Speaking of midi files,
I was just messing around with a program named synthfont (freeware)today , and I think together with some freeware soundfonts (I used TitanicSF) it sounds pretty good, add some effects and you can get pretty good results.

I recorded a demo (midifile) so you can hear it for yourself:
http://members.home.nl/schoeber/dontknowmuch.mp3

Greetz ,
Marcel

[This message has been edited by Wazza (edited 01-13-2005).]