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MP3 is proprietary.  You should avoid using it.

WAV will work, but it's a bit bloated for projects and is more useful to store a raw source for the audio created.  OGG is old enough just about anything should be able to support it.  Even old school WInamp can support it.  The only issue I have with MIDI is it depends on what sort of sound font is setup on the player end (Yeah, I know, people get irate for me calling it that, but I'm going with that because it's easier to understand).  Like, with me, I have a custom font setup because I have worked with MIDI before, so the file would sound quite different on my end as opposed to someone using a default setup.

Mine is almost unheard of here, but I use web oscillator for my projects.  I have been working with it over the years to try to make custom waveforms that sound a little more like actual instruments (I do have a fairly mean-sounding bass and pipe organ waveform) and it has a  ridiculously low filesize since it uses the web browser itself to generate and play the music.

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I agree about MIDIs. To me, making MIDIs that both sound great and translate well while sounding different across machines… can tend to require a certain oldschool knowledge of music production and techniques (usually that’s beyond just pressing “export” in some program, but maybe mileage can vary).