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I am a newbie in sound design and digital musical instrument stuff.
Recently, me and my friend recorded an instrument using some Yamaha Keyboard. When we play that recording on a Yamaha Keyboard, and sounds perfect.
I then copied the .MID recorded files from that Yamaha Keyboard and tried to play them on my laptop using general music player. It sounds so different.
I was struggling to make that sound the same, and don't know what software or tools to use. I am completely lost.
A MIDI file only contains information on which notes you're playing. The sound attached to each note is not part of the file (which is why a MIDI file is much smaller than an audio file).
What you're looking for is a sound module or software synthesizer that can replicate the sound of your Yamaha keyboard.
One common format for this is a VST plugin - a standardized format that allows you to add a software synthesizer to many different audio workstation programs. You'd have to try and find a VST plugin that contains the sounds of your Yamaha synth.
Or play back the MIDI file through your Yamaha keyboard, and record the sound using a microphone or the keyboard's line outputs.
