From: ank@spamfence.net   
      
   On Tue, 15 Aug 2017 15:15:59 +0100, Ian McCall wrote:   
   >   
   > On 2017-08-14 21:04:00 +0000, Andreas Kohlbach  said:   
   >   
   >> On Mon, 14 Aug 2017 13:58:14 +0100, Ian McCall wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> What you're describing is playing via the cheap sound card General   
   >>> MIDI patch-compatible sound cards, like the Waveblaster (Sounblaster   
   >>> with a wavetable synth built in) or similar. But MIDI is   
   >>> sound-independent: it's the score, the , not the sound itself.   
   >>   
   >> No, I just mentioned that also casual users - like me - used MIDI back in   
   >> the 90s, before MP3 and higher bandwidth (and Napster ;-) kicked in. I   
   >> say MIDI used by the casual user was quickly abandoned in the very late 90s.   
   >   
   > That's fair enough - you would have used wavetable synths built into   
   > the sound cards in the mid-90s, not "MIDI" as such. MIDI would have   
   > fed those sound cards, but its the sound cards you're describing. It's   
   > more true to say that listening to the built-in sound card synths were   
   > abandoned, than it's true to say MIDI was abandoned, but really we're   
   > splitting the thinnest of hairs here.   
      
   Okay, you're right. May be I was under the impression the SID2MIDI was   
   mainly thought to be used for playing MIDI one's PC. Like we did in the   
   90s. :-)   
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   Andreas   
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