(For some unknown reason, my previous posting of the same title, got mixed with Wis' post about G70 styles)


Hi there,
I played a little with Banstand. It has a built in MIDI file player so I recorded a demo for you. Since most of you play "oldies", I chose a midifile containing acoustic instruments and a brush drum set.

click on
http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/trident/mack_knife4.mp3 to download Mack the Knife, http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/trident/MACKNIFE.MID is the midi file used to create the mp3, http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/trident/bandstand.jpg is a picture of the Bandstand mix window for quick reference on various settings

I didn't fiddle with the track levels, but don't have your speakers too high up because I play with the real time EQ during recording and the results sound a little foolish sometimes. After recording, I "maximised" the wave file in Goldwave sound editor. Initially it was an 24 bit/96 KHz sound file, ~81MB, now a 160Kbps/48KHz mp3 file, about 4,2 MB.

Bandstand responds to Bank Changes midsong or if I change a patch or style on my Casio, but takes about 20 seconds (my estimate) to fully load all the necessary instruments in the beggining of a midi file. After you fiddle a while, load time is lessened a bit, but still you see the "loading...." window.

If you want any particular file done, send me a GM midi file to
t r i d e n t @ f r e e m a i l . g r (remove the spaces and notify me here, because I don't check that account much) and I'll try to send you the mp3 rendered in Bandstand. It will be better if the midi file has every instrument on its' own channel, since if bandstand encounters a patch change, it will load the instrument while it plays, thus effectively muting the track for about 3-5 seconds.

Hope you like it,
Theodore

[This message has been edited by trident (edited 01-15-2006).]