wilx Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Logic, and general MIDI sounds: Currently, when I have a MIDI track in Logic (GM, rather than a MIDI-powered audio instrument), I get no sound - although my MIDI messages are recognised by Logic. Also, exporting a MIDI file gives me a file where every instrument is piano. This ain't an urgent thing, but I'd like to fill in my knowledge on what's going on here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 MIDI tracks output MIDI events. They are meant to be routed to a MIDI instrument. That instrument then generates the sound. Did you route them to an instrument? What instrument? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilx Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 I just assumed that creating a MIDI track rather than an audio instrument track would default to playing general MIDI sounds, without me having to setup anything... I didn't consciously route the MIDI track to anything, and to be honest I'm not entirely sure how I'd do it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Unless you need to use an external hardware MIDI instrument, don't use those tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilx Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 ...but i specifically wanted crappy GM MIDI sounds... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Then open the environment, and cable the GM multi-instrument into a Quicktime synth (New > Internal > Quicktime Synth). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilx Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 sweet. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin-Ch Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Also, exporting a MIDI file gives me a file where every instrument is piano. That is how the QuickTime Player plays a midi file, whatever app has made it. If drums are set to Channel 10 you should get drum sounds but otherwise it is all piano. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Also, exporting a MIDI file gives me a file where every instrument is piano. That is how the QuickTime Player plays a midi file, whatever app has made it. If drums are set to Channel 10 you should get drum sounds but otherwise it is all piano. Noo... of course not! That would make Quicktime a piece of crap! Here's a MIDI file I created in Logic that plays various instruments in Quicktime (and no piano in sight). Just make sure each MIDI Channel has the program change included in the MIDI file. Someday.mid.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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