Almonds

Almonds, aka ALMONDS.MID or Almonds.mid is a midi file that came with installing Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions. It can only be found in Windows 3.0.

It is a funky rock-styled midi file and was composed in 1991 by Passport Designs.

The song lasts for 1 minute 57 seconds (1:57). It plays at 124 BPM.

On Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions, with Tandy Demo Utilities when going into the Multimedia Application Demos, and then into Entertainment, and then into Music for Multimedia: Passport, it will load up a Passport Multimedia Music Demo with a midi Jukebox; Almonds will be one of the midi files featured, bearing the same name.

Sadly, it is not played in the video.

Video Evidence of Passport Design's Windows 3.0 Multimedia Jukebox here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN7wICVD30o&t=250.

Instruments
Acoustic Grand Piano (Possibly unused drums since they're out of tune and act like a beat)

Rock Organ

Electric Bass (Finger)

Overdriven Guitar

Distortion Guitar

Electric Guitar (Clean)

Drums (Standard Kit)

Acoustic Grand Piano

Bright Acoustic Grand Piano

Accordion

Comments (Midi Information)
C1-P19-ORGAN

C2-P34-BASS

C3-P30-GUITAR 1

C4-P31GUITAR 2

C5-P28-RHYTHM GUITAR

C10-DRUMS

©1991

Passport Designs, Inc.

Prod. by Music Data Company

C13-P-1-Organ

C12-P 2-Bass

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 file will download instead)

Listen to Almonds.mid: http://soundblaster16.net/midi-a/ALMONDS.MID

Wayback Machine Mirror: https://archive.org/download/win3.0midi/ALMONDS.MID

Mirror Link: https://sites.google.com/site/musiccurios/downloads/Windows%203.0%20with%20Multimedia%20Extensions%20MIDIs.zip?attredirects=0&d=1 - Note: The .mid file is in a .zip folder with other Windows 3.0 midi files.

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 1: https://web.archive.org/web/20200402200146/http://soundblaster16.net/midi-a/ALMONDS.MID

Archive Link 2: Archive of Music Curios' link - Note: The .mid file is in a .zip folder with other Windows 3.0 midi files.

Other Soundcards
Note: The OPL3 (Soundblaster 16) version is the original version of Almonds. This is what the midi file used to sound like on older versions of Windows.

Microsoft GS/GM Wavetable Synth (Default Soundcard): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCV8ae3J9pE

OPL3 (Soundblaster 16) - Original Version: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

OPL3 SB16 Voyetra SuperSAPI: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

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

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

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

DOSMID (MS-DOS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW26apuGurE&t=14s

Apple Mac: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxnH2K2IRu4

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Remixes of Almonds.mid
Sorry, no remixes of this midi file exist yet...

Similar Midis
Onestop - it has a funky rock section that sounds slightly similar to Almond's drums and Electric Guitar (Clean) if you listen carefully.

blues1 - A midi file from ExPage.com that has a similar melody.