Making Your MIDI Sequences Breathe
Here are the sound and graphics files used in the demonstration on how to make your MIDI sequences sound more realistic:
Sounds
No breath, constant tempo
(Hmm, 37 sec. on one breath)
No breath with fermatas
(45 sec. Circular breathing?)
Breath/Phrasing added
(More musical? Realistic?)
And for a more realistic sound, Breath, fermatas, with reverb
Graphics
Piano Roll View for first two excerpts (No breath/phrasing)
Piano Roll View for last two excerpts (Breaths/Phrasing added)
(By the way, you've probably noticed that the trumpet sample used in these examples has a "warbly" vibrato. Does this vibrato make the sound more or less realistic to your ears?)