some facts/thoughts about midi and director: - Beatnik xtra is still a great xtra, it's shockwave safe and it works in dmx2004, BUT, as mentioned by Johan, there is no OSX version - There is MIDIio X-Tra for realtime sending and receiving of MIDI messages (eg. to a MIDI synth, OMS on mac, system's default MIDI synth on PC), but I think it's not shockwave-safe and it has no OSX port. - Your best choice is propably Sequencer Xtra (http://www.sourceforce.nu/index2.htm), it's shockwave-safe and ported to OSX - There is unfortunately no easy way to use QT musical instruments interactively on windows, although this could be implemented, and in fact I'm thinking about trying myself to create a simple scripting xtra which can do it. At the moment, if you want to play notes with MIDIio and Sequencer Xtra on windows, you have to rely on the system's/soundcard's midi synth, which might or might not be crappy, and you don't have any extra/custom soundbanks. - if you like experimental stuff or don't want to pay for an xtra, I've created a little parent script (MIDI CLASS) for reading, analyzing, manipulating and creating Standard Midi Files (*.mid) at runtime, but of course this needs file system access and can't be used in a browser. it's available from http://dasdeck.de/staff/valentin/lingo/midi_class/
regards valentin > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] John Waller > Verzonden: woensdag 17 maart 2004 7:25 > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Onderwerp: <lingo-l> Midi and Director > > > Hi, > > I was wondering if anyone could give me any advice regarding the > possibility of using Midi sounds in Director. > > I have a situation where I would like to be able to play individual > notes or chords (not necessarily sequences, though this might also be > a > possibility). I thought Midi files would be smaller than sound samples > and would also offer greater flexibility and range of sounds. > > However I guess I also need to think of cross-platform playability. > Most > > Macs will have QT installed and therefore I guess access to > QuickTime's > midi instruments (assuming this is still a function of QT) but PC's > might have a problem with this - or are there common equivialents on > the > > PC which play midi sounds? > > The final application will be both on the Web via Shockwave and on CD > or > > hard-drive as a projector. > > I am vaguely aware of the old Beatnik plug-in but do not really know > what it does or how it works. However it sounds defunct and probably > not > > useful anymore. > > I am using Director MX on Mac OS X. > > Thanks in advance, > John > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to > http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, > email > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). > Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go > to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, > email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email > [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with > programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
