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blaiz2025
11mo ago
Sounds less stressful and more entertaining then trying to debug software problems. :)
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blaiz2025
11mo ago
Haven't used either of those apps myself directly, but from a few quick searches online they look to be doing the same job. It's probably a matter of settings - even when I had Qsynth and Jack running right, I had to go into Jack
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blaiz2025
11mo ago
You're welcome.
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blaiz2025
11mo ago
I never left pascal. Still code in an ancient Borland Delphi 3 Pro to this day - one slightly hefty license fee way back when for perpetual use was a bargain, unlike today's hefty fees. Still I love it's simplicity, crap-free in
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blaiz2025
11mo ago
Cynthia uses whatever midi playback device you have on offer. By default that's "Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth" on Windows, which is horrible to say the least. But if you install a 3rd party midi driver app like VirtualMIDIS
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blaiz2025
11mo ago
Sarcasm? Know that feeling. Midi does work on Wine under Mac without any fuss, both on Intel chip (tested on Mac Mini 2018) and Apple silicon (tested on Mac Mini 2023) with a fairly decent system soundfont for good music reproduction. As
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11mo ago
Yeah, by portable I do mean just an EXE to run. That is, no install, won't mess with your operation system, or play with your registry settings etc, nor require any setup to get running. This also allows the app to run seamlessly on a
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11mo ago
Oh my, haven't heard canyon.mid for years - takes me right back. Have you tried either of the soundfonts below? They do a pretty good job a reproducing canyon.mid, not perfect, but enough to take you back. The default Windows "
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Show HN: Cynthia – Reliably play MIDI music files – MIT / Portable / Windows
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