[LAU] midi bonanza: scanned player-piano roll archives!

Niels Mayer nielsmayer at gmail.com
Thu Jul 8 21:10:25 UTC 2010


I needed some new "radio" for background listening via
http://kmid2.sourceforge.net/ , and now I have it :
http://nielsmayer.com/npm/smythe-midi.tgz

http://members.shaw.ca/smythe/archive.htm
For personal use, educational and noncommercial use only:
.......
Century old player pianos rolls are dying. While their target player
pianos can be repeatedly restored into perpetuity, the rolls cannot.
It is important therefore that the content of these rolls be captured
in computer form in hopes of extending their life into the foreseeable
future. The process of scanning music rolls first generates a very
large file, basically containing hundreds of thousands of pixels. That
initial .CIS file can then converted into a .MID music file as a
byproduct of the process. The files available here are the final
relatively small .MID files which may be "played" through most any
computer's sound card, an electronic keyboard, or in solenoid equipped
pianos such as Disklavier, PianoDisc, PianoMation, and Pianocorder.
All are Midi Type 1 files, with identifying data imbeded within the
"info" area through the use of CakeWalk. As an aid for owners of such
pianos who wish to use my midi files, Carol Beigel has assembled a
very useful web site for this purpose:

http://www.carolrpt.com/MIDItools.htm
The midi files downloadable from here are made available solely as a
convenience for personal enjoyment. They should not be used for
commercial purposes.
........

Note this is a lot of music:

gnulem-226-~/Music> ll smythe-midi.tgz
-rw-r--r-- 1 npm npm 48309966 2010-07-08 13:48 smythe-midi.tgz
gnulem-228-.../Music/smythe-midi> ll *.mid *.MID DUPLICATES/*.mid
DUPLICATES/*.MID | wc -l
3973

A cut and paste sampler from the A's

And They Called It Dixieland 1062S.mid
An Evening At Home - 61863S.mid
Angela Mia (1928) 75393W.mid
Angel Food Rag - 69 S.mid
Angels' Serenade 0213S.mid
Angel's Serenade 1193S.mid
Angels' Serenade 6069W.mid
Angry (1925) 3247S.mid
Animal Crackers (1926) - A2157-1.mid
Annabelle - 2356 S.mid
Annie_Laurie-241A.mid
A Precious Little Thing Called Love - 4583S.mid
April in Paris 104945D.mid
April Showers (1921) 6133W.mid
April Showers March 09364S.mid
Arabesque #1 [Debussy]D.mid
Arabesque #2 [Debussy]D.mid
Arabesque 51004a.mid
Arabesque, A Flat Major, Op 45, No. 1 1198W.mid
Arabesque_No_1-088BRD.mid
Arabesque No 1 E Major 69901A.mid
Arabesque_No_2-087BRD.mid
Arabesque No 2 - 5808 D.mid
Arabesque No 2 E Major 63503A.mid
Arabesque Op 18 56166A.mid
Arabesque Op.59 No.2 - 67776D.mid
ARABESQUE_op_7_no_1_in_E-minor-0218BRD.mid
Araby (1915) 32264S.mid
Are You Lonesome Tonight (1926) 1123S.mid
A-Ripper - 301813S.mid
Arkansas Blues (1921) 136S.mid
Arlequine Op 53 - 2539 R.mid
Armentiers March 017783S.mid
Arms of America March - 80533S.mid
Army Air Corps March - 7656S.mid
At Sundown - 713362D.mid
At The Devil's Ball - 308 S.mid
At The High Brown Baby's Ball - 893 S.mid
At The Jazz Band Ball (1918) 8630S.mid
At The Old Plantation Ball (1915) 86500S.mid
Auf Wiedersehn 102185d.mid


Niels
http://nielsmayer.com


PS: everything sounded just great till this one: 5th Symphony 1st 2nd
Mvmt - 5030D.mid


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