Rule Check - Use of Midi

[kevglass]

Give the new requirement is 1.6, does that mean we can use Midi (the default sound bank is meant to be fixed now?)

Kev

[kappa]

oh is the sound bank now included with the JRE? Last I checked it only came with the JDK and you had to bundle it yourself to use it on the JRE.

[kevglass]

Hmm, looks like you're right, forget music then

Kev

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[steveyO]

Yep, forget it, shame really.  When I first saw this post I checked my JRE6 and found soundbank.gm and got quite excited.

However,  JDK 6 release notes

jre/lib/audio/soundbank.gm
    This MIDI soundbank is present in the JDK, but it has been removed from the JRE in order to reduce the size of the JRE download bundle. However, a soundbank file is necessary for MIDI playback, and therefore the JDK's soundbank.gm file may be included in redistributions of the JRE at the vendor's discretion.