Mellotronists

ceccles_ca wrote:

> 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).

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Hi Clay,   Many Thanks for the advice.     As mentioned to
Frank Stickle last evening, my only computer is a 7+ yr.old laptop.
Not much opportunity for custom add-ons.

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> 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

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I'm using Media Player 9.0 to listen to the   *.MID files.
The std. DELL sound card plays CD's, and  all .MP2-3 files perfectly!

But  I can't do much more than that listen to .MID  for the moment.

One of these days I'll get "modern" with a faster/updated system.
....But not quite yet......Cheers,  Jerry K.