Solve : Midi?

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Answer» I have to know: Is MIDI supposed to sound like a 1980's game, or is it just my sound card?yes no What kind of sound card and other specs, what game?Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Live! 24-Bit Other specs... what other specs? I have 5.12.1.512 drivers for this device... I can't think of any other ones related to sound. The MIDI files I'm referring two are the latest post on the "websites of pedophelic nature" thread. I don't work with MIDI often but when I do, it sounds... bad. Like a real old VIDEO game.To give you some ides of how it sounds, here's a link to a MIDI file. You should recognize it from the thread I pointed out. http://www.northcastle.co.uk/archive/vault/music/z2-end.mid Now, it sounds normal (I think, anyway), on the Net. However, on my own PC... well, here's an MP3 version of what I hear (attatched). EDIT: Hang on, wrong song... done.They sound more alike than different. That definitely sounds like MIDI. Ever heard Lemmings?I'm not sure what Lemmings is, so I'll say "no". And what confuses me is that they are similar, but not identical. On the net, I can hear a synthesized trumpet in the opening, and it actually sounds dramatic. However, on my PC, it sounds more like an electric piano, which is... not so dramatic. And the duh-DUH-duh-DUH in the middle is totally different. Why? It's on the same PC... does FireFox have its own synth?MIDI RULES! I got the entire Doom 1 and 2 soundtrack. And the Duke Nukem soundtrack, ofcourse. This one does sound kind of crappy. It also sounds different on each soundcard you try, if you have Linux, you can load whatever soundfonts you can find and have a huge VARIETY on the same track over and over... Until you get mad because it will never sound like those '90's soundcards. Quote And what confuses me is that they are similar, but not identical. On the net, I can hear a synthesized trumpet in the opening, and it actually sounds dramatic. However, on my PC, it sounds more like an electric piano, which is... not so dramatic. And the duh-DUH-duh-DUH in the middle is totally different. Why? It's on the same PC... does FireFox have its own synth? It's your soundcard's MIDI synthesizer. Or the drivers you use. Not sure, if you figure out, let me know.Dilbert you should be able to change you Midi Syntiziers Setting in Audio in Control panel, try some of the different options , you may find some sound completely different to others. I find the Yamaha one's seem to do the Best sound, The playstation 1 had a Yamaha SyntThe only two synthesizers I have are 1. Creative SoundFontSynth (Active) 2. Microsoft GS WaveTable SW Synth I'm at the Yahama Synth site and it appears to be drivers for a soundcard I don't have. Quote it will never sound like those '90's soundcards. Aww... [edit]I may not know exactly what the difference between the synth on FF and the synth on my PC is, but I made a practical solution to my problem itself: I used Audacity to record the MIDI on the Net and export it as a WAV and MP3. [/edit]You can upload more soundfonts to that card. RTFM. I didn't get a MANUAL past the poorly translated installation instructions (which, having upgraded PCI cards before, I don't need). :-/Is >this< manual any good? (I haven't downloaded it myself, to check.)I just Re read the Tread , i had that same Sound Chip, only MINE was the Better one Creative labs Sound Blaster Live Platinum 5.1 ^.^ E-censored++ Its a Great Card BTW But any way, i had Loads Of Midi's The FFVII Sound Track , The Creative Midi Synt Worked Fine for me, the MS one was also Quite Good. But i do BELIEVE i also had the option to use the Yamaha Software Synt at some point, Twas why i recommend it in fact... but now i can not remember where it came from... Ill have a gawk at the comps at home later and see if i cant find any thingPlatinum, eh? I don't care about that. I have a 7.1, BTW

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I have to know: Is MIDI supposed to sound like a 1980's game, or is it just my sound card?yes
no

What kind of sound card and other specs, what game?Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Live! 24-Bit

Other specs... what other specs? I have 5.12.1.512 drivers for this device... I can't think of any other ones related to sound.

The MIDI files I'm referring two are the latest post on the "websites of pedophelic nature" thread. I don't work with MIDI often but when I do, it sounds... bad. Like a real old VIDEO game.To give you some ides of how it sounds, here's a link to a MIDI file. You should recognize it from the thread I pointed out.

http://www.northcastle.co.uk/archive/vault/music/z2-end.mid

Now, it sounds normal (I think, anyway), on the Net. However, on my own PC... well, here's an MP3 version of what I hear (attatched).

EDIT: Hang on, wrong song... done.They sound more alike than different. That definitely sounds like MIDI. Ever heard Lemmings?I'm not sure what Lemmings is, so I'll say "no".

And what confuses me is that they are similar, but not identical. On the net, I can hear a synthesized trumpet in the opening, and it actually sounds dramatic. However, on my PC, it sounds more like an electric piano, which is... not so dramatic. And the duh-DUH-duh-DUH in the middle is totally different. Why? It's on the same PC... does FireFox have its own synth?MIDI RULES! I got the entire Doom 1 and 2 soundtrack. And the Duke Nukem soundtrack, ofcourse.

This one does sound kind of crappy.

It also sounds different on each soundcard you try, if you have Linux, you can load whatever soundfonts you can find and have a huge VARIETY on the same track over and over... Until you get mad because it will never sound like those '90's soundcards.

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And what confuses me is that they are similar, but not identical. On the net, I can hear a synthesized trumpet in the opening, and it actually sounds dramatic. However, on my PC, it sounds more like an electric piano, which is... not so dramatic. And the duh-DUH-duh-DUH in the middle is totally different. Why? It's on the same PC... does FireFox have its own synth?

It's your soundcard's MIDI synthesizer. Or the drivers you use. Not sure, if you figure out, let me know.Dilbert you should be able to change you Midi Syntiziers Setting in Audio in Control panel, try some of the different options , you may find some sound completely different to others.

I find the Yamaha one's seem to do the Best sound, The playstation 1 had a Yamaha SyntThe only two synthesizers I have are

1. Creative SoundFontSynth (Active)

2. Microsoft GS WaveTable SW Synth

I'm at the Yahama Synth site and it appears to be drivers for a soundcard I don't have.

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it will never sound like those '90's soundcards.

Aww...

[edit]I may not know exactly what the difference between the synth on FF and the synth on my PC is, but I made a practical solution to my problem itself: I used Audacity to record the MIDI on the Net and export it as a WAV and MP3. [/edit]You can upload more soundfonts to that card. RTFM. I didn't get a MANUAL past the poorly translated installation instructions (which, having upgraded PCI cards before, I don't need). :-/Is >this< manual any good? (I haven't downloaded it myself, to check.)I just Re read the Tread , i had that same Sound Chip, only MINE was the Better one

Creative labs Sound Blaster Live Platinum 5.1 ^.^ E-*censored*++
Its a Great Card BTW

But any way, i had Loads Of Midi's The FFVII Sound Track , The Creative Midi Synt Worked Fine for me, the MS one was also Quite Good. But i do BELIEVE i also had the option to use the Yamaha Software Synt at some point, Twas why i recommend it in fact... but now i can not remember where it came from...

Ill have a gawk at the comps at home later and see if i cant find any thingPlatinum, eh? I don't care about that. I have a 7.1, BTW

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