-=> CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 CA>> Only if you play MIDI files frequently. :-)

 WC> Maple Leaf Rag :-)

 CA> If you refer to the one at my music page, it is a recording of a MIDI
 CA> file to WAV then to MP3/WMA.

Yes.

 CA> If you were to load and play the original MIDI file your system would
 CA> use it's stored soundfonts (mini-WAV files) of recorded instruments
 CA> that may or may not give you the sound as I had intended.  That is why
 CA> I have recorded them _for_ users using the same soundfonts I was using
 CA> when I did the resequencing of the MIDI files.

Sounded great, among the very best I've ever heard, maybe THE best.

 CA> FWIW: Roland soundfonts are not all equal (some are complete 'sets'
 CA> while others are only partial) and Creative soundfonts are very very
 CA> different from Roland's.  Yamaha favors the younger users with many
 CA> 'synth' instrument sounds and even normal instruments tend to sound
 CA> synthetic using Yamaha's soundfonts.

That synthetic sound should be user selectable IMO with
the default to standard instrument sound.
 
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