Were Windows 95, 98 system sounds midi files?

[RedLine05]

If computers used midi for sounds back then, were Windows system sounds midi files, too?

 

[atljsf]

in windows 95 and 98 the sound files like windows start and windows errors and stuff like that were wav files

midi sounds horrible compared to a sound card capable of play ad wave file or a mp3

midi in 1998 was not popular anymore, perhaps in 1995 with some old DOS games but not under windows

only people composing music on midi used strongly that on hat period of time, people on desktop games and apps didn't used it really

on windows 98 the mp3 boom moved away even wav files, forget midi files with 4 instruments!

 

[RedLine05]

in windows 95 and 98 the sound files like windows start and windows errors and stuff like that were wav files

midi sounds horrible compared to a sound card capable of play ad wave file or a mp3

midi in 1998 was not popular anymore, perhaps in 1995 with some old DOS games but not under windows

only people composing music on midi used strongly that on hat period of time, people on desktop games and apps didn't used it really

on windows 98 the mp3 boom moved away even wav files, forget midi files with 4 instruments!

Then how did the computers back in those days play wav files if the sound cards were midi based?

 

[atljsf]

the sound cards had both capabilities

midi ports and midi reproduction and also a processor to reproduce audio

at least decent ones like the old venerable sound blaster 16 tht thing had midi port, midi capabilities and played mp3 songs without much problem