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Title: SB Extigy won't work with noteworthy composer....
Post by: Ev w on 2003-01-08 08:59 PM
When i try to use the extigy midi it says "there is a problem with this device that needs to be resolved blah blah"
But it doesn't tell me HOW to resolve it or whats wrong etc...
the extigy soundfonts play when i jst play the regular midis in a media player-- there's only problems when i try to play it on noteworthy...
Any advice?
Ev
Title: Re: SB Extigy won't work with noteworthy composer....
Post by: David Palmquist on 2003-01-09 05:02 AM
stay away from extigy?
Title: Re: SB Extigy won't work with noteworthy composer....
Post by: Robin Withey on 2003-01-09 08:42 AM
As someone who recently made the mistake of buying one, I have to concur. I liked the idea of having all my ports available in a separate box, but USB just isn't up to the demands of a sound card. It's OK for MIDI (though not as good as an internal card), but a non-starter for anything that uses intensive graphics at the same time.

Anyway, Extigy doesn't support Sound Fonts. I presume you mean the built-in instrument voices?

Robin
Title: Re: SB Extigy won't work with noteworthy composer....
Post by: Robin Withey on 2003-01-09 08:45 AM
Oh, PS - I haven't had any problems using NWC with my Extigy, such as you mention. Sounds like you need to look at NWC's MIDI settings.
Title: Re: SB Extigy won't work with noteworthy composer....
Post by: ummm on 2003-01-09 05:02 PM
okay so i dont know my terminoligy...
soundfonts, whatever.. i mean using the midi sounds that come with the extigy
yah i looked at the setup...
I think "stay away from noteworthy" might be more accurate than "stay away from extigy"
Ev
Title: Re: SB Extigy won't work with noteworthy composer....
Post by: Folkor on 2003-01-09 05:18 PM
I had the same problem and started browsing around on Creatives website , I found a driver and firmware update... so far that seems to work better....  although I have to admit that I nearly gave up as well...
Title: Re: SB Extigy won't work with noteworthy composer....
Post by: Robin Withey on 2003-01-09 11:01 PM
OK, now you mention it, I did install the firmware update before I tried using it with Noteworthy, so that might have avoided any problems.

And no, don't stay away from Noteworthy! Don't give up on it just because of a few hardware problems that probably aren't Noteworthy's fault.

Robin