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- by nensondubois at 10:06 PM EST on January 22, 2009
- So do most people.
- by Emperor ServingSpoon at 5:25 AM EST on January 23, 2009
- Fridgey: That depends on whether or not you actually consider it work. For those of the opposite opinion, creating these MIDIs is much the same as making fan art is to a fan artist. They do it because of their love of the music, not because they desire to simply replicate it. The best kind of fan art is the kind that is based off their own ideas, not the kind that perfectly imitates a piece of official art(although it's certainly impressive if they can manage it), simply because the official art already exists so there's no reason to replicate it. Likewise, I'd be much more impressed if someone is able to recreate a song quite faithfully simply by listening to it than I would be by someone who just runs the game code through a program and then fixes up a few mistakes. The second way may generate the better result in the end, but in that case I may as well just listen to the version from the game.
Generally speaking, I *do* prefer official art over fan art and the original music over a recreation(but being a creative kind of person myself, I appreciate the talent put in to fan works as well)... But thanks to the work of the guys around here, I can already listen to the original music, so I have no need of a MIDI version of it, because the original will (almost) always sound better.
- by fridgey at 5:53 AM EST on January 23, 2009
- Eh, the guy I was responding to called it work. Personally, the last time I downloaded a midi I was still using a 2400 baud dialup modem...
- by Elven Spellmaker at 7:17 AM EST on January 23, 2009
- faithfully
I have found very little faithful hand done MIDIs...
- by Lunar at 7:56 AM EST on January 23, 2009
- "I have found very little faithful hand done MIDIs..."
It's a shame that a few bad eggs spoil the whole batch for you. I like to think I am faithful to the original tracks when I'm transcribing... Also, check the names I mentioned, they are talented people and don't get nearly enough credit. I'm sure countless OCReMixers have used midis to aid their remixing :)
Yeah, out of all the benefits that I see to having the music in a sequenced format (there are many), "having the music" is not usually one of them. If you want the original music, you get the original music, not midis. That used to be less easy when there weren't xSF formats and high speed internet for all, but it's fairly straightforward these days now we have all that. I only keep midis which I really like, or need for some other purpose. That and tracks that are in midi format to begin with... lots of PC soundtracks, japanese musicians composing with their sound modules, stuff friends will send me, etc etc.
It also helps if people use a decent midi device, but most people get stuck with that microsoft wavetable atrocity.
- by Elven Spellmaker at 11:29 AM EST on January 23, 2009
- but most people get stuck with that microsoft wavetable atrocity.
LOOOOOL, I agree, its rather awful, and its only GM, so very little sounds... -.-
And now I cannot even construct a simple sentence so it seems... =/
"so only a small amount of programs/patches... -.-"
edited 11:34 AM EST January 23, 2009
- by TheUltimateKoopa at 5:33 PM EST on January 24, 2009
- "But, the fact is, if you do use conversions, you can sure feel proud that you did all the work yourself."
That's what I mean by using the MIDI to sequence the MIDI. You used a conversion, but you also took the time to copy all the notes, and therefore you can call it your own.
- by JILost at 7:15 PM EST on January 24, 2009
- Also, you're the same guy who made a MIDI of "Baddies on Parade" from DKC3 on March 2, 2001 aren't you?
I am indeed, along with bunches of other files from that site.
- by nensondubois at 10:03 PM EST on January 24, 2009
- I am indeed, along with bunches of other files from that site.
What?
- by Lunar at 5:46 AM EST on January 25, 2009
- "You used a conversion, but you also took the time to copy all the notes, and therefore you can call it your own."
Depends. There's a world of difference between opening a MIDI and copying notes vs. listening to a piece of music and transcribing the parts by ear. SPC and NSF conversions are usually too crappy to work with directly, so I agree in that sense, but working with vgmtrans rips would be a different story.
Besides, SH&E LOL'D you :) he was being sarcastic.
"What?"
He said he's done other midis as well as the DKC one.
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