There are a lot of Public Domain MIDI sites. I started Musopen because MIDI sounds terrible and our musical heritage deserves to be preserved in a decent quality.
Honestly I would prefer a bad live recording to a MIDI of anything. Perhaps one day it will get better, but even still, it'll never replicate what a good musician can do.
The problem with these songs is that their public domain status is extremely dubious. Not every country will allow records to be converted yet. Look at what happened when Naxos did this, they lost in NY and were sued.
The safest thing is for us to out-right own the rights and release them
Sincerely,
Aaron
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How much you wanna bet? :)
Look up czech orchestras, see how many movie soundtracks they make each year, then see the cost.
Im asking them to record music they play hundreds of times already.
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We'd love to have you record for us!
We have a form set up for it here:
https://spreadsheets2.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dHpnYzZlUERIczFESWJCVEZvMW4yZ0E6MQ#gid=0
Re: Classical MIDI
There are a lot of Public Domain MIDI sites. I started Musopen because MIDI sounds terrible and our musical heritage deserves to be preserved in a decent quality.
Honestly I would prefer a bad live recording to a MIDI of anything. Perhaps one day it will get better, but even still, it'll never replicate what a good musician can do.
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If you can help us find some sheet music for it, we're happy to take a look.
Aaron
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The problem with these songs is that their public domain status is extremely dubious. Not every country will allow records to be converted yet. Look at what happened when Naxos did this, they lost in NY and were sued.
The safest thing is for us to out-right own the rights and release them
Sincerely,
Aaron