Quicktime Music Synthesizer

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Mike Mayer Author

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Quicktime Music Synthesizer

What has become of the Quicktime Music Synthesizer? It is not to be found in Quicktime 7.5 Pro...

Intel iMac w/ 20" Screen, Mac OS X (10.5.1)

Posted on Jun 9, 2008 10:19 PM

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Answer 1

Jun 9, 2008 10:40 PM in response to Mike Mayer

Gone in Qt version 7...That was about two years ago.

Message was edited by: David M Brewer

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Answer 2

yksoft1

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Jun 10, 2008 12:47 AM in response to Mike Mayer

maybe the Roland license for use their sound library in Quicktime Synthesizer is expired now.
And Quicktime Synthesizer itself has not been updated at all for almost 6 years or longer.

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Answer 3

Klaus1

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Jun 10, 2008 1:22 AM in response to Mike Mayer

Instead of which we now have Garageband!

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Answer 4

Jun 10, 2008 2:37 AM in response to Mike Mayer

QuickTime System Preference pane / Advanced tab
You're having troubles with MIDI (.mid) files? I have no issues.

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Answer 5

Jun 10, 2008 5:03 AM in response to QuickTimeKirk

The OP said that he couldn't find Quicktime Music Synthesizer. The OP didn't say he had issues in playing midi files.

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Answer 6

Jun 10, 2008 5:06 AM in response to David M Brewer

The QuickTime Music Synthesizer is only used to play MIDI files and my 7.5 QuickTime version shows it still available.

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Answer 7

Jun 10, 2008 5:31 AM in response to QuickTimeKirk

Quicktime 7 has a check box to play midi's. Quicktime doesn't have the same control panel that Quicktime 6 had, and to change the there Quicktime Music Synthesizer is no long an option.

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Answer 8

Jun 10, 2008 5:38 AM in response to David M Brewer

Yes it is still there.
You would use the Audio MIDI Setup application to change the synthesizer after you've attached that hardware.

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Answer 9

Jun 10, 2008 5:49 AM in response to QuickTimeKirk

Can you still change ...lets say ....the drums on a midi track without hooking up a device? You could do did this in version 6 of Qt.

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Answer 10

Jun 10, 2008 5:52 AM in response to David M Brewer

Editing MIDI tracks (Instruments) was/is a feature found in QuickTime versions 3 through 6.
It is no longer available in any QuickTime 7 version.

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Answer 11

Jun 10, 2008 6:17 AM in response to David M Brewer

Version 6 window that allowed users to edit the MIDI instruments. No longer available in version 7.

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