This is almost correct....but not quite...thecontrolcentre wrote:IIRC it was General Midi himself who chose those sounds ... they rock for military style stuff
In the beginning General MIDI used to pick his own sounds,but after he lost his right arm and was wounded in the left buttocks,he found it too difficult to sit for prolonged periods of time...
So he left the task to his assistant,but unfortunately,he was tone deaf and dyslexic,as well as suffering from dwarfism...
Not one to be deterred,General MIDI appointed his son,General MIDI 2 as the keeper of the flame and he was doing a fine job until he was struck by a crochet and mortally wounded at the Battle of Agincourt...
Unfortunately,things have not progressed so much in MIDI land after that time...
And anyone who tells you a different story about MIDI development is lying through their teeth