MIDI Samples

I've praised far more than I have complained. To avoid turning this review into an advertisement, I have recorded a few MIDI clips using different soundbanks and converted into MP3 files to cut down the file size, so you can compare them yourself.

For the comparison, I've chosen five different MIDI clips :-

1. Map 1 MIDI song from id Software's Doom II
2. Symphony.mid which came with the AWE32
3. Waltz.mid which came with Sound Blaster Live!
4. Two music clips from Warcaft 2

Doom 2 was chosen because of its creepiness and because it represents gaming MIDIs. Symphony.mid is basically a simple and short orchestra piece while Waltz.mid is a piano-only music to specifically test the piano in all the soundbanks. Finally, I used the Warcraft 2 CD, which contained Audio CD format of the MIDI clips recorded using Roland SC.