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From: Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 20:05:41 +0000
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Subject: Re: [newbie] Couldn't open /dev/sequencer??> 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 > *************************************************************** Thanks for the replies, I don't understand too much at all about midi. But, is there a way to get my Mdk system to produce the required sounds that are indicated in a midi file? I haven't been able to get a peep out of Mdk on the e-cards that I receive that contain a musical segment in midi format. I have TiMidity and instruments and all of the multimedia stuff that I can think of installed, but no midi tunes. :-/ Could there be something that has to be configured? I'm at a loss. It's not anything I need, but I was able to hear midi in MS. :-( Do you have the same problem trying to hear midi Anne? --Angus "The noblest instinct of them all is the reverence for life." --Albert Schweitzer -- _______________________________________________ Get your free email from http://mymail.operamail.com Powered by Outblaze
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