QuickTime 2.5 allows additional libraries of musical instruments to be installed into your system. This capability allows you to install custom instruments to enhance or augment QuickTime's built in musical instruments set.
This folder contains an sample set of instruments created by Apple Computer. To use this instrument library you must put the "Example Instrument Library" file into your Extensions folder and reboot your Macintosh.
After your Macintosh has rebooted, open any QuickTime music movie in MoviePlayer. In MoviePlayer, select "Get Info" from the Movie menu. In the left pop-up menu select the music track. In the right pop-up menu select "Instruments". You will now see a list of all the instruments in the music movie. Double click on any instrument to bring up the instrument picker dialog.
At the top of the instrument picker dialog is a pop-up menu which says "Best Synthesizer". Click on this menu and change it to "QuickTime Music Synthesizer". The dialog will now expand to show several new options. The second pop-up menu in the dialog will now read "Category: Use Substitute Instrument". Change this to "Lame Instruments" to use the instruments contained in the "Example Instrument Library". You can now select any of the instruments contained in the example instrument library to use with the music movie. The "Jews Harp" and "Bicyle Horn" sounds are particularly interesting.
We expect that many libraries of instruments will become available for QuickTime over the coming months and years. However, you can create your own instrument libraries using the application contained in the "Music Instrument Editor" folder. Creating good musical instruments is not easy, but if you are interested it can be fun try.
