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The Place Of Modern MIDI Music?

Posted by Zonk on from the cue-zelda-theme dept.

-1-Lone_Eagle writes "With the free availability of literally thousands of MIDI files on the Internet, and increasingly powerful home desktop systems and software, virtually anyone can take a MIDI file and using a program such as GarageBand or Reason create a near-studio-quality rendition of their favorite song. This opens up an interesting discussion, is a remixed MIDI file an original creation? Or is it simply a copied work with the rights belonging to the original author? Is it piracy? What do you think?"

3 of 261 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Instrumental Music by ultranova · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Greetings, Mr. Noculture. There's a such thing as music without vocals.

    But there are no songs without vocals, Mr. Incomprehension.

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    Forget magic. Any technology distinguishable from divine power is insufficiently advanced.

  2. near studio quality rendition? by C0rinthian · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Anyone who thinks MIDI can be used to produce a 'studio quality rendition' of their favorite song must listen to really shitty songs, or simply has no business dealing with music on any level.

    MIDI = suck

  3. Re:Do they sound like a car alarm? by Not+The+Real+Me · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Sorry, dude, but there are no good or great Midi only songs out there. 99.5% of the techno (which is 90% midi) sucks.

    All the bands making big bucks at concerts are real musicians playing real instruments and doing so live (i.e. real time, not some played back midi sequencing).

    To be fair and honest, midi does have its place in music. Not at the forefront of a composition but in the rhythm section. Wave tables of percussion does a reasonable facsimile of "real" drums and percussion instruments. In that regard I see a role for midi. But midi as the key voice has not and will not happen unless you happen to like music that sucks.