What's the story of the onestop.mid file in the Media directory?

re: What's the story of the onestop.mid file in the Media directory?

Programmerman — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:50:42 GMT

Onestop.mid made it into Windows RT, even though a MIDI player did not. But it's there if a MIDI app ever makes it into the store!

re: What's the story of the onestop.mid file in the Media directory?

cheong00 — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:00:41 GMT

And I miss ballade.mid from SoundBlaster 16, which is my first sound card.

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db2 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:18:32 GMT

JohnCage4'33".mid

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Yuri — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:14:38 GMT

I wonder what Aaron Margosis has been smoking, by midi standards that track is perfectly fine.

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@everyone — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:44:46 GMT

Now I have an idea of the average age group of the readership...

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Engywuck — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:56:44 GMT

so why are there several MIDI files but no .avi (especially clock.avi) needed for product support? I'd have thought that a file so often cited in examples would have remained. OK, we have "Natur.wmv" but that's not the same as clock.avi was...

re: What's the story of the onestop.mid file in the Media directory?

Sven — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:10:45 GMT

Brian: "Actually, MIDI is 1970's technology, but for musicians it is more important today than ever before."

MIDI may be from the 70's, but the General MIDI specification is from 1991. Which is why I'm a bit baffled at the videos linked to here of canyon.mid (General MIDI files) etc. being played on a Roland MT-32, which is a pre-GM device. It can be configured to a sort of pseudo-GM mode, but it's not a particularly great GM synth. Something like a Sound Canvas is much better suited for it: www.youtube.com/watch

I own both a Roland MT-32 and Roland Sound Canvas SC-88, mainly for purposes of retro-gaming such as www.youtube.com/watch or www.youtube.com/watch. :)

re: What's the story of the onestop.mid file in the Media directory?

Aaron Margosis — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 06:51:38 GMT

I had completely forgotten about this email thread. A technical writer was curious and had asked on a big DL about the purpose and history of onestop.mid. I replied, "I was unaware of it until now. I think its presence exposes a significant security risk, in that if an attacker can cause that ghastly file to be played it will cause mental pain and anguish to those within earshot of the speakers. (It did for me – I tried to brave through it but had to stop after a minute and a half, and am now rinsing it out of my head with cycles of Mozart and Minor Threat.)"

Re Brian Eno: he did write the welcome music for Windows 95 (www.electricpig.co.uk/.../brian-eno-spills-windows-start-up-sound-secrets). In my very brief search just now I found nothing solid to back any claim that he composed anything for Windows XP.

re: What's the story of the onestop.mid file in the Media directory?

Jeremy — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:04:25 GMT

I'm just going to point out that flourish.mid is actually a pretty cool song.

re: What's the story of the onestop.mid file in the Media directory?

Matt — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:38:57 GMT

Secure the rights to Esperanza.mid for future versions of Windows. It's the best midi song by a mile!