Beatnik doesn't exists anymore (never got ported to OSX).. it would have been a nice option, if development wasn't stopped.
I have used midi in a recent project (in beta right now) to playback sequences and notes. on the mac, QT musical instruments will playback the midi, on OSX and on OS9 (quality is quite good). on a PC it depends on the internal soundcard, and I cannot seem to remember any soundcard since the days of dos that didn't had a general midi synthezeiser on board. Current testing of the project doesn't reveal any incompatebillities so far (touch wood). The problem is to get director to talk to midi. SequencerXtra seems to be the only workable sollution for decent xplat work. It has a whole lot of functions which make it a bit of overkill for my current project (and it's expensive).. but it seems it has been worth it.. J. -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] John Waller Verzonden: woensdag 17 maart 2004 7:25 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: <lingo-l> Midi and Director Hi, I was wondering if anyone could give me any advice regarding the possibility of using Midi sounds in Director. I have a situation where I would like to be able to play individual notes or chords (not necessarily sequences, though this might also be a possibility). I thought Midi files would be smaller than sound samples and would also offer greater flexibility and range of sounds. However I guess I also need to think of cross-platform playability. Most Macs will have QT installed and therefore I guess access to QuickTime's midi instruments (assuming this is still a function of QT) but PC's might have a problem with this - or are there common equivialents on the PC which play midi sounds? The final application will be both on the Web via Shockwave and on CD or hard-drive as a projector. I am vaguely aware of the old Beatnik plug-in but do not really know what it does or how it works. However it sounds defunct and probably not useful anymore. I am using Director MX on Mac OS X. Thanks in advance, John [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
