Re: MIDI to mp3 or wav?

[Martin Tarenskeen]

On Tue, 17 Jan 2012, James wrote:

> http://thebigbyte.blogspot.com/2009/11/how-to-convert-midi-to-mp3-using.html

Remember the quality of the MP3 file will depend on (at least) 2 things:

1. The quality of the soundfont (.sf2) or GUS (Gravis UltraSound) patches. 
You need a Soundfont with a GM compatible soundcollection. A good free one 
is the "Fluid" soundfont. But there are also others like "Personal Copy 
(Lite)". I am using the fantastic but big and not free soundfont 
Papelmedia Final SF2 XXL . They stopped support, but you might be able to 
still get it for a bargain price.

2. The quality of the wav to mp3 conversion. Most converters have a medium 
quality default setting, which should be good enough for many situations. 
But you can choose better quality if you dive deeper in the tweakable 
options. Or you can choose for a smaller file size, instead of the best 
quality.

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MT