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Topic: Automatic play start of midi file with Pianoteq

I am working in Mac OSX. I want to set automatic play of midi with Pianoteq.
When I click a midi file it opens in Pianoteq but it does not execute an automatic play.
How can I obtain an automatic play without necesito of click in the play buttone

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Re: Automatic play start of midi file with Pianoteq

Under Mac OSX you can use the terminal to launch pianoteq and play a file even without activating the GUI. For example:

/Applications/Pianoteq\ 6/Pianoteq\ 6.app/Contents/MacOS/Pianoteq\ 6 --midi Test.mid --headless --preset "Steinway D Prelude" --play-and-quit

will play the the local Test.mid file using Steinway D Prelude and then quit.


For a list of all possibilities:

/Applications/Pianoteq\ 6/Pianoteq\ 6.app/Contents/MacOS/Pianoteq\ 6 --help

Last edited by Gilles (02-11-2018 16:12)

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Re: Automatic play start of midi file with Pianoteq

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a lot!. 
Next step: QuickLook of midi files with Pianoteq.