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mar. 24 mai 2005, 01:24
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Hello and I hope I'm in the right forum for this one. I've got a lot of semi-pro MIDI produced on PCs using Turtle Beach sound cards and QSE, Cakewalk and other sequencers. The more complex ones (with a lot of events and controls) always bog down and stop when I play them back on my eMac G4, 1 gig memory using the internal QuickTime synthesizer. Doesn't matter which software program I use to play the MIDI, I suppose it all uses the internal synth. What is the solution here? I want to be able to play and edit these MIDIs on the Mac. Thanks and regards!
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jeu. 26 mai 2005, 16:08
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Thanks, lepetitemartien, for your reply. The issue, in the nutshell of your choice, is that the more complex a MIDI file is (more events such as notes, controllers, etc.) the less likely that it will playback without stopping on an average quality MIDi playback device. The QT synth, many on-mainboard sound chips on PCs and numerous PC soft synths simply will overload and stop when encountering too many MIDi instructions. A high quality soundcard, such the Turtle Beach Santa Cruz in my PC, can handle 16 tracks filled with notes, controllers and other events, with a faithful playback without a pause. Processor power could be a problem, not on the AMD PC, but I don't suspect that my 1.25 GHz PowerPC G4 with 1GB DDR SDRAM would have any problem. If you can direct me to more tech specs on the Mac family - such as is there an onboard sound chip that handles the MIDI playback instead of a soft synth - I might be able to learn more about what I don't know about Macs. Thanks again.
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lamplighter Midi Playback Problems mar. 24 mai 2005, 01:24 lamplighter After 14 views and no replies, maybe I'd bette... mar. 24 mai 2005, 04:52 reddish hey Lamplighter... first off welcome to the forums... mer. 25 mai 2005, 08:20 lamplighter Thanks, reddish, for your reply. I posted in the ... jeu. 26 mai 2005, 00:38 lamplighter Check that first link - it should be:
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Now I'm playing Stomp right n... ven. 27 mai 2005, 02:50![|](style_images/fr/to_down_pipe.gif) lamplighter QUOTE (lepetitmartien @ Fri 27 May 2005, 01... ven. 27 avril 2007, 00:36 kaboombahchuck Ok,, logic here..
To figure out what the problem i... ven. 27 mai 2005, 14:26 oaomdal Hi, I thougt it would be a good idea to reply to y... jeu. 26 avril 2007, 00:11![|](style_images/fr/to_down_pipe.gif) lamplighter I solved this a long time ago. In the Mac communi... ven. 27 avril 2007, 00:22 gdoubleyou Take a look at the file in an event editor, there ... ven. 27 avril 2007, 20:24
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