Another great option for playing midi in lion is vlc media player. It's way betterthan quicklook. Still can't figure out how or why that got so messed up between SL and lion, but at least I finally found an acceptible workaround. I didn't go for the GB option because of the problem you're describing; songs aren't played with the correct instruments. Glad you got it working, though.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eugenia Firth Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 2:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: To play midi files on a mac. Hi Ricardo. Amazingly enough I got my email to sort of work on the mac. So, I'll still go for that genius appointment because I had to do some girations to get here. I did get this Midi to play. The first time another file I had sounded weird. I got the second one to play; it's really great Midi that I don't want to lose. The thing is that when I pasted it " and played it, it played in piano. However, it's supposed to be in banjo. I can't figure out how, even though I found the banjo, to get it to play in banjo and not piano. It's a Midi of Dueling Banjos. The piano sounds great, even with the metronome. Making progress, though. Thanks for the tip. I'm not sure how long it would have taken me. Regards, Gigi On Jan 16, 2012, at 8:24 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Thats the beauty of it, it doesn't have to be anywhere special. Just make > sure your in garageband with an open project. Press enter once just to make sure the file gets placed at the beginning of the timeline. > > Ricardo Walker > [email protected] > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Jan 16, 2012, at 7:32 AM, Gigi wrote: > >> Hi again Ricardo. >> I hope I don't sound too dense, but I thought of doing it that way. I saw >> all those choices when you choose new project. Where do you put your VO cursor so you can press command V? >> >> Regards, >> Gigi >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jan 16, 2012, at 6:18 AM, Ricardo Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I just copy and paste. For example, I would find the midi file in the >>> finder, copy it with command C then open garageband. Create a new project and then press command V to paste. Pressing space bar should then play the midi file. >>> >>> Ricardo Walker >>> [email protected] >>> Twitter:@apple2thecore >>> www.appletothecore.info >>> >>> On Jan 16, 2012, at 7:14 AM, Gigi wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Ricardo. >>>> Ok, as soon as I can. In addition to working today, I have a genius >>>> appointment, so it will be a little later before I can sit down and do it over again. The best I remember, I went to load existing file, found one of my Midi files and chose it. Then I got the message that Garage Band could not play the Midi files. I find it strange that it wouldn't play the file even though it recognized the kind of file I had. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Gigi >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> On Jan 16, 2012, at 5:29 AM, Ricardo Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I'm not sure but, I doubt you did anything wrong. What an odd message to >>>>> receive from garageband. If its not too much trouble, could you share the exact steps you took? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> Ricardo Walker >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> Twitter:@apple2thecore >>>>> www.appletothecore.info >>>>> >>>>> On Jan 15, 2012, at 5:54 PM, Gigi wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Ricardo. >>>>>> As far as I know, I have whatever the latest is. I am under Lion and I >>>>>> have been careful as as I know how to update everything. I've never messed with Garage Band, so maybe I did something wrong. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Gigi >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>> >>>>>> On Jan 15, 2012, at 1:37 PM, Ricardo Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Really? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> What version of garageband are you using? It should work. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ricardo Walker >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> Twitter:@apple2thecore >>>>>>> www.appletothecore.info >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Jan 15, 2012, at 2:20 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi Annie. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> 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 [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> 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 [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> 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 [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
