This post is meant for Mac QuickTime Pro version 7.5. Other versions may work, but can’t be guaranteed. 
I recently had a need to play along with a soundfile at the Baroque standard of A=415. I was, however, interested playing along using a Piano at A=440. The way I did this was simply to drag the [...]

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The badge below is an actual, live updating counter of how many spam comments have been blocked in this blog using WP-Spamfree.  The first time I found about about WP-Spamfree, I thought it was a hoax.  The deal is that you can remove all Captcha tests (the blurry photos where people have to try to [...]

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Recently, a friend of mine asked about transposing or working with Finale files without needing to purchase the commercial version.  I figured, since I already did some of the legwork, I could make a post about it, so here goes:
Finale Notepad 2008 gives you the ability to import and export Midi files, and to open [...]

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Note: You should always have a backup of files that are edited in the following way.
One of the great features of the freeware FTP browser Cyberduck, is the ability to edit files directly from the file browser.  The reason I am writing this post, is because I used Cyberduck for about three years before I [...]

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Is your MIDI dead? You might have just used Migration Assistant to move from one computer to another. Or perhaps you upgraded to Leopard. Symptoms include:

Can’t launch programs that use midi
Can’t open Audio Midi setup utility or the Midi portion won’t launch or jams
Getting messages telling you to update or reinstall your drivers
Getting messages telling [...]

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