Re: Adding MIDI APIs to Audio WG Charter (was: MIDI enumeration (was: Re: getUserMedia use cases))

Hmm.  In a brief browse around my OSX machine, it seems it doesn't install
a GM virtual MIDI device; when I try to play a .mid, I have to download the
Quicktime 7 player.  I don't know if Windows installs a virtual device or
not?

(You make a good point - music creation programs, music scoring programs,
music training/education programs, etc. are more likely the use case for
GM, and the first two would be more likely to use the MIDI APIs than just
trying to play a .MID through an <audio>.)

On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Tom White (MMA) <lists@midi.org> wrote:

> **
> 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
>
>