This document is produced to clarify the difference in quality between demos in our full catalogue and the demos on the audio backing tracks pages.
The full catalogue is intended to let the prospective customer see (and hear) what is available. These demos use your system's MIDI capabilities which may or may not be top quality. The production files are delivered via email as they are very small and compress well enough to send via the Internet.
Below is a table to help you decide what format is best for you.
MIDI (format 1 & 0)
Audio
Approx. File Size
Typically around 10KB
Typically around 4-500 KB
Part of souncard used
FM or WaveTable
Audio electronics & Speakers
Quality to expect
Dependant on hardware
Excellent!
Required to play
Good quality GM/GS/XG device.
The higher - the better.
Any 16Bit Stereo sound card & Speakers
Frequency Response
Dependant on hardware
Dependant on hardware
Method of Delivery
Email
Surface or Air Mail
Notes on demos
Tempo/Click Disabled
Lo Fidelity for faster Internet streaming & delivery
Notes on
Finals
Fully editable
near CD Quality audio
Required equipment
Any GM/GS/XG compliant hard or software
Any multimedia capable computer, mp3 player, cd player capable
of playing iso audio cds.
additional
mp3 player, mixer, amp or powered mixer & speakers