EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Michael Karlsson wrote
> On a PC ,what program is normally playing the .mid files when you visit a
> homepage with that type of "background" music?

Internet Explorer is playing them straight away, unless you install a plugin
such as Beatnik.
Of course IE doesn't have its own soundsources, but you can assign .mid
files to use something like Microsoft's GM Synth or others for it (similar
to the Quicktime synth I guess). I am using a Yamaha QY70 for MIDI files
though as that MS synth is sounding too cheesy.

> I wonder if there are any differences in how a .mid will sound on a PC
/Mac?

Defenitely. I think that the build in Quicktime synth actually isn't so bad
at all - while the PC equivalent certainly is.
Further, there's a lot of people using plugins (as said, such as Beatnik),
coming with theitr own soundsources, or their onboard soundcard GM sounds -
or, if you are a musician, some GM compatible expander. I think there's
hardly more than 4-5 out of people using even a similar MIDI playback device
on PCs (most PCs I've seen had the internal soundcard assigned by default
which certainly results in pretty much different playback results, usually
they've been rather cheesy...).

> (For those with plenty of time. Mongolian folksong (Trad.), Converted to
> .mid from a big band arrangement I did half a year ago.

> http://w1.304.telia.com/~u30407008/

Ugh, still that Beatnik plugin trying to play it back - defenitely not what
you wanted that to sound like I think, guess I'm gonna uninstall it later
on, it never gave proper results.

Regards,
Sascha