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by **Mitch Coh** » Wed, 05 Apr 1995 04:00:00

I'm developing some stuff in Director to be cross-platform. I'd love to
save a TON of space by using QT 2.0's Musical Instruments. It's terrific
on a Mac. Last I heard this still wasn't available on Windows yet. is
this still true? If so, are there any similar means of doing this, such
as addressing a sound board that can do MIDI?

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by **Gretchen Macdowal** » Sat, 08 Apr 1995 04:00:00

>I'm developing some stuff in Director to be cross-platform. I'd love to
>save a TON of space by using QT 2.0's Musical Instruments. It's terrific
>on a Mac. Last I heard this still wasn't available on Windows yet. is
>this still true? If so, are there any similar means of doing this, such
>as addressing a sound board that can do MIDI?

If the sound board can do MIDI, the QT2.0 midi movies will play back
using the card to synthesize the sounds. This is easier than using
MCI through Director to play back the MIDI files because you can
use the same code cross-platform with the QT.

by **David Ritt** » Sat, 08 Apr 1995 04:00:00

> I'm developing some stuff in Director to be cross-platform. I'd love to
> save a TON of space by using QT 2.0's Musical Instruments. It's terrific
> on a Mac. Last I heard this still wasn't available on Windows yet. is
> this still true? If so, are there any similar means of doing this, such
> as addressing a sound board that can do MIDI?

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I believe the QT 2.0 Musical Instruments are a subset of the GM (General
MIDI) spec. If you use the original MIDI files (before conversion to QT
movie), they should playback "appropriately" on any GM compatible sound
card - (Sound Blaster 16, RAP-10, & most others). Be aware that different
implementations of GM can sound completely different.... Cheers! =-)

Very Computer

QT 2.0 Musical Instruments cross-platform?

QT 2.0 Musical Instruments cross-platform?

QT 2.0 Musical Instruments cross-platform?

QT 2.0 Musical Instruments cross-platform?