To Vladimir Olenin and the rest of the Java3D Interest list

Contary to what I stated in July of last year...
MIDI file playback as Background and attenuated Point/Cone
Sounds WILL be (at least partially) supported in Java 1.2 FCS.
There was enough interest in this being done and it did not
require any API changes, so it was implemented for 1.2.

Limitations
1) For this release MIDI data is automatically cached.
2) Positional Sound nodes that use MIDI MediaContainers will be
   properly attenuated but can not be panned or delayed to
   simulate Interaural Intensity or Time Differences using the
   JavaSoundMixer AudioDevice3D implementation released as part
   of Java3D 1.2.
These limitations are due to limitations of the underlying
technology used in the JavaSoundMixer AD3D implementation.

More details will be included in the Release notes for 1.2

Warren Dale
Sun Microsystems

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