Tech: AOLvsExplorer MIDI player

Subject: Tech: AOLvsExplorer MIDI player
From: GUEST,Nick
Date: 13 Oct 02 - 01:33 PM

WHen I try to listen to a MIDI file from D Trad the AOL browser looks for a plug-in. WHen I use Explorer as a browser it launches Quicktime and plays the midi. This is on a Mac

Why does AOL not find Quicktime, or what plug in is it looking for? It does not give me a plugin name to look for.

Nick

Subject: RE: Tech: AOLvsExplorer MIDI player
From: GUEST
Date: 13 Oct 02 - 02:02 PM

I realise that this of no help, but it's because the AOL browser is really crap.

Subject: RE: Tech: AOLvsExplorer MIDI player
From: GUEST
Date: 13 Oct 02 - 06:16 PM

just moving it up

Subject: RE: Tech: AOLvsExplorer MIDI player
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 14 Oct 02 - 08:51 AM

Most of the tunes in DT are in SONGWRIGHT format - there are a few in MIDI format, but I don't think these actually are used from the new version of DT. According to another thread the new DT plays tunes by passing MIDI events (ie individual notes) to QuickTime. This is presumably so that it can synchronise the note with the moving dot.

If you were to try and play one of the SONGWRIGHT tune files directly, Quicktime would probably not recognise the file and try to find a "Codec" for it.

If you do want to play a tune file directly, you can do it by using the SONGWRITE "SING" software that came with the DOS version of DT, or the "MUSICEASE" software available. Otherwise you can save the tune in ABC format from the DT screen and convert that to MIDI. Obviously if you have a full version of SONGWRIGHT, you can use that to produce a MIDI file.