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

I think it's part of Quicktime, but I think it may be part of an OLD
Quicktime release.  I have QT 10 on two Macs (one Snow Leopard, one Lion),
both with GarageBand and iTunes installed; when I tried to play a .MID in
QT, it had to go download QT _7_ in order to play.  Neither of them appears
to have installed a virtual MIDI device, though I don't have a ton of
experience with MIDI devices on Mac, so I may be misspeaking there.

GarageBand appears to directly handle their software instruments.

Re: Microsoft GS Synthesizer - Right!  Now I remember that.  Advantage:
Windows.  :)

On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Tom White (MMA) <lists@midi.org> wrote:

> **
> >>> 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
>