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cptgone · Post by **cptgone** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 9:38 pm

A friend of mine plays keyboard and is on the lookout for some free .MID files.

He does stuff like Elvis and anything that appeals to old Belgian people - old stuff that was popular over here in the 50s and later.

Any recommendations?

(I already searched KvR, and found 5.570.000 sites on Google - maybe someone here knows a good spot?)

Steven West · Post by **Steven West** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:34 am

About 5 years ago I knew a good handful, but they've all dried up and give me '404 Not Found' messages now? I think many are young composers and students having a laugh... And, copyright issues may shut them down as well? A friend just sent me a CD of Nirvana's In Utero album all in GM playback he found on the net. Funny as anything, and alot of work in GM to do for someone with WAY too much time on their hands... And imagine if lovely Ms. Courtney's attorney's got wind of that?

Best I can say, try '.MID Search' in Google and this will narrow it down to hosting sites with hopefully decent synopsis of who's got what. It'll still be like 1589 sites I'm sure? Or just type 'Elvis .MID Files' or something to narrow it down even more.

If that fails, try... http://www.yamahamusicsoft.com/ - it ain't free, but then again - you won't resurrect the ghost of The King and Col. Parker to haunt you for royalties.

ouroboros · Post by **ouroboros** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:58 am

http://www.musicrobot.com/ is not bad: it is

a midi specific search engine.

http://www.all-midi.com/

Also try:

http://midi.ithaki.net/

They have pulled up some obscure midi's for me so Elvis would probably be a lot easier.

manytone · Post by **manytone** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:35 pm

You have to reg but this site is good for free stuff

http://www.emusicmag.com/midi.php

and this one

http://www.findmidis.com/

(Note post above is missing the "S" and is a different site.

This should get you started
Paul

C00kie · Post by **C00kie** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:39 pm

Anything I feed into BandInABox ends up sounding like what you describe

And you can change instantly from Elvis-Vegas to UB40 style

Stupid American Pig · Post by **Stupid American Pig** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:04 pm

Kazaa

cptgone · Post by **cptgone** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 1:28 pm

Thanks all! It's appreciated.

cptgone · Post by **cptgone** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 1:29 pm

C00kie wrote:Anything I feed into BandInABox ends up sounding like what you describe And you can change instantly from Elvis-Vegas to UB40 style

C00kie · Post by **C00kie** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 1:36 pm

I'm glad you took me serious

Tell me, is the people visiting Diksmuide with busses a good example of the target audience? It looked like a nice old city at first glance, until we met the other visitors

cptgone · Post by **cptgone** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:18 pm

C00kie wrote:Tell me, is the people visiting Diksmuide with busses a good example of the target audience? It looked like a nice old city at first glance, until we met the other visitors

What kind? The nazi skinheads that come looking for trouble at the annual Ijzerbedevaart happening?

Diksmuide is part of West Flanders, an area renowned for its

ness
Never been there myself

I think Utrecht is pretty cool though.

C00kie · Post by **C00kie** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:37 pm

cptgone wrote:The nazi skinheads that come looking for trouble at the annual Ijzerbedevaart happening?

I think what I saw there were their grandparents actually

Me & my wife couldn't decide weather they were French or Flamish speaking. Actually we stopped bothering, got into the car (decided never to come back there) and drove on to Brugge and had a great time there as always

cptgone wrote:I think Utrecht is pretty cool though.

Yep, I'm not complaining

Say, did you find those midi files or do you want me to start up BandInABox?

MidiMan · Post by **MidiMan** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 8:51 pm

See my PM!

Free MIDI files online?