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Digital Audio Workstation & MIDI => Audio & MIDI Hardware => Topic started by: makott on November 16, 2025, 03:32:28 AM

Title: midi background
Post by: makott on November 16, 2025, 03:32:28 AM

HI, for my HyperCard-MIDI-DMX project, I need " carpet"  musical accompaniment, background music, and effects. To generate the sounds I have a JV1010 expander and Performer 2.7.2 sequencer on power pc  system 9(or, if necessary, Ableton Live on a laptop).  I have some basic musical knowledge ( a terrible bass player), but I'm not interested in composing music here, rather in “assembling” and I was thinking of MIDI bases to put together in a “garage band” style. Do you have any suggestions? Websites with MIDI tracks, ideas, etc.?

Thank you for your attention.

Title: Re: midi background
Post by: GaryN on November 16, 2025, 05:01:15 PM

This sounds like exactly what you're looking for:

https://bitmidi.com/

Title: Re: midi background
Post by: makott on November 17, 2025, 04:45:29 AM

Hi Gary,
Thank you for your kind reply... I am taking a look at this site, but I am not sure if they are only audio/loop files or also MIDI files.
https://www.ghosthack.de/

Someone also suggested downloading MIDI files of classical music and isolating certain parts, such as an arpeggio, an intro, or a string section, and “assembling” them in the sequencer.
Given the type of goal, pads and broad synths are probably best suited. ::)

Title: Re: midi background
Post by: IIO on November 17, 2025, 11:55:50 AM

for your GM/GS expander it might a be a good idea to concentrate on classical music midi files.

the instrument assignments and the velocity curves of such material will often instantly match for those, since they often follow these GM standards.

there are various sites around with thousands of classical midi files free to download, but for republishing and redistribution one might still have to clear the copyrights.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=classical+midi+download