Mellotronists

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, Jerry Korb <jkorb@i...> wrote:
Perhaps my aging computer (Pentium-I , 133 MHz) cannot decipher the 
MIDI files.  They played thru Quick Time audio.
Any suggestions out-there ?? Besides buying a new computer?

Cheers, JK

Jerry:
In order to open these MIDI files (*.mid) and view the "staff" 
and "piano roll" you need a MIDI Sequencer program like Cakewalk 
Express.

http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/Express/default.asp
It's $29 and will run on a 120MHz Pentium.

If you just want to listen to *.mid files, something like QuickTime 
should work, but it will probably sound like SHIT using general midi 
samples from a basic sound card.  (Makes everything sound like a 
Nintendo game).

MIDI files will sound just as shitty with Cakewalk Express.  You can 
get good quality audio from MIDI, but you need to spend a fortune on 
samples and a software sampler.

For $29 you can have music notation for each instument for just about 
any song you can think of.... but playback sound quality will not be 
too good.


Clay