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specification. On a personal computer these instructions can be turned into sound by either a software synthesizer, or by sending them along to a hardware synthesizer. There can be remarkable differences in the sound produced by a MIDI file, depending on the machine on which it is played and the
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that internally converts the MIDI instructions into a digital audio file that is playable on most browsers, and displays an audio player. For example, here is a
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that are not rendered by all MIDI players. Such hardware-specific extensions are to be avoided in MIDI files uploaded to
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