Re: OT: midi was OT: Dissertation online

On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, Gary Shannon wrote:

> Midi CAN be terrible! There's no doubt of that.  But
> midi can be sublime as well, with the right equipment
> and taking care to create a real performace file, not
> just a mechanical note-by-note transcription.
>
> I use a Korg N5 synthesizer/keyboard which is not
> top-of-the-line, but has pretty darn good orchestral
> sounds.  I also use Giga Studio sampling synthesizer
> which has incredible orchestral and solo instrument
> sounds.  As for performance standards, I recently
> spent easily 3 months on my midi performance of the
> first movement of Beethoven's 6th.  And that 3 months
> of work started AFTER I got all the notes entered.
> That's 3 months (evenings and weekends only) of
> performance dynamics work. THAT kind of midi can be
> wonderful.
My uncle has a MIDI-capable organ, and has a it connected to a computer
loaded up with recordings (split into start, middle and end) of the pipe
organ at (IIRC) St Anne's Cathedral in England. Apparently it's about 3
gig of data, but the sound is absolutely impressive.

--
Tristan

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