"Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message news:4b243adc@news.povray.org...
> Zeger Knaepen <zeg### [at] povplacecom> wrote:
>> I like them, actually! too bad you lost the midi-file (it was a midi-file,
>> right?)
>
>  Yes. Made those with Cakewalk, using my good old SoundBlaster Awe32
> (ah, the memories). Too bad I can't even install that card anymore in
> my current PC.
>
>  It's funny. Everything else in my computer hardware has gone clearly
> forward *except* sound hardware.

I agree 100%! 4 years ago I could by an extremely good soundcard for 110Euro, 
and even better, it had a built-in motherboard!! ok ok, I'm talking about those 
Abit NF7S (or something like that) motherboards with SoundStorm onboard sound. 
Latencies of less than 10ms, without using ASIO.  Even my 300Euro Creative X-Fi 
Platinum (or whatever) doesn't come close to that
too bad they don't make those soundchips anymore

> I'm unable to produce those kinds of
> sounds anymore with my current computer (well, at least on hardware;
> I suppose there are probably software solutions which produce even
> better sounds, but probably none of them free).

Don't be too sure of that, there are a couple free and good-sounding 
midi-players out there... can't remember the name for sure, but "midig" pops 
into my head...

I think it's this: 
http://freemusicsoftware.net/en/plugins/instruments/midig_2_03_software_wavetable_synthesizer-195.html

>  As for the midi files, they might be somewhere if I searched for them
> (I have an old HD somwhere which should contain backups of backups of my
> old computer, where I made those midis). OTOH, without my Awe32 and its
> soundbanks I wouldn't be able to replicate those pieces in the same way
> anyways, so there wouldn't be much point.

If you want to reproduce them in the same way, just play the mp3 :) I would much 
rather run it through something like Reason :)

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