On Sat, 2002-12-14 at 20:10, Angus Auld wrote: > Greetings everyone, > Whenever I try to open a midi file, I get the following error message: > > "Couldn't open /dev/sequencer. > Probably there is another program using it." > > Well, I can't even find /dev/sequencer on my system. Anyone have any advice as to >how I can get midi files to play on my Mdk 9.0 system?
Excuse me if you already know all this, I don't know where you're at with MIDI but: MIDI files contain information to control synthesizers and other hardware so that they carry out certain actions, like playing sounds. MIDI files don't contain any sound information themselves, just the parameters for peripherals designed for that interface. So there's no way a computer will "play" a MIDI file as it does, for example, a .wav or .mp3. It needs special hardware, at least a synthesizer. Regards. Meliton.
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