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To: Zakrosian who wrote (9219)1/30/1998 2:29:00 AM
From: Fred Mah  Read Replies (1) of 13925
 
"I'm just trying to think like a sound consumer - which
companies are in the business of making the music that I listen to
over the internet sound more like what I listen to over my stereos?
Does my soundcard (in my case an Ensoniq) have anything to do
with that sound quality or is there something totally unrelated
affecting that?"

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by the "music that I listen to
over the internet" However, music over the internet can come in two forms, digital audio file (typically WAV file for PC users) which is a recording of a sound. Just think of it as recording and playing with a tape recorder. Then there's MIDI, which is just the instructions of what sounds are to be played. So MIDI would tell the computer to play some notes on a certain instrument (piano, etc...) and then the computer and/or soundcard would play it.

If it is a WAV file (or its derivatives), then you will basically hear exactly what the sound is supposed to be, aside from audio quality differences in the soundcard and speakers you use. If it's MIDI, then that significantly depends on the software/hardware used to create the instrument sounds like piano, drums, etc...
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