On 6/11/2014, at 16:49, tim Rowledge <tim at rowledge.org> wrote:
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> On 06-11-2014, at 12:50 PM, Casey Ransberger <casey.obrien.r at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> What's making the actual sound come out? Sounds like you've figured the MIDI part out, and that isn't it. Are you sure it isn't some kind of default sound with an envelope or maybe even just a ramp of reverb to make crappy MIDI stuff sound a little more hot?
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> I have no idea where it goes after the midi plugin; there must be a default midi-capable sound synthesizer built in to the OS X stuff I guess; purely by analogy from the ‘fun’ we’re having making a similar thing work on linux for the Pi.
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In the mac QuickTime can play MIDI, in my machine:

MidiPrimTester new getPortList
MIDI Ports:
	0: QuickTime MIDI (out)

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>> Seems pretty obvious that what you're hearing is in the VM. I'm just wondering which musician put it there and why. Fascinating, anyway. 
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> I dunno. MIDI control bytes are going out and something is ‘rendering’ them. Maybe there is an app somewhere that would show what is being sent out?
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>> Can you share a recording of what you're hearing? May as well use my ears while they still work. 
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> No idea. Can you do the equivalent of a screenshot for the sound?
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> tim
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