Hi Missy, How does Snow Leopard handle MIDI files? What sound canvas does it use and which player do the files open in? I'm still thinking of downgrading if I can get my hands on a retail copy of the DVD.
Regards, Gavin On 25 Oct 2011, at 7:57 PM, Missy Hoppe wrote: > VLC will play midis, but sadly, not in quicklook. The problem you're > describing is one of the main reasons I'm still using > snow leopard. I know it's petty, but I enjoy my midi files, and under lion... > Well, You know. (smile) Maybe if a few more > people complain, they'll actually fix it. Every time there is an update for > lion, I hope that maybe it will have been fixed, > but so far, no such luck. I still haven't figured out how or why Apple broke > them under Lion, but they broke them very badly. > As for vlc, you just need to download a sound font and then go into vlc > configuration. It's far from ideal but it's a > work-around if you're otherwise happy using lion. Good luck, and I hope this > helps. > Missy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Gavin > Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 1:24 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: MIDI File Preview In Quick Look > > Hi guys, > > I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but when previewing a MIDI file > in Quick Look, the same sound canvas that is > shipped with Windows can be heard. Is there a way to turn up the volume of > these sounds and remove the dynamics processing? > The version of Quicktime that came preinstalled with Lion won't play MIDI > files, and VLC won't either. > > Regards, > > Gavin > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
