Midi and the Internet
Midi is ideal format for transmitting over internet
- Whole of Beethoven’s 5th symphony can be transmitted across world in seconds due to small size, especially when zip compressed.
Midi enthusiasts exchange files, listen to each other’s works, learn new sequencing techniques
Thousand of web pages around world have midi files of classical, rock, folk, gospel music
- Largest web page for classical music is the “Classical Midi Archive” http://www.prs.net/midi.html in Hong Kong, with several thousand midi files
- Many others that specialize on other types of music, certain composers
Many midi files are free, can be downloaded and stored on hard drive