Midi Files Bad Things
Artist: Jace Everett: Song: Bad Things (True Blood Theme) Details: 2:38 with 9 channels of sound; Key Em; Tempo 130; Synched Lyrics.
ORIGINAL: bassman99 Does anyone have handy any links for sites with.good. free MIDI files?
Back when I was looking in the 80s, the free ones were all rubbish, but I get the impression things may have changed. Note: I'm posting this here because of all the folks where with sophisticated home studios. If there is a better place to post this, please let me know.
No, things have not changed. It's luck of the draw. All the 'collections' I've seen have thousands of bad ones and a few good ones mixed in.
Kinda like mortgage backed securities. But I digress. ORIGINAL: stratcat Yep, it's hit and miss as Frank says. I've got a collection of thousands and many are very good. Hamtaro rainbow rescue. Is there a certain style or certain songs you are looking for?
Forensic Files Bad Blood
It seems there is an abundance of 'techno' of 80's synthy stuff, but not a lot of quality rock, but I've found a few gems. I might be able to zip some stuff up and email it to you.
I don't even have Sonar at this point; I'm just 'surveying the environment'. While my need is not immediate enough to ask you to bother with zipping/emailing anything, your kind offer speaks volumes about the people frequenting this forum.
It is clear that the activity here is.intense., but I've not been here long enough to yet reliably note the 'tone'. From what I've seen, though, this tends to be one of the more mature/professional forums I've participated in, and speaks well of the Cakewalk customer-base (or at least the forum participants). Re: genres, I'd be primarily interested in: rock 'classics' (60s-80s) and 70s 'funk'.
Especially interesting would be songs with great keyboard parts (Green-eyed Lady comes to mind). I really like the big fat 60s/70s keyboard/Leslie sound, which is so rare these days. Hi bassman99, Years ago I gave up rummaging through MIDI files and purchased Band In a Box (BIAB).
Many of those who criticize it appear to be unaware of or simply don't appreciate the fact that it can be used in more modes than simply creating canned music. You can create styles from your own playing, whether it be a full piece or mere noodling.
You can also created a blend of styles. For example, you could take a crappy MIDI file and import it to create a style, edit that style to take out what you don't like, then blend it with an existing style, add harmonies, etc. It has many different uses. Being based on music theory and heuristics (accumulated knowledge, practice, and wisdom of musicians implemented as modifiable rules with parameters), it will usually put out something that you can work with. If it doesn't, you can either modify the style or hit the button again and create something else.
For me, this process has produced much (much, much) better starting material for many different types of music than rummaging through MIDI web sites. Another point that should be mentioned, however, is that many of those 'crappy' MIDI files were probably created using a MIDI player or external synth that you are not using for playing.
The person who created the MIDI file may very well have been listening to something much better than what you or I hear. It's hard to judge a MIDI file without knowing what synth or player was used to create it. It's very difficult to create MIDI files that sound good on everything. The very first step I perform with BIAB is to change virtually all instruments so that I can hear the true potential of the output.
In addition, I've also found using Jamstix (now Jamstix2) to be much more productive than rummaging through audio and MIDI drum loops. Just a suggestion.
I wish you Good Luck in finding and/or creating MIDI files! Regards, Dave Clark.