Re: IIGS Midi

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

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. 
>: The only alternatives would be Diversi-Tune, which has FM-synthesis like
>: sound quality, or Soundsmith, which is basically a crippled MOD player.
>: Neither are what I would consider practical for the purpose.
> 
>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.

    Anything that uses MIDIsynth qualifies. Actually synthLAB itself
isn't much of a tool for converting/playing MIDI files since there 
is no "import" option. The only thing you can do is a MIDI to MIDI
connection (two computers) or convert them with another program and
then bring the sequence into synthLAB.

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca