YAMAHA MIDPLUG for Mac

Control panel operation

When you open a page which contains MIDI files or Audio files, the files specified by the server will be transmitted and played back. Even in pages which do not specifically support MIDPLUG for XG, any MIDI file which is attached in the form of "xxx.mid" or "xxx.aif (for example)" will cause MIDPLUG for XG to automatically be started up to play the file.
For client and server settings, please refer to the paragraphs which follow.

1:Play button
Click this button to begin playback (of the MIDI file).
During playback, the button will remain pressed in, and the button indicator will light green.
If the EMBED option is "AUTOSTART=TRUE", the button will be pressed automatically.

2:Pause button
Click this button to pause playback of the song.
If you click the pause button once again or click the playback button, the song will resume from where it was paused.

3:Stop button
Click this button to stop playback (of the MIDI file) and return to the beginning of the song.

4:Volume up button
The volume will increase each time you click this button.
While the volume is being increased, the button indicator will light red.
When the maximum volume is reached, the button indicator will disappear.

5:Volume down
The volume will decrease each time you click this button.
While the volume is being decreased, the button indicator will light red. When the minimum volume is reached, the button indicator will disappear.

6:Display
This shows the name of the MIDI file being played back.
The maximum number of characters that can be displayed is "8 characters" + ". (period)" + "three characters".

7:MIDPLUG logo
Click on this to display a popup menu.
The contents and function of the menu are as follows.

Play
Stop
Pause

Volume Up
Volume Down

Tempo Up
Tempo Reset
Tempo Down

Transpose Up
Transpose Reset
Transpose Down

Save As...

Soft Synthesizer
OMS...

Synth Initialize
Stream

Information...
About MIDPLUG for XG....

- Same function as the Play button.
- Same function as the Stop button.
- Same function as the Pause button.

- Same function as the Volume Up button.
- Same function as the Volume Down button.

- Increase the tempo of the song
- Restore the original tempo of the song.
- Decrease the tempo of the song.

- Raise the key of the song by one semitone.
- Restore the original key of the song.
- Lower the key of the song by one semitone.

- Open the file save dialog.

- Select the Soft Synthesizer as the tone generator.
- Select an external MIDI tone generator via the OMS.

- Initialize tone generators when the operation is in trouble.
- Set the buffer size for stream.

- Link to YAMAHA XG page.
- Display the copyright notice dialog box.

The nemu list above is shown when playing MIDI files. When playing audio files, only "Save As..." "Information.." and "About.." are shown.

MIDPLUG for XG has "stream playback" functionality which allows playback to begin before a MIDI file has been completely downloaded. However, stream playback is possible only for MIDI files which were saved in Format 0. If the MIDI file was saved in Format 1, the normal playback method will automatically be selected.

With a setting of "High speed," the buffer size will be small, meaning that only a short interval will elapse before playback begins. However if your phone line is congested, pauses or interruptions may occur in the sound.
As the setting is decreased toward "Low speed," there will be fewer interruptions in the sound, but a longer interval will elapse before playback begins, in comparison with "High speed."
With a setting of "Off," the stream playback function will be turned off.

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