What is the main difference you hear between midi file and a waveform audio recording of a?
December 31st, 2009 | 
Author: What is the main difference you hear between midi file and a waveform audio recording of a symphony orchestra playing the same piece of classic music? Which will take more time to transfer from the web to your computer? Which one lasts longer? How do you explain the difference in the length of the music you hear, when the file size is the same? Which example sounds better?
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of course the quality of waveform is something else coz in midi format it maps every note to take the least space requierd for that music, and the main difference between these two is that you can use MIDI (music instrument digital interface) format to see notes and use that for music lesson practice or similar but the wave format you can only hear and pleasure of listening or using that somewhere you want, MIDI is also good to use as ring tone for mobiles coz it is most default ringtone format and less in size.
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a midi file is rendered on a computer so it can easily be corrupted though you can change the instrument from piano to like a guitar easily
a wave form is like a normal MP3 (example) and is already rendered and is betta performance wise
i recommend wave from when transferring to web
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of course the quality of waveform is something else coz in midi format it maps every note to take the least space requierd for that music, and the main difference between these two is that you can use MIDI (music instrument digital interface) format to see notes and use that for music lesson practice or similar but the wave format you can only hear and pleasure of listening or using that somewhere you want, MIDI is also good to use as ring tone for mobiles coz it is most default ringtone format and less in size.
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