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MIDI player

PostPosted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 10:22 am
by ajkm
hi i was wondering which program i can use to play the music on the tesla coil if i have a mac.

Re: MIDI player

PostPosted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 10:55 pm
by Alex
you could try synthesia

Re: MIDI player

PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 9:48 am
by ajkm
Ok I downloaded it but how do I put my music in it and how do I connect it to the tesla coil?

Re: MIDI player

PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 10:27 am
by Alex
go to settings and send 'only notes' to the usb-midi adapter

then go to your midi file and right click and select play in synthesia

Re: MIDI player

PostPosted: Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:26 pm
by ajkm
ok so i got the blue light on the cord to flash but the red light on the interrupter is not lighting up, andi am using the songs from synthesia, so what can i do?
thanks

Re: MIDI player

PostPosted: Sun Feb 15, 2015 11:39 am
by Alex
you need to make sure it is in channel 1

Re: MIDI player

PostPosted: Sun Feb 15, 2015 4:43 pm
by ajkm
it works but badly becouse the coil playsthe backround music not the primary one, i think it would be better on garageband but i cant get it to send the output to the cable.

Re: MIDI player

PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 9:30 am
by Alex
i've never used garageband, but you need to play an edited midi file that gets rid of everything else and puts it on channel 1. there are midi files on the onetesla site.

Re: MIDI player

PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 6:11 pm
by drgav2005
MidiPlayer X is a really simple player (available on the app store for 79p / $0.99) and is working much better for me on my Mac than Synthesia which cost £20!!! Now my coil is actually playing all the notes and sounds a whole lot better - give this a try. :)

Re: MIDI player

PostPosted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 5:38 am
by stridera
I just tried MidiPlayerX as well. (Found it before seeing this post actually.) It works, but it still doesn't let you choose which channels to play. Most of the midi's I have don't sound right or just won't play through most of it. I wish there was a better solution.