RE: Adding MIDI APIs to Audio WG Charter (was: MIDI enumeration (was: Re: getUserMedia use cases)) from Tom White \(MMA\) on 2012-02-02 (public-audio@w3.org from January to March 2012)

From: Tom White \(MMA\) <lists@midi.org>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 16:46:23 -0800
To: "'Chris Wilson'" <cwilso@google.com>
Cc: "'Doug Schepers'" <schepers@w3.org>, "'Joseph Berkovitz'" <joe@noteflight.com>, "'Robin Berjon'" <robin@berjon.com>, <public-audio@w3.org>, "'Dom Hazael-Massieux'" <dom@w3.org>, <jussi.kalliokoski@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <A2F7F6467D18488DA415A5EDD8016B21@TWTHINK>

>>> 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. <<<   
 
Hmmm. Maybe the OSX GM Synth is part of Quicktime... and perhaps Quicktime
is typically installed on most Macs, or is automatically installed when
Garageband and/or iTunes is installed? I can check with Apple on that, but I
don't users typically need to consciously install the synth...
 
>>> I don't know if Windows installs a virtual device or not?  <<<
 
As far as I know, every installation of Windows since 1995 includes the
gm.dls sound file and exposes that as "Microsoft GS Synthesizer" through the
MIDI API.
 
- TW

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