Samples of Music and Sound Effects via MIDI

1) In 1997, using MIDI, I created sound effects of ocean waves and seagulls, for a South Carolina Hotel. Since the MIDI file was very small, it would not noticeably affect the download time, even for their visitors whom were using the slowest dialup connections. However, since the use of MIDI relies completely on each visitor's soundcard implementation, the resulting sound could vary significantly from visitor to visitor. This is especially true of the "sound effects" patches, which can vary dramatically.

This soundFX MIDI file sounded great on my Power Mac clone's factory soundcard using SoundManager 3.1, but it sounded way different on my Win 95 PC with a Sound Blaster card. So I also offered this client an alternative, an actual recorded sound file of the sound from my PowerMac. But of course, the file size (WAV/AIF) would have been way too huge. But I used the then ground-breaking technology of MPEG audio encoding. Even though MP3 format was available then, it wasn't widely supported yet. So I used MP2 instead, something which most computers could already readily play without downloading or installing any additonal plug-ins/players. And if they did happen to have a MP3 player, it would always be backwards compatible with MP2 format as well.

To hear both versions, MIDI and MP2, click here



2) I created background music using MIDI for a company's "on-hold" message, to which I also then later recorded a female employee's voice-over, where she read a scripted message. I also mixed down the finished product onto CD for the company's on-hold system. (Which to my knowledge is still in use today).

To hear the finished product, click here