Before this, MIDI playback was done by generating an SMF data stream,
which was then played using platform-specific methods (MCI on Windows,
MediaPlayer on Android, SDL_Mixer on other platforms). However, this
approach had an issue where the Y18 command (which reads loop counts and
markers) did not work correctly.
With this change, the MAKOMidi class now uses the RtMidi library to
control MIDI devices in real-time. This approach was used in the
original "System3 for win32", but has now been made cross-platform.
The dependency on RtMidi is optional. If RtMidi is not available at
build time or a MIDI device is unavailable at runtime, FM synthesis will
be used.
Before this, MIDI data was generated until a fixed number of bytes was
reached. After this, MIDI data is generated for the duration of one
playback of the entire music, plus 1-second fade out.
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