Sailing

Sailing, also known as SAILING.MID, Sailing.mid, 112_Sailboards.mid, Sailboards or Sailing is an energetic & adventurous midi file that was composed by Passport Designs, a company known for composing the popular 90s midi files, Passport & Canyon.

The song has a duration time of 1 minute (1:00). It plays at 98 BPM.

Loading this midi file up in certain midi editing software also reveals that it has a cue titled "SailBoards :59". However, on the .rmi version, the cue has been moved to the comments, and now says "Sailing :59", meaning that the song goes by both the names of "Sailing" and "Sailboards".

The .rmi version file also contains five empty tracks, all set to Channel 12, which the .mid version does not.

Interestingly, both versions of Sailing have the track name of Lead 6 (Voice) named as "Bottle Lead" or "Bottle". This may hint that Lead 6 (Voice) may have originally intended to be the Blown Bottle instrument.

Packard Bell RMI Version
Another version of Sailing.mid can be found hidden away on a Packard Bell Microsoft Multimedia Pack for Windows 1.0 CD.

The Sailing midi file found on this CD has a few noticeable differences. However, it is unknown if these differences prove if the .rmi version is newer or older than the .mid version:
 * The midi file has been converted into an RMI midi file; it has a .rmi extension instead of .mid
 * The "SailBoards :59" cue has been removed and has been typed up into the Midi Comments instead. It has also been changed to say "Sailing :59"
 * There are five empty tracks, all set as Acoustic Grand Piano, using Channel 12 that are not found in the .mid version
 * There is an Out of Tune piano track not present in the .mid version found in the .rmi version, but a glitch prevents the piano track from playing on Windows Media Player 12
 * The Lead 6 (Voice) has been duplicated and has been changed into a Lead 3 (Calliope)
 * The Bright Acoustic Piano has been duplicated, with no changes done to the duplicate, other than the sliders being reset to the neutral position (center)
 * The Electric Guitar (Muted) has been duplicated, and has been changed into an Electric Bass (Pick), with the sliders reset to the neutral position (center)

Sailing (Original Version)
Pad 1 (New Age)

Electric Guitar (Muted)

Bright Acoustic Piano

Lead 6 (Voice)

Synth Bass 2

Synth Drum

Drums (Standard Kit)

Sailing (Packard Bell RMI Version)
Pad 1 (New Age)

Electric Guitar (Muted)

Bright Acoustic Piano 2x

Lead 6 (Voice)

Synth Bass 2

Synth Drum

Drums (Standard Kit)

Grand Acoustic Piano (Unused) x5

Lead 3 (Calliope)

Electric Bass (Pick)

Acoustic Grand Piano (Out of tune)

Sailing (Original Version)
SailBoards :59

© 1991

Passport Designs,Inc.

Prod. by Music Data Company

Sailing (Packard Bell RMI Version)
Sailing :59

© 1991

Passport Designs,Inc.

Prod. by Music Data Company

Listen to Midi
Since the midi file was designed to run on an OPL soundcard such as an OPL3, the midi file will sound drastically different on newer versions of Windows and Emulators since they use a Roland Wavetable General Midi soundcard.

(Note: If you're using Google Chrome or Opera, the midi files will download instead)

Listen to Sailing.mid: https://web.archive.org/web/19970703215536/http://www.passportdesigns.com:80/map/songs_database/112_Sailboards.mid

Listen to Sailing.rmi (Packard Bell Version): https://gekk.info/midis/PBellMM/SAILING.RMI

Last Resort Mirror Links
If all the links above are broken, these Archive.org mirror links are most likely to work. However, using right-click to download the midis results in the file becoming corrupted upon download. They can only be saved by left-clicking on them.

Archive Link: Sorry, no archive midi is available, since the Archive.org link is the only one available...

Archive Link (Packard Bell RMI): https://web.archive.org/web/20180505195647/https://gekk.info/midis/PBellMM/SAILING.RMI

Videos
sailing.mid on Matt The Retro Geek's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL1TH47kCr4&t=1461

sailing.rmi on an unknown soundcard (or soundfont): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lepVNf5GKaI&t=1694

Other Soundcards
Note: The original version of this midi file is the OPL3 (Soundblaster 16) version.

Microsoft GS/GM Wavetable Synth: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

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Gravis Ultrasound: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

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Sound Blaster AWE64: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

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Yamaha YMF724: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

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DOSMID (MS-DOS): Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

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Apple Mac: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

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Mixcraft: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

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Midi Devices
Roland SC-55: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

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Roland SC-88: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

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Yamaha MU80 MIDI Device: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

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Roland MT-32 (MUNT): Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

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Keyboards
Korg MicroARRANGER Keyboard: Sorry, there's no video of this yet....

Yamaha PSR-S950: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

Yamaha Electone: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

Phones
Nokia x3-00 Phone: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

Remixes of Sailing.mid
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