Re: MIDI Files

2005-12-11 Thread Charles Hartman
On Dec 10, 2005, at 11:22 PM, Scott Kane wrote: Thanks for the reply. I assumed they were binary, didn't know they were text. They aren't, but they're like text: getting music out of them is analogous to getting speech out of a text file. (It's interesting to think about the relative

Re: MIDI Files

2005-12-11 Thread Mark Smith
Exactly. A midi file is effectively a description of the music (a list of notes to be played, with some other information), like a written score, as opposed to a recording. Mark On 11 Dec 2005, at 13:11, Charles Hartman wrote: On Dec 10, 2005, at 11:22 PM, Scott Kane wrote: Thanks for

Re: MIDI Files

2005-12-11 Thread capellan (sent by Nabble.com)
Hi Scott, you could visit Hugh Senior's website: and download the file: UDI, an extraordinary japanese programmer, published many stacks to play Midi files using notation similar to HyperCard. al -- Sent from the Revolution - User forum at Nabble.com: http://www.nabble.com/MIDI-Files

RE: MIDI Files

2005-12-11 Thread Scott Kane
Hi Al, Thank you. You wouldn't happen to have the ULL would you? Sott ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: RE: MIDI Files

2005-12-11 Thread capellan (sent by Nabble.com)
/xtalk/mci_in_3_steps/mciMIDI.zip_ UDI, an extraordinary japanese programmer, published many stacks to play Midi files using notation similar to HyperCard. _http://homepage.mac.com/udi/stack/tool.html_ al -- Sent from the Revolution - User forum at Nabble.com: http://www.nabble.com/MIDI-Files

RE: RE: MIDI Files

2005-12-11 Thread Scott Kane
Thanks, Al!! :-) Scott -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of capellan (sent by Nabble.com) Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 5:21 AM To: use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: RE: MIDI Files Hi Scott, Looks like

MIDI Files

2005-12-10 Thread Scott Kane
Hi, Is it possible to play MIDI files in a Rev app' without using QuickTime - both on Mac and Windows? So far I get a howl of white noise. Scott ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe

RE: MIDI Files

2005-12-10 Thread Scott Kane
OK. Sorry. I did a search of the archives (which I should have done first) and it appears it is not possible without QT. Scott ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage

Re: MIDI Files

2005-12-10 Thread J. Landman Gay
Scott Kane wrote: Hi, Is it possible to play MIDI files in a Rev app' without using QuickTime - both on Mac and Windows? So far I get a howl of white noise. Not really. MIDI files are just text files and they need some kind of engine to interpret and run them. Rev uses QuickTime

RE: MIDI Files

2005-12-10 Thread Scott Kane
Not really. MIDI files are just text files and they need some kind of engine to interpret and run them. Rev uses QuickTime for that. There may be a way to do it using Media Player on Windows but I haven't ever tried it. Thanks for the reply. I assumed they were binary, didn't know