Chris, On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Tom White (MMA) <lists@midi.org> wrote: 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... :) I don't know what an "easy programmable form" is, as I am not a programmer... but my understanding is that on OSX the DLSsynth is available to any Audio Unit Host, so I guess the browser "just" has to be an Audio Unit Host... whether that is "easy" or not I don't know. If everyone here understands what synths and SMF file players exist on what platforms and how to access them, and believes there is little value in leveraging what is there, then I can accept that. I'm just trying to make sure we all know what already exists. - TW
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