Re: [MacPerl] Midi Mouth (requires MIDI.pm)

[Brian McNett <webmaster@mycoinfo.com>]

David--

Kinda cool.  I think you're pushing the limits of Mac::Speech though.  It 
doesn't handle complex midi files well, and doesn't know squat about 
channel 10 being the drum track in General MIDI.   Need to try a new 
tack, see if you can pass the midi commands to the Mac's built-in 
QuickTime MIDI synth.  This may take a bit more work, but the results 
should be worth it.

Here's a suggestion:  Use MIDI channel 1 as the vocal line, and make the 
voice speak text from a provided file (may have to abandon the droplet 
format to do this correctly, or specify droping a folder with the 
prerequisite files in it), in tune to the music on channel 1 alone, or if 
you want to do harmony, specify the first three channels for voices, and 
pass the rest to the Quicktime Synth (not even sure if this part of 
QuickTime will work with MacPerl (but the functionality would be found in 
Mac::Movies if it's anywhere.

This should produce a suitably impressive demo.

I'll even put some work into it myself.

--B

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