The MIDI Mapper

The MIDI Mapper provides standard patch services for device-independent playback of MIDI files. Standard patch services ensure different MIDI snythesizers use the same instrument sounds to reproduce the music in a MIDI file.

The MIDI Mapper translates and redirects messages sent to it by low-level MIDI output functions. Because the high-level MIDI services use low-level MIDI output functions, the MIDI Mapper can be used with high-level MIDI services, as well as low-level MIDI services. For information on the architecture of the MIDI Mapper and how to use the Mapper with high-level audio services, see Chapter 4, “High-Level Audio Services.” For information on using the Mapper with low-level audio services, see Chapter 5, “Low-Level Audio Services.”

MIDI files must follow certain authoring guidelines to use the standard patch services provided by the MIDI Mapper. For details on these authoring guidelines, see Chapter 4, “High-Level Audio Services.”