Editting Midi Music

[jester]

Hey,

Do any of you guys have experience editting midi music that can be used in Doom? What software would you recommend to do this?

Also, could such software be used to convert midi files into mp3s?

Thanks.

[Tolwyn]

Cakewalk is what I use.
There's quite a selection of software that will allow you to create MIDI files.

http://www.cakewalk.com I think, if not, Google Twelve Tone Systems.

When you say convert, here's the only way to do it:

While your soundcard is playing the MIDI file, you will be RECORDING the sounds your Soundcard's Synth is making to a WAVE editor (Goldwave, for example); and THEN you'll encode that wave into an MP3.

WHY you would do this is anyone's guess; unless you were using some pretty GREAT soundbanks for your soundcard that other people wouldn't have.

MIDI is a file with instructions that tell your soundcard or a keyboard which note to play, how hard to hit the note (velocity), how long to hold the note (duration), and such. MIDI on a single port has 16 channels. Each channel can have an instrument assigned to it. Most Soundcards have between 24 and 64 polyphonic capability (the total number of unique voices that can be heard at a single time).

MP3 is an encoded WAVE file that contains samples of sound.

Depending upon which "version" or "edition" of Cakewalk you investigate, it may have WAVE recording capability built in.

[jester]

I was really thinking of a program that could convert midi> mp3, like you can convert CD tracks to mp3. A while ago I had a shareware program called Wingroove that could do it, I think, but you had to register and pay a load of money to get it to do this.

I have a SB 128, the Dolby 4.1 Digital version.

Yeah, this is interesting. It sounds cool to get some new instrument sets for it... but when I try to go to the settings tab to change the instruments, the settings thing is faded out, so I can't select it. Is this because I only have the original set or something?

Also.. where can you get some new sound sets? Do you think they'd make much of a difference to the music in Doom? I mean, a difference from the original creative soundset.

Thanks.

[Tolwyn]

Soundbanks, as they are called, are specific to the card manufacturer.

I had a SB Live that had quite a bit of RAM; allowing for the download and loading of soundbanks to replace the factory default ones.

There truly is no "convert." It's recording what your card is playing. Trust me.

You could send a test MIDI to me, and I can send back to you what I'm talking about in MP3 format. I can do it for you free of charge if you have the MIDI files.