Releasing my first MIDI — free to use in your projects!
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▌ FEATURES
Style: Middle Eastern flavor · Futuristic · Storytelling arc
Length: 4 minutes
Key: Phrygian Dominant in F
Genre: Progressive electronic
▌ THE STORY BEHIND IT
Making my first MIDI track, I wanted to do something inventive right out of the gate. This one won't fit classic Doom — but for creative projects it's exactly the right vibe. I picture it somewhere in a final battle of a megawad.
I ran into a ton of technical headaches along the way — the track has over 40 instruments that I had to elegantly swap between each other (General MIDI only supports 16 channels, after all). The main challenge was pulling off sound design and emulating real modular synthesis using nothing but MIDI editing tools, which I abused mercilessly.
The arrangement was inspired by DBP39, so it'll sit naturally in detailed maps with a Middle Eastern theme.
I work as a film composer and have been making advanced electronic music for years — and that's exactly the style I wanted to bring into MIDI format. For my usual work this is a pretty standard track; for Doom it's something new. If I keep going in this format I won't be making arrangements this complex again — they're a nightmare to adapt across different soundfonts.
Arranged in Ableton Live 12, recorded via LoopMIDI into Reaper, played back through Virtual MIDI Synth.
▌ TECHNICAL INFO & HOW TO USE
The track is timbrally and instrumentally very diverse, so perfectly balancing it across all soundfonts is technically impossible — but I did everything I could. For the original intended sound, use Timbres of Heaven.
The archive contains 2 MIDI files:
- Timbres of Heaven edition — more voices (50)
- Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth edition — fewer layers (32), for maximum compatibility
Also included — 4 rendered audio files:
- Two mastered versions (Timbres of Heaven and Microsoft GS) for best sound quality
- Two raw versions for better blending with other MIDI tracks — use these if you're worried about compatibility across soundfonts
All versions are trimmed to loop cleanly. The archive also includes the soundfonts that sound decent with this MIDI.
I strongly recommend bundling Timbres of Heaven directly into your wad.
▌ RIGHTS
You can use this track in any of your projects however you like — I'll be genuinely happy if you find a use for it. Please credit me as the author so other people can find me for collaborations.
If you want to claim it for an ambitious project, hit me up in DMs. I'm open to adapting it to your specific soundfont.
Thanks for listening! Feel free to share what the track makes you feel. I'd ask you not to be too brutal with the criticism — I'd rather not take emotional damage and lose motivation to keep working in this format.
