Given all of these facts, shouldn't there be some rules and regulations governing MIDI files libraries? Case For The Defence Yes please - I'd like some of that!Īnd while the libraries advertise in the likes of this magazine, do they declare the income? Probably not - after all, isn't it just a side‑line that musicians carry out in the evenings and at weekends, when they're not working? And if they were decent musos, they'd probably be out gigging and earning real money instead of mucking around with computers.Īs for the quality, surely the average musician could create a better rendition of a Top 10 hit than any of these libraries. This means that the retailer is making a whopping great £4.30 profit, and what for? Sitting behind a computer and some MIDI gear, and doing what he or she enjoys, namely creating top ten hits. How can this possibly be justified? A mass‑duplicated disk weighs in at less than 20p the cost of a jiffy bag and the postage together can't come to more than another 50p, making around 70p in total. Admittedly, there are discounts for quantity, but let's work on a figure of £5 as being the average price per file. Have a look through the adverts at the rear of this issue of SOS, and you'll find at least half a dozen legitimate MIDI song file libraries selling disks at between £4 and £6 each. So, let's debate it here! Case For The Plaintiff

Unfortunately, even though the MIDI song file industry in this country has a turnover in excess of one million pounds per year, such a topic would never be brought up in such an arena, for obvious reasons. OK - now keep your hand up if you felt that the price you were charged was too high that's what I thought, most of you.' 'Hands up everyone who has purchased at least one MIDI song file in the past. You can easily imagine the following lines starting off a serious debate on the cost of song files on a television program such as Kilroy. Are MIDI Files too expensive? Vic Lennard investigates.

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