MIDI
Midi files are a kind of basic music file that is written for standard instruments on your computer's sound card. A midi file is able to contain the basic elements of music such as notes and pauses, and most midi files sound like simplified computer versions of songs. However, midi files can sound good and they take up very little disk space, meaning you can download them very quickly and store hundreds of them in the same space it would take for a single mp3 music file. The world wide web is full of downloads for free midi files, midi songs that you can use for background music or in many kinds of new cell phones as ring tone songs. Because midi songs are a more basic bare bones form of music than mp3s, music labels have not tried to shut down midi sites in the same way that they have pursued sites distributing mp3s. As a result, it is easy to find all kinds of free midis and midi software on massive midi library sites. Here are some ideas and tips on how to search for midi files on the world wide web!
Free midi songs are available for download at a free midi music download site like Midiworld dot com. Many of the sites that you will find with a simple Google or Yahoo search for 'midi files' or 'midi control' are midi search sites. Midi files are located on lots of servers all over the web, and there are free midi files for every genre of music. If you are looking for a large midi file collection all in one place, classical music midi files and jazz music midi files, which have less stringent copyright laws applying to them, are easy to find in large prominent archives. Midi files for more recent music and for thousands of pop songs are generally spread in smaller collections downloadable from small web sites that come and go, therefore it is better to go to one of the midi file search sites such as MusicRobot dot com and do a search there for the rock or pop midi files you are looking for.
Once you find some great midi files, you can play them on your computer using a program like Winamp or Windows Media Player. You can also download them to some cellular phones to use as ring tone music. I wish you good luck finding great free midi files online!
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