To the midi debate.... midi is simply a protocol which sends messages to a synthesizer or sampler telling it when to play notes and what pitch to play etc etc
Note On;
Velocity 100;
Note Pitch 64;
Note Off;
blah blah
The audible output of that depends entirely on the quality of the synthesizer the messages are being sent to... which on your average soundblaster is gonna be pretty poor. There are other various midi implementations... such as Rolands GS (General Synthesis).. which adds a few extra things... or Yamahas XG... which adds a few more (for those working with midi only... i seriousley reccomend looking at the Yamaha SW1000XG). But really these are no serious improvement.... in the future.. Yamaha is currently trying to get it's MLAN protocol into the mainstream... which basically uses a firewire cable to transmit hundreds of midi channels and several audio channels simultaniousley down a single pipe. Cool stuff :)
Note On;
Velocity 100;
Note Pitch 64;
Note Off;
blah blah
The audible output of that depends entirely on the quality of the synthesizer the messages are being sent to... which on your average soundblaster is gonna be pretty poor. There are other various midi implementations... such as Rolands GS (General Synthesis).. which adds a few extra things... or Yamahas XG... which adds a few more (for those working with midi only... i seriousley reccomend looking at the Yamaha SW1000XG). But really these are no serious improvement.... in the future.. Yamaha is currently trying to get it's MLAN protocol into the mainstream... which basically uses a firewire cable to transmit hundreds of midi channels and several audio channels simultaniousley down a single pipe. Cool stuff :)