[seqfan] Re: Question: best format for playing sequences as "music"?

[Jean-Paul Allouche]

Hi

IMHO mpeg / mp3 are good options, in particular because the actual midi
files can be converted easily (even online)

best
jean-paul

Le mar. 17 oct. 2023, 21:57, Neil Sloane <njasloane at gmail.com> a écrit :

> Dear Sequence Fans,  Many years ago David Applegate wrote the
>  program that is called up when you click the "listen" button. It
> produces a midi file, .mid
>   The trouble is, my MAC doesn't really know what to do with a .mid file.
> It used to call up a program called QuickTime, but that doesn't work now,
>  so my MAC starts up Garage Band (and the result sounds horrible).
>
> So my question is, what is a good format to convert a sequence into? Is
> mpeg better?  It should be a format that most platforms can convert to
> sounds.
>
> Best regards
> Neil
>
> Neil J. A. Sloane, Chairman, OEIS Foundation.
> Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University,
> Email: njasloane at gmail.com
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