Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] ".mid" files playing in Linux games
From: drclaw_AT_dogsolitude.org
Date: Sat Jan 31 2004 - 17:47:07 EET
On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 04:12:17PM -0600, RTaylor wrote:
> The label "drclaw_AT_dogsolitude.org" hathe been affixed to this message,
> >On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 03:52:38PM -0500, Dominic Genest wrote:
>
> >> Mine are rather "piano only", classical-like, songs. Those usually sound
> >> better with midi sequencers.
> >
> >I would have to completely disagree. It isn't that one is "better" than
> >the other, they both have pluses and minuses. At a certain level,
>
> ...His songs, guy.
I was just attempting to point out that the formats themselves do not
constrain the ability of the composer to write music in one style or
another. You could write a piece with an acceptable piano simulation
in either format. What constrains the composer is the amount of support
for "piano" sounds he could find related to these formats. If this was
a commercial project, I could think of numerous commercial MIDI synths
that have decent piano simulations, the problem is that I personally
haven't heard any good piano simulations of the free software variety,
and plugging in your own piano sounds is just as easy with a tracked
song as with a MIDI song.
Cheers,
784 - Michael C. Piantedosi - drclaw_AT_dogsolitude.org
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