On Saturday 14 Dec 2002 7:51 pm, Meliton wrote: > 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.
Now that's confused me, for sure. So how, exactly, do we play midi files on a computer? (Not smart-arsing - genuinely want to know) Anne
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