Nomar's PHAT Midi Page


MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface; it's computer interpretted music. MIDI files are just coded instructions that tell the soundcard which instrument sound to produce, at which note, and for how long... sort of like sheet music. Most PC soundcards use a method known as FM Synthesis where different instrument sounds are created through algorithms. Another method of music generation is Wavetable. Wavetable plays recorded sounds of real instruments, therefore the music sounds more natural. If your soundcard doesn't support Wavetable, there are programs out there that can fake it through software. You can now get the YAMAHA MIDIPlug for your Netscape browsers. Windows 95 users can get the version with MWave which does EXCELLENT software wavetable synthesis!!!

In order to listen to these MIDI files your IBM compatible computer must have a soundcard and MIDI drivers. If you are using a Macintosh computer, you'll probably need to acquire the latest version of Quicktime audio. As for something to play the MIDI song, your Netscape Navigator 3.0 should have built-in MIDI audio support. If not, you can always download a version of the Crescendo inline MIDI plugin. As for Windows95 users who want a program to play multiple files, you can also try out MIDI Musicbox.

I created this site so that people can download and enjoy MIDI on their computers. Netscape Navigator version 2.0.1 or above is recommended. This site has various song files available for download. You should be able to click on the song title to play the song. For Netscape users who wish to directly SAVE the files to their systems, they can do so by first holding down the SHIFT key (OPTION if Mac) while clicking on the song title. Netscape will then prompt you for a destination on your computer. This is necessary if your MIDI plugin does not have a built-in SAVE feature.

The files found in this archive are a small portion of my personal MIDI collection and other have been collected from other websites. I give very special thanks to the many talented musicians out there who sequenced these songs. The absolute best way to find MIDI files are through web pages like mine. You'll be surprised how much you can get by doing a search on the key word "MIDI"... The next best place is the USENET newsgroup, Alt.Binaries.Sounds.MIDI, where new files are posted and reqested daily. Happy hunting to you MIDI enthusiasts out there... and if you're not currently a collector, I hope visiting my page will be a great discovery of a new interest.

You can also add MIDI on your personal webpages... Use the basic code below or click here to view advanced examples.

<EMBED Width="20" Height="20" Src="images/filename.mid" AutoStart="TRUE" Loop="TRUE" Controlls="FALSE">


<BGSOUND Src="filename.mid" Loop="infinite">
Warning: The music on the following pages might cause some people to "get down". Symptoms of "getting down" include reflexively moving with the beat.

R U ready to listen to some MIDI songs?







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