On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Tom White (MMA) <lists@midi.org> wrote: > ** > > That's what I meant about other browsers - all the other major browsers > ship on OSX (and many on Linux, etc), where they couldn't rely on an SMF/GM > component being available. > > Right... the GM component (synth) is available, just not the SMF component > (file player). (Just want to be clear about that.) > So if I was in a problem-solving mode, I'd be looking for some way to get > the SMF file-player code into browsers, if not into OSX and Linux > distributions themselves. > The GM (synth) component doesn't seem to be available in an easy programmable form (e.g. as a MIDI device) on OSX (or Android, for that matter). Obviously, if we have the right MIDI API, a Javascript synth could install itself in a background process and create a virtual instrument. I don't think I've seen any JS-implemented GM synths yet... :)
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