What is the difference between a BAM and a MIDI file?
From OHRRPGCE-Wiki
BAM is a music format designed to make good use of the FM/Adlib/OPL2 synthesis chip in a sound card. Back in the mid 90's, all sound card supported FM/Adlib/OPL2, and playing music in that way requires very little memory, so it was a good choice for music at the time. Modern sound cards in computers running Windows XP seldom support FM/Adlib/OPL2, so BAM is no longer a good format.
MIDI is a music format and a music standard designed to control a wide variety of electronic musical instruments (usually keyboards, but also electric guitars, drumsets, and other things). MIDI is also popular for storing music to be played on a computer's sound card.
The Windows and Linux versions of the OHRRPGCE play BAM by converting it into MIDI. The DOS version of the OHRRPGCE was only able to play BAM.
[edit] See Also
- How do I convert MIDI music into BAM music?
- How do I use MIDI2BAM to make BAM music?
- Why does BAM music sound worse than MIDI music?
- Will you ever support MIDI music?
