Re: Playback using Frescobaldi?

[Vaughan McAlley]

On Wed, 22 June 2022, 17:33 Henning Hraban Ramm, <lilypondml@fiee.net> wrote:

Am 21.06.22 um 18:17 schrieb Guy Stalnaker:
> MacOS -- LONG ago I used to use Homebrew on a MacOS laptop to install
> and use QSynth/fluidsynth, so I know at one point that was possible.
> Perhaps it still is, but I cannot say for certain. Other users on this
> email list may have more recent experience with MacOS.

You can install QSynth/fluidsynth via MacPorts (probably still also via
Homebrew, it’s a matter of taste).

Same as for other systems: Start QSynth before Frescobaldi, and it
usually just works (otherwise check the MIDI preferences and reload the
MIDI ports).

Hraban

 

It looks like MidiPipe is still alive. It’s one of the things I miss most from my time on Mac:

http://www.subtlesoft.square7.net/MidiPipe.html

Vaughan