Why doesn't the sound come out at the same time as I press a key?
This is QuickTime that is at fault. I have verified that the MIDI data is arriving in the program almost as soon as you press a key. However, when I call the QuickTime routine that is supposed to play the note, it doesn't always start right away. I have found that by turning off all or most of your extensions (Ram Doubler in particular seems to slow it down) it goes quicker, but still there is a noticeable time lag.
Why does it take a long time to add the first track in a file?
Again this is QuickTime playing around with memory and what not. This is most likely caused because the first time you add a track, QuickTime decides that it needs to load all of the relevant QuickTime Music information into memory. QuickTime only loads code into memory that is being used by an application, in order to conserve memory for other uses. If I could make it go quicker, I would!
Why does it take a long time to add a drum track?
QuickTime needs to load all of the drum sounds off of the disk.
How do I get it to work with Band In A Box?
I keep getting messages from people who say that they can't get it to work with Band In A Box. I have BIAB version 5.02, and I have gotten it to work perfectly. It seems that BIAB turns off the volume on the Macintosh after starting up. If you want to hear anything with QuickTime MIDI Player, you will have to go to the Sound control panel and adjust the volume. (QuickTime MIDI Player will allow you to adjust the sound volume if you are using Sound Manager version 3.0 or greater.) Once you have turned up the volume, return to BIAB and tell it to play stuff. You should now be getting BIAB's music out the Mac speaker! (Some people have noticed that BIAB doesn't play the music at a consistent speed. It seems that the more notes it is playing at once, the slower the music goes. This is only apparent with BIAB and not with any other applications that I know of.)
