On 2017-08-08 20:26:06 +0000, Andreas Kohlbach said:
> I always like coding for vintage pleasure. But for MIDI... This is
> probably mainly for folks who want to play SID files on their MIDI
> capable keyboard synthesizers.
>
> I myself was collecting MIDI files but that stopped in the end of the 90s
> already. Suppose it's kind of not used much anymore unless you are
> professional musician.
It is -massively- used.
What you're describing is playing via the cheap sound card General MIDI
patch-compatible sound cards, like the Waveblaster (Sounblaster with a
wavetable synth built in) or similar. But MIDI is sound-independent:
it's the score, the receipt, not the sound itself.
I would -love- to have a modern, up to date SID2MIDI. I work in Logic
on the Mac, run various SID emulation instruments like QuadraSID (now
discontinued sadly). If you're starting a remix, you can do a lot worse
than start from the original MIDI. Feed the original MIDI into a modern
emulation and start playing with the sounds - excellent.
Will take a look. Also holding out hope for a Mac version too if it's
at all possible.
Cheers,
Ian
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