Disklavier

Thanks for that primer George. There is nothing much that can be done
about hard-coded software but it helps to have the knowledge to
recognize the deficiency and move on to another tool early. WMP suits
my needs for the most part but doesn't alloy for advanced tag editing
of midi. It seems to be geared towards audio and movie files. But with
the capability of partial string searches it is much easier now to
locate a specific file. It will do fine until I see something better.
Many thanks,
Fred Dismuke
--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "George F. Litterst"
<PianoBench@a...> wrote:
>
> Good afternoon, everyone.
> 
> On Nov 6, 2005, at 11:20 AM, Fred wrote:
> 
> > I had previously given up on WMP. Because of my lack of midi
> > interfacing experience, I couldn't get it to play to my Yamaha UX16
> > USB interface. Piano Bench's pointers on the audio system driver
> > settings cleaned up the Media Player problem and its output sounds
> > identical to VanBasco and very usable except for the lack of computer
> > control of velocity. As long as I have consistent levels in my files
> > the Disklavier controls are adequate and rarely needed.
> 
> Fred, I am glad that this helped. Further explanation for anyone who  
> is interested:
> 
> MIDI-aware applications seem to fall into 2 distinct categories:  
> those that have their own MIDI setup preferences and those that do  
> not. Generally speaking, programs that have MIDI input (for  
> recording, for example) have a MIDI setup preference window. Many of  
> those that simply output MIDI data do not, and they rely on the  
> system-wide preference. A web browser is a good example of the latter.
> 
> On both Macintosh and Windows, there are system-wide preferences that  
> can be set for MIDI output but not input. So, in setting up your  
> particular application, you have to deal with one of these scenarios:
> 
> Application MIDI setup preference: choose MIDI input and output devices
> 
> System-wide MIDI preference: choose default MIDI output device
> 
> Sometimes QuickTime gets into the chain. On the Mac, QT is the system  
> wide default for MIDI output. On Windows, QT only comes into play if  
> it is installed and the particular application (such as iTunes)  
> defaults to it. In these cases, the chain consists of:
> 
> QT MIDI output default: (1) either QT Music Instruments (a software- 
> based General MIDI synth made by Roland) or (2) the system-wide  
> default (designated in the QT control panel as General MIDI).
> 
> As I mentioned earlier, on the Mac, the QT control panel used to  
> offer General MIDI output as an alternative to QT instruments.  
> However, this feature has not been available under OS X despite the  
> fact that the OS X documentation says that it is possible. This  
> circumstance on the Mac is truly unfortunate because the Mac now has  
> MIDI I/O functions built in to the operating system. For those who  
> wish to explore the Mac's view of MIDI, go to  
> Applications:Utilities:Audio MIDI Setup.
> 
> Regards,
> PianoBench
>