MIDI Playback from Quicktime

[jonghyunchung]

On few occasions, when Quicktime plays an MIDI sequence, it always begins with a loud hiss for about less than half a second. Are there any ways that I can fix this?

[zoobie]

your comp may be missing that voice...

[jonghyunchung]

your comp may be missing that voice...

I don't understand what you mean. Please explain more.

[zoobie]

Short version, it's like fonts...they won't display if not installed
Long version, click here

[Ai Haibara]

It's been my experience, though, that if whatever wavetable (hardware or software) setup you're using to play MIDI doesn't have the necessary sound/definition/etc. to play a certain instrument from a song... you just won't hear that track. It wouldn't hiss if you're simply missing the sound.

If I remember correctly, Quicktime installs its own wavetable setup.

jonghyunchung: Have you tried going into the Audio tab in the Quicktime Preferences and experimenting with the options, there?