> As far as converting .mid to .wav, that is possible but requires a
> little bit of ingenuity.  First you must "play" the MIDI file into
> a cassette recorder (using the audio output jacks on the computers audio
> amplifier) then "play" the recording into the microphone or line input
> jacks on the computers sound card.  The "record" levels can usually be
> tested at the sound card's control panel to avoid distortion.

There is a great piece of shareware called WAVmaker that will
create a WAV file direct from MIDI.  It runs under MS-DOS.
The trial version I saw last year was not as slick as some would
like, but was very functional.  It was written by Tommy Anderberg.
It worked great for the piano pieces I ran through it.
Contact the author, tommy.anderberg@abc.se to find where the
trial version is available.

 --Bill Jelen

 [ Editor's Note:
 [
 [ In principal, it should be possible to capture the samples from
 [ a synthesizer such as the SoundBlaster AWE-32.  I've not read
 [ the documentation closely enough to see if this is supported.
 [
 [ There have been a number of attempts over the years to do
 [ "CPU based synthesis".  My first contact with computers
 [ and music was in the early '70's, when it was the ONLY way
 [ to do it.  Digital synthesizers had not been invented.
 [ In fact ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits)
 [ had not been invented.  With the increase in speed of CPUs
 [ its becoming faster to do the complicated signal processing
 [ like reverb, but it _IS_ work.
 [
 [ I (obviously) have a personal interest in direct synthesis.  Please
 [ keep us informed of programs and/or procedures for directly
 [ generating and capturing audio samples without involving audio tape.
 [
 [ Thanks
 [ Jody