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From: Mike Curtis
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 21:35:13 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: Whammer Jammer

On Sat, 17 Jan 1998, Coolrays wrote:

>At 9:33 PM +0200 1/17/98, J van Gastel wrote:
>>Does somebody know if (and if so, where) there is a wav or midi file
>>somewhere on the net of Whammer Jammer?
>
>I can't imagine what that would sound like but...

I know Rick is already aware of this, but....

A .wav file, yes. A MIDI file, no. MIDI is NOT the same as music, nor is
it samples of sound. a .wav file is an actual digital recording, and
could be of harmonica or any other MIDI or non-MIDI instrument, voice, or
any other sound. A MIDI file is a record of keystrokes on a MIDI
keyboard, or other purely mechanical information from a MIDI instrument.
for example, when I press a key on my MIDI keyboard, it sends a signal
that means "turn note on, with volume".
When I release it, another signal is sent "Turn note off".

This note can be a drum sound, a piano sound, a synthesized sound, pink
noise, or ANYTHING. It might even tell my lighting controller to turn on
the red spotlight, etc.

What it is NOT is MUSIC. Yes it can PLAY music when connected to the
right sound module, but by itself it is not music - only commands.

A .wav file will play back exactly as the original was recorded. A MIDI
file can play back using ANY sound available on a sould module. If it was
originally recorded as piano, you could play it back as organ, clavinet,
harpichord, flute, helicopter noise (yes my sound module has that :-),
James Browns famous "scream" (ditto), or any other sound.

What MIDI will NOT do, as far as I know right now, is properly handle
diatonic harmonica, especially the multiple notes, the different hand
effects, amp effects, etc., etc.

A .wav file is of necesity large. A MIDI file is typically MUCH smaller,
because it contains much less information.



-- IronMan Mike Curtis
My CD "Doin' It All Myself" available in Tower, Blockbuster, Camelot, PX