Only for Java 1.6xx: Java Se supports MIDI audio platonically, becomes outdated and very user-unkindly. The user has to go after every installation of Java Se (also after every update) the sound bank for MIDI once more Java provide: By hand. Moreover, the user must procure this sound bank file even by download, if he wants to use the maximum quality. However, this file changes since many years no more. The applet can be also provided with a sound bank, with applet start it is loaded, because the applet uses internal MIDI sound (sound bank file to Applet has the maximum sound quality and must lie in the CLASS path of the applet). It is better to provide the sound bank, in addition, Java, then already from that Java-run time environment is loaded. By the user by download procured sound bank with maximum quality has to go precisely under the name soundbank.gm to following places are copied by hand (namely after EVERY Java update) /jre/lib/audio Example: c:\programs\Java\jre6\lib\audio\soundbank.gm and /sdk_dir/jre/lib/audio Example: c:\programs\Java\jdk1.6.0_23\jre\lib\audio\soundbank.gm Tip: c:\Programme\Java\jre6\ was created during install of Run-Time of Java (during install of SDK of Java). Tip: c:\Programme\Java\jdk1.6.0_23\ was created during install of SDK of Java (please always install Run-time too during install of SDK).