Hi, Just oging to try this out. Just a question, is it possible to play tha tin Windows as well? If so, where to copy the file? Many thanks, Christian
On 2006-10-25 at 12:07 Kevin Reeves wrote: >Haven't been able to figure that out yet. > > >www.kevinreeves.net >----- Original Message ----- >From: "hank smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby >theblind" <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 11:46 AM >Subject: Re: Cool tip. Improving the audio quality of midi files. > > >> any ideas on how to not make it echo? >> it really is anotying when midis echo >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kevin Reeves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Mac Visionaries" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 6:12 AM >> Subject: Cool tip. Improving the audio quality of midi files. >> >> >> Hey everyone. I'm sure some of you enjoy playing midi files downloaded >> from the web. However, the default set of sounds, known as the General >> Midi wave table is less than desireable. Here's a cool way to replace >the >> current sound set with a better one. Core audio uses sound fonts, which >> have a .sf2 extention. There are lots of free sites that offer >> downloadable sound fonts. Locate a GM Sound Font and download it. Place >it >> in the library/audio/sounds/banks folder. Then,go into system >preferences >> and launch theQuick Time preference. In the advanced tab, set the >> synthesizer to the gm bank you just put in the banks folder. Close the >> preferences, and you're done. Depending on the sound font you >downloaded, >> you should hear a massive improvement in the sound quality. Note. For >this >> to work properly, you must find a GM or General Midi bank. This way the >> sounds will be propperly assigned when a midi file is played. Soon, I >will >> place a link to a free one that is absolutely amazing. I need to find a >> place to host it because the archive that it is in is a .exe file, which >> only works on a PC. If anyone has any ideas, hit me up. >> >> Kevin Reeves >> >> www.kevinreeves.net >> >> >> >>
