As I recall from an explanation several years ago, Notes Norton is intentionally not using the best possible MIDI sounds in his online demos (plus the files are compressed). He admirably uses something more 'average' so as not to over-hype his product. As you know, MIDI has no sound of its own, thus MIDI sound quality is heavily dependent upon the synth chosen.


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