Re: IIGS Midi

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Clayburn Juniel/Effective Software Solutions wrote:
> 
> spec@vax2.concordia.ca
> Really, really said this:
> 
> >In article Joseph Lee <nuNOUBEgundam@netNOUBEcom.hotmail.com> writes...
> >
> >>Mitchell Spector <spec@vax2.concordia.ca> spawned virtual particles
> writing:
> >>:     synthLAB (utilitizing MIDIsynth) is currently the only solution for
> >>: playing MIDI files on an Apple IIgs, at least with respectable results.
> 
> >>Hey, what about Music Composer?  It's much better than synthLAB for
> >>doing MIDI playback.  There's also various midi->midisynth convertors out
> >>there too.
> >
> >    Actually I meant to say MIDIsynth, not specially synthLAB (just
> >so many people refer to MIDIsynth music as "synthLAB music", seeing
> >that it was the first application to use it; and for some time, the
> >only one). Sorry about being unclear.
> >
> 
> Just a note.  Music Composer does use the MIDIsynth tool to play the music,
> and to do some editing.  MIDIsynth does a lot that synthLAB doesn't use.
> It was always my impression the that synthLAB was never finished.

To use synthLAB as a representation of the best the GS can do would
be sad.

-Scott G.