MIDI Files
Y'know MIDI files. I have been thinking about them recently. That is
partly why I added them to the audio section of the file center on my
website. They are mostly a relic from the 90s when hard drive sizes were
tiny, so people didn't want MP3s taking up like 50% of the storage on
their computer. So because MIDI files use computer code for instruments
and don't hold actual recorded performances of songs, they took up a lot
less than MP3s. There is also this charm with them because of the
aforementioned computer code. It sounds unique because of the instrument
thingys built in computers. For example, if you listen to a MP3 file
and you pause, it pauses RIGHT where you were. When you resume playback,
it has no weird audio mishaps (that is if the MP3 wasn't corrupted). On
the other hand with MIDI files, when you pause, the instruments still
resume until the note they do is finished. When you resume, the
instruments which would normally be held through would not be there
because they already completed when you paused it. I do have to clarify
ONE thing though. MIDI is still used for instruments today and as such
is still relevant. I am talking about the period in the 90s and early
2000s when people recreated songs in these MIDI files so their storage
wouldn't fill up. This was just a thought on MIDI files, because why
not! :)
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