19.013 Are there any GS programs that will let me play MIDI files that I get from the web?
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This article is from the Apple II Csa2 FAQ, by Jeff Hurlburt with numerous contributions by others.
19.013 Are there any GS programs that will let me play MIDI files that I get from the web?
The best one out there is MIDISurgeon 2.0, formely available from EGO
Systems. It lets you convert and tweak (very finely if need be) MIDI files into
MIDIsynth format, what most people heavily associate with synthLAB. MIDIsynth
is really the best way to hear MIDI sequences, though it is very limited these
days: 7 voices and 64K worth of patches maximum (choosen from a small number of
instrument banks out there, with a sparse selection). If you have MIDI files
that are under 7 voices and only use a cou
ple of instruments it is passable.
There is also the freeware MIDIConvert program, but it isn't very
flexible.
WaveLAB (another program by Dave Tribby) is also worth downloading, it
allows you to create new instrument banks.
You should be able to get MIDIConvert from the TFFE and Ground FTP sites.
SynthLAB/MIDIsynth is part of System 6, downloadable from Apple's FTP site. As
for MIDISurgeon, you'll have to contact Dave Tribby to find out its status.
I personally just use a MIDI connection between my Apple IIgs and PC with
one end running synthLAB and the other CakeWalk Express, then have one side
"play" the other and I record that. Makes editing much easier and faster.
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By: Edhel Iaur, Esq.
Apple's SynthLAB may be necessary for many solutions. Check out the following
URLs for related midi wares:
ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/apple16/Music/Applics/
ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/Mirrors/uni-kl/gs/music/
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By: Clayburn Juniel/Effective Software Solutions
Hey, what about Music Composer? It's much better than synthLAB for doing
MIDI playback.
Just a note. Music Composer* does use the MIDIsynth tool to play the
music, and to do some editing. MIDIsynth does a lot that synthLAB doesn't use.
It was always my impression the that synthLAB was never finished.
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