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Do you ever think about the fact that the designers of General Midi were tasked with coming up with the 128 most important instruments in the world, and one of the answers they came up with was "Goblins"

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Even then, "here are the seven sound effects that are enough for every game in existence, one of which can only be used in combination with a slow pad" is kind of ? ? ?

How the hell are you supposed to know what "muted trumpet" is going to sound like - might be a wah wah on one implementation and a cup on another...

Seriously though, I think they could have used a second variant on a lot of instruments. Marcato strings, more piano sounds, more guitar sounds, more saxophone sounds. Pizzicato on solo strings, etc.