Fur Elise.rmi

[lb_lee]

 Mori: I was digging around in my '98 laptop for records reasons and... guys. Preinstalled on it is a whole slew of MIDI files of classical music, including Fur Elise, Clair de Lune, and In the Hall of the Mountain King. It's putrid. I can't stop listening to it. It is a thing of awe and horror, distilled into '90s computer game audio format.

When I started playing it, Bob dashed in like Pavlov's dog hearing a dinner bell.

We're just all grouped around Obsolete, listening with expressions of astonishment and pity as it does its damnedest to sing its little pre-Y2k heart out through its speakers. I might have to save these to a floppy disk and use them as phone alarms or something.

I am baffled as to why this antique still runs as well as it does.

EDIT: OH LORD IT HAS BACH'S BRANDENBURG CONCERTO

Comments

[wolfy_writing]

Oh I remember those kinds of midis! They were…something.

[lb_lee]

Mori: I can safely say they have a distinctive sound all their own.

[chanter1944]

Ohgod. I am so, so sorry. *facepalms*

[lb_lee]

Mori: I'm not. What glory! Sing, my little antique box!

[stealthsystem]

Oh dear! That's amazing. We used to looove us some midis back in the day.

ETA: IF you save them, would you be willing to zip them into a folder or something? We'd love some classical ear torture.

[lb_lee]

Mori: I won't even have to zip them, the files are itty-bitty. I need to install floppy drivers on my current desktop so I can get the files transferred, but I will happily share the pain with you!

[lb_lee]

I emailed them to you! Still working on finding a way so I can PLAY them on my current desktop, haha

[talewisefellowship]

[Janusz]

This reminds me of when I was a kid in the mid 2000's and I'd listen to and download midi versions of my favorite anime songs because I didn't know how to get the real songs. Fun times

[lb_lee]

Bob: ah, the songs of my people.

[minoanmiss]

Bwee

[lb_lee]

BWAP BWAP BWAP BWAAAAAAAAP

[armaina]

There is such a charm to like, songs that have been converted to midi. There are people that just used something to automate it. Some were terrible, some weren't that bad. Some I miss having the ability to swap instrument sets because it made them sound better.

Admittedly one of my first every Nine Inch Nails tracks I ever heard, was Via midi. I had no idea it was Nine Inch Nails until years later when I finally could listen to the whole discography.

That being said, I still have a collection of mod trackers and I have them on my playlist and I always get a blast from the past when they appear on my random sort on my player lol

[lb_lee]

Mori: I'm not sure I could call these MIDIs GOOD, but if you want them, I'm already grabbing the files for Rhymers, you're welcome to copies if you want! It's maybe like half a dozen little classical music tunes? There's also a couple 80s sounding little instrumental tracks, gives a feeling of like, a 90s racing game driving through a cool landscape, if you want those.

[the_broken_tower]

I'm glad you all are enjoying them. :) Phone ringtones sounds like a great idea!

I've never experienced the Midis so I'm trying to imagine everything with retro video game noises. //squints//

- Isaiah Ibis (he/him)

[lb_lee]

It apparently depends on the software you use to play it back; on our dinky little Obsolete (and its ancient Windows Media Player), it was this very '90s computer soundtrack BWAP BWAP BWAP, but on our modern Linux desktop, it sounded way better, like this.

(Note: I linked you a pretty freakin' great MS-DOS game soundtrack, which uses the limitations of MIDI at the time very well. But classical music with that sorta BWAP BWAP is... not so good.)

[tuesday_morning]

I miss listening to old-school MIDI files, especially on the older computers I used to have. Those files just don't translate the same when you need to convert them to mp3 to listen to them. :(

[lb_lee]

There are free MIDI player programs you can download! That was the only way we could listen to them on our current desktop.

[tuesday_morning]

I'll have to look for them, in that case! Thanks for the info! ^_^