Chris, >>> It seems like most of the "use GM" cases have been reduced in importance by the easy use of audio files (i.e., streaming or pre-loading a high-quality audio file isn't crazy in terms of bandwidth like it used to be). <<< Yes, GM was once seen as a way for content developers to distribute music across large platforms with minimal bandwidth... but I'm not suggesting it for that purpose. I'm thinking about applications that use MIDI because they want MIDI, such as music creation programs, music scoring programs, music training/education programs, etc. Some of those may need custom sound renderers, but others have been able to get by just fine with GM... and since GM renderers already exist on hundreds-of-millions of Macs and PCs (including all new ones being sold) I think browsers should expose them. Tom White MMA
Received on Wednesday, 1 February 2012 21:51:50 UTC