown synthesised audio =
and
> >could just about handle accurate MIDI timing. At the time, FM =
synthesis
> >was "the bees knees"; people would set about making the best possible
> >rendition of their favourite chart song or TV theme tune by creating =
a
> >MIDI file playing it back using the FM chip on their sound card.
> >
> >Many people continue use old technology well past its "sell by date",
> >squeezing out every last little bit of functionality, for reasons of
> >nostalgia, because of a large time investment made in the past or =
just
> >for fun. People continue to use sample based trackers to this day =
for
> >similar reasons.
> >
> >So what is a MIDI file? Well it is a standard file format that =
contains
> >note data (pitch,velocity & length etc), channel data (volume, pan =
etc),
> >song data (tempo) and occasionally System Exclusive data (which
> >describes the setup of a particular synth or MIDI device). Just as =
the
> >MIDI cable was designed as a standard protocol to connect any device
> >together (regardless of manufacturer), so the MIDI file was designed =
as
> >a method of exchanging song data between any sequencer, whether =
hardware
> >or software.
> >
> >So what use are MIDI files to fruityloops users? Well supposing you
> >have a MIDI file of a track that you would like to remix... you could
> >import it into fruityloops and use it as a starting point, to save =
you
> >having to figure out all the melodies, harmonies, bass lines and
> >rhythms. (Although in practice you would probably need to use a more
> >featured MIDI sequencer to split the MIDI file up into its =
constituent
> >parts and save each as a separate MIDI file for importing into the =
piano
> >roll.
> >
> >Alternatively, you might be working the other way round; you have put
> >together a great song in fruityloops, using fruity as a scratchpad =
for
> >ideas... but now you want to put it into a sequencer like Logic for
> >final production. You can export each of your parts as a MIDI file =
and
> >import them into the other sequencer. (Although with fruity becoming =
so
> >fully featured now, this is quickly becoming a pointless exercise!)
> >
> >Hope that answers your question!
> >
> >Andy
> >
> >
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