John Farrell wrote about the MIDI files at his new web site:

> I haven't yet worked out how to do [sound clips],
> however you can now hear three of my jazz piano roll
> arrangements (MIDI files) which I have placed at
>   http://homepages.tesco.net/~stridepiano/midifiles.htm

This posting, in conjunction with the other question in the same
MMD edition about MIDI file conversion to audio seemed, to be
serendipitously timed.

I took the liberty of downloading John Farrell's MIDI files and have
created audio renderings of these excellent arrangements.  I hope John
does not mind, but since he has not been able to post audio files
himself, I have posted one of the arrangements, "Sensation", as an
MP3 audio file currently on my FTP server at:

  ftp://ftp.trachtman.org/demo/jfsensat.mp3

This audio file is of slightly degraded audio quality (64kbps mono) in
order to keep the file small enough for reasonably fast download (about
1.5 Megabytes).

John, feel free to copy it over to your own web server and post it for
a more permanent home for this audio demo of your arrangement.  I can
make MP3 audio versions of the other two rolls for which you have
posted MIDI files as well if you like the results.

The one comment that I would make is that these MIDI files are all
at constant MIDI note velocity, and there is no dynamic expression
included in the MIDI file.  If I were left to my own devices, I would
edit the file to incorporate some dynamics and really have an
exceptional performance demo.  However, I felt I was taking enough
liberties as it was just to re-post the audio of the existing MIDI
file.

I hope this audio demo of your exceptional arrangements is helpful.

Regards,

Warren Trachtman
http://www.trachtman.org/