Using the QuickTime Music Architecture

The QuickTime Music Architecture provides functions that allow applications to control all aspects of playing music tracks and generating musical sounds in QuickTime movies.

This section discusses a few of the more common operations your application may perform with the QTMA, and it has been divided into the following sections:

"QuickTime Settings Music Panel" describes changes to the music panel in the QuickTime Settings control panel in QuickTime 3
"Converting MIDI Data to a QuickTime Music Track Using the MoviePlayer" describes how you can open a standard MIDI file and convert it into a QuickTime music track
"Importing a Standard MIDI File as a Movie Using the Movie Toolbox" shows how you can read an SMF file and convert it into a QuickTime movie
"Playing Notes with the Note Allocator" discusses how you can play notes with the note allocator component. A routine is also provided for playing notes in a piano sound with the note allocator component.

QuickTime Settings Music Panel

Converting MIDI Data to a QuickTime Music Track Using the MoviePlayer

Importing a Standard MIDI File as a Movie Using the Movie Toolbox

Playing Notes with the Note Allocator

Playing Piano Sounds with the Note Allocator

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