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Thread #76072 Message #1343726
Posted By: The Fooles Troupe
30-Nov-04 - 06:44 PM
Thread Name: Tech: Converting a Midi CD to Play on Stereo
Subject: RE: Tech: Converting a Midi CD to Play on Stereo
Actually much of this info is in previous threads here on Mudcat in the last 12 months.
1) You have to convert the Midi, which is a set of coded instructions to a MIDI player, into a musical output - perhaps those more experienced with this can suggest exactly what to do and what to use. Note that the quality of the output sound depends on what sample sounds are used in the MIDI player (SW on your PC, or a real hunk of hardware such as a MIDI keyboard) - this varies. Normal CD players (boxes) do not have this circuitry in them
2) you then need to get the files into PCM 44,100 Hz, 16 Bit, Stereo format for them to be played on 'normal CD players' - many newer CD players are now also capable of .mp3 format now. Many CD burning programs can do this, but not all. Normal music CDs can only handle about 74 mins of audio, 80 mins is considered 'overburning'.
3) what you have assembled onto your CD - 80 mins of MIDI files will expand to a much greater size - you may end up with 2 or more 'normal CD music' discs.