Darude-sandstorm.mid

darude-sandstorm, also known as Darude Sandstorm - Reggae Version, or darude-sandstorm.mid was a midi file that could be found online from MIDI Zone (Free-midi.org).

The song is a midi rendition of Darude Sandstorm, but the tempo is incorrect, making it sound like a "reggae version".

However, since then, it has been replaced with an updated version, just titled "Sandstorm.mid"; it has been sped up to the correct tempo, making it sound less "reggae". The only way to download or listen to the old, slower version is via Archive.org (Wayback Machine.)

Like Onestop, the midi file utilizes the "Program Change" feature, where a midi contains an instrument that changes on a single channel: the Seashore instrument changes into Gunshot, and then back into Seashore.

It also has unused instruments: Reverse Cymbal, two Acoustic Grand Pianos, String Ensemble 1, Synth Bass 2, Marimba & Acoustic Guitar Nylon.

The song lasts for 5 minutes, 38 seconds (5:38). It plays at 100 BPM.

Appearance in Vinesauce Joel's Windows Destruction
Note: Vinesauce Joel videos contain Strong Language! You have been warned!

In 2014, after downloading and listening to christmas_songs-jingle_bells.mid, Joel from Vinesauce downloaded this midi file from MIDI Zone (Free-midi.org): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04Rl7sTSb0E&t=3910 on to his Windows 7 (in a virtual machine).

As he plays the midi file, he soon begins to comment on how the tempo is incorrect, coming out with comments like, "it's slightly drunk", "it's like some sort of reggae version", and "Yeah mon, smoke da herb!"

Later on, the Bird Tweets play, and Joel mistakes it for a goat, and then "a cat in heat".

After this, he then decides to download skrillex-scary_monsters_and_nice_sprites.mid instead, and stops the midi file's playback.

In his remake of Windows 98 Destruction Part 2, this midi appears in a collection of other internet midis he downloaded off stream. However, he never plays it during the stream.

darude-sandstorm.mid in Shareware Madness (Part 9)
darude-sandstorm.mid returns alongside the other collection of midis Joel downloaded from his Windows 98 Destruction Remake in Shareware Madness (Part 9), retitled as a Reggae Version, & a fixed version alongside of it.

However, Joel never plays either of these midi files during the stream.

Instruments
Reverse Cymbal (Unused)

Seashore

Gunshot

Synth Strings 1

Lead 8 (Bass & Lead) 2x

Pad 3 (Polysynth)

Lead 1 (Square)

Bagpipe

Electric Guitar (Jazz)

Acoustic Grand Piano 2x (Both unused)

Drums (Standard Kit)

String Ensemble 1 (Unused)

Synth Bass 2 (Unused)

Marimba (Unused)

Acoustic Guitar (Nylon) (Unused)

Bird Tweet

Comments (Midi Information)
Darude - Sandstorm

2000 (C) by Izzet Selanik and Arne Mulder from Toplist-Team.com

2000 (C) by Izzet Selanik from Toplist-Team.com

Other Notes
darude-sandstorm.mid has a glitch where the drums will load up as out of tune Grand Acoustic Pianos in VLC Media Player, rendering the ability to play the midi file in different soundfonts useless.

It also has a glitch where the Lead 1 (Square) will load up as Drums.

Luckily, there is a way to fix this annoying glitch: How To: Fix Glitches in Midi Files using Anvil Studio.

Listen to Midi
(Note: If you're using Google Chrome or Opera, the midi file will download instead)

Listen to darude-sandstorm.mid: https://web.archive.org/web/20150810182257/http://www.free-midi.org:80/midi1/d/darude-sandstorm.mid

Listen to Fixed Version: https://freemidi.org/getter-7791

Other Soundcards
Microsoft GS/GM Wavetable Synth (Default Soundcard): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t455k17_QAI

OPL3 (Soundblaster 16): 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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Yamaha YMF724: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

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

Midi Devices
Roland SC-55: 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...

Phones
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