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What is MIDI?
MIDI
files do not contain the actual sounds like audio files, but only the note control information played by the
synthesizer chip of the sound card. This has several advantages:
1.
MIDI files need a lot less memory than wave files.
2.
MIDI files can be adapted to any beat (BPM) without affecting the sound; only the playback
tempo is changed.
3.
Transposition of MIDI files to other pitches is also easy. When doing so, a section in a song does
not have to be saved in several different keys. The version in C major is perfectly sufficient. It can
then be transposed to any key by simply clicking the right mouse button.
4.
In Samplitude Music Studio 15 you can use VST instruments which play the notes contained in
the MIDI files.
The disadvantage of MIDI files
: The actual sound is not yet set. Only during playback by the synthesizer chip of the sound card from
external MIDI synthesizers/virtual instruments (VST instruments) will it be produced. High-quality sound
cards or external synthesizers will sound completely different and better than standard sound cards.
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