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Jason Tate
05/31/07, 12:16 AM
The staff and I are trying to decide if we should keep the midi files (http://www.absolutepunk.net/gallery/browseimages.php?c=5&userid=) in our gallery. They seem kind of pointless with all the new fangled ring-tones available out there. We thought we'd let you, the user, decide for sure though. So there's a poll in the replies - let us know what you think (and leave comments). Thanks!
fire on my lips
05/31/07, 12:20 AM
im obviously going to sound stupid here, but what's a midi file?
thatwasamoment
05/31/07, 12:25 AM
I say ditch them since I never knew they existed.
cole
05/31/07, 12:28 AM
lmao, ive been here a while and this is the first ive heard of midi files haha
Jason Tate
05/31/07, 12:29 AM
im obviously going to sound stupid here, but what's a midi file?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midi
fire on my lips
05/31/07, 12:31 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midi

ahhhh too many words for half past three in the morning. I'm going to assume it's the electronic sounding ringtones and say get rid of them.

EDIT: Thank you though. And thanks for my prestigiousness kicking in tonight.
Tmovielife16
05/31/07, 12:38 AM
i say get rid of them, i have known about them, but never used em
You Got Owned
05/31/07, 12:39 AM
meh
ditch 'em
i don't have the internet on my phone, so i suck
Ghostpsalm
05/31/07, 12:44 AM
DEATH TO MIDI!!!

yea... actually i dont care
i12punk
05/31/07, 12:52 AM
hah @ whoever voted to keep them.
AP_Punk
05/31/07, 01:03 AM
lewz m
SwedishHeat
05/31/07, 01:11 AM
Ditch 'em, especially if it brings about a ringtone section.
irthesteve
05/31/07, 02:22 AM
they have lost their use
Praetor
05/31/07, 03:37 AM
I have to agree with everyone else.
Waltz Whitman
05/31/07, 04:10 AM
I had no clue these things were around anywhere besides the pages on Snopes and even there I shut them off.

I say get rid of them.
Fedaykin
05/31/07, 04:16 AM
If they're not taking up too much space on the server, I say keep them
Twikki
05/31/07, 04:28 AM
hmm i have a mixed ote

keep them cos some people still have an old phone

ditch them cos i never knew they existed whilst i had my old phone

make an mp3 ringtones section instead =]
Poochemist
05/31/07, 04:36 AM
They're corny, but I mean that in an endearing way. Keep um (unless you need the extra meg of space they take up).
MikeyEdge FL
05/31/07, 05:15 AM
MIDI is a fucking joke and a dying technology in the recording industry. I say ditch the shit.

p.s. i took a class on midi in college. it's the only class i failed. i'm a little disgruntled.
yoyoninjagirl
05/31/07, 05:33 AM
they're quite outdated..I remember people showing of their midi ring tones when I was like 13 haha
awkward_stu
05/31/07, 05:48 AM
keep them...they have programing applications that could be useful
Iamhome
05/31/07, 05:56 AM
Never knew this existed. I guess I'm too n00b.
michaelwinters
05/31/07, 06:06 AM
please dont get rid of them, some people use them for other things than ringtones.

PLEASE!
leftstranded
05/31/07, 06:33 AM
no one uses midi files anymore. get rid of them
Alex DiVincenzo
05/31/07, 07:14 AM
I never used 'em. Save the space and ditch them.
Nap
05/31/07, 07:58 AM
I like MIDI's. Not to listen to, but it is good to "study" a song because we can check out how they were composed. For me that like to "play" with programs like FruityLoops, Sonar, it's useful. Since they don't take too much space you can keep it. I didn't even know this site had a MIDI section, now I'm gonna download some... maybe they won't be avaiable for too much time :-|
rymich
05/31/07, 08:02 AM
I like MIDI's. Not to listen to, but it is good to "study" a song because we can check out how they were composed. For me that like to "play" with programs like FruityLoops, Sonar, it's useful. Since they don't take too much space you can keep it. I didn't even know this site had a MIDI section, now I'm gonna download some... maybe they won't be avaiable for too much time :-|


ditto to everything just said
dang
05/31/07, 08:03 AM
why not keep them? they take up basically no space on your server and sometimes they are fun to listen to. and i think midis are going to come back in style as cell phone ringers kind of like a retro ring tone style.

there's really no reason to get rid of them.
Spiffysthebest
05/31/07, 08:14 AM
They're cool to listen to actually, but lose em anyway. They're not worth having around, no one's going to use them.

Days From The Phoenix sounds straight out of a video game & Logan To Government Center sounds really sweet.
gatewaydrug
05/31/07, 08:16 AM
i never knew they existed on this site in the first place.
keep em for a little while to let whoever wants em get their last chance to download.
after that, erase!
rymich
05/31/07, 08:20 AM
haha, i know where you got these files cuz i checked the millencolin - penguins and polarbears song and it happens to be the one i made

but yes, give the people who want these a chance to get them and then if you're really looking to trash them, go ahead
themakebelieve
05/31/07, 08:35 AM
wow, i didnt know those were there...theyre pretty fun. kind of 'video game-ish'. i say keep them. they are currently helping me pass the time at work.
littlebeav
05/31/07, 08:46 AM
outdated; lose 'em
Blake Solomon
05/31/07, 09:19 AM
see ya!
Adrian Villagomez
05/31/07, 09:29 AM
I used to use 'em years ago, but now they're obsolete. Ditch 'em.
ethicka
05/31/07, 10:12 AM
adios, dead technology.
ozzysaxman
05/31/07, 10:27 AM
MIDI is a fucking joke and a dying technology in the recording industry. I say ditch the shit.

p.s. i took a class on midi in college. it's the only class i failed. i'm a little disgruntled.


MIDI is a dyung technology, or MIDI is the way a shit-ton of music is exclusively made (almost all of rap, electronica, dance, techno, etc.)? Not everything on every record you hear is a mic'd instrument... besides, think of how many producers use samples?

MIDI is actually a blooming technology in the recording industry...


Keep the files, I didn't know they were here, I'm having a dandy little time importing them into Logic and playing with them.
stu2006
05/31/07, 11:17 AM
whoa! i like this and had no idea it was here...
jude law and a semester abroad sounds legit cool
cahrishurr
05/31/07, 12:22 PM
nah get rid of the damn things...they are dead technology and obviously half the people in this thread didnt even know they exsisted on AP
LPMagic
05/31/07, 01:07 PM
There's MIDIs on here? Fuck. Keep em. They're smaller than anything.

- Jeff
weworemasks
05/31/07, 01:30 PM
lose.
:wave:
Ruggiero2oo8
05/31/07, 03:18 PM
I don't think they are needed anymore.
Bi11 Lumburgh
05/31/07, 03:44 PM
MIDI is a dyung technology, or MIDI is the way a shit-ton of music is exclusively made (almost all of rap, electronica, dance, techno, etc.)? Not everything on every record you hear is a mic'd instrument... besides, think of how many producers use samples?

MIDI is actually a blooming technology in the recording industry...


Keep the files, I didn't know they were here, I'm having a dandy little time importing them into Logic and playing with them.


thank you, that kids retarded, MIDI ia absolutely huge in the recording industry, especially in any urban music like you said, it allows you to play any instrument from your computer, and i can garantee its probably on some of your favorite records, wonder how some smaller lower budget bands have orchestral instruments and strings in there songs, its MIDI

enough of that ranting, about the ringtones, never heard of it, and doesnt sound like it would be a huge loss, but then again how much space could they possibly take up
X__inhope
05/31/07, 03:46 PM
keep