Re: Midi Playback wierdness
Reply #16 –
G'day keavie,
This:
points the finger squarely at your MIDI subsystem.
Now, I know you've checked, and probably re-checked and re-checked, but I'm gonna ask you to do it again - 'tis amazing how a little thing can sometimes escape us...
- First, go to control panel and select "Sounds Speech and Audio Devices"
- now you want "Sounds and Audio Devices", then the "Audio (Tab)"
- and at last the "MIDI music playback" | "Default device:" - What is it? - This device is what Media Player etc will use for MIDI playback.
- By default this will be the "Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth" - you can change it if you want but for testing this is a good choice.
- Open your volume control (Start|Run|sndvol32) OR double click the speaker icon in the system tray (near the clock)
- Make sure that in |Options|Properties| you have "Adjust volume for" Playback selected and a tick in at least "Play Control" and "MIDI Synth"
- Also confirm the "Mixer device:" in case you have 2 sound cards...
- "OK" back to the "Play Control" window and check the Mute box and Volume sliders for Play Control and MIDI Synth. They SHOULD NOT be muted and the Volume sliders should NOT be at or near the bottom of the scale - about half is probably good for testing... Maybe FULL
- With the "Play Control" still open, try playing a MIDI with, say, media player - watch what it does to the MIDI Synth controls - depending on version it will probably move the volume slider all the way down when it's finished.
- Another very good MIDI player is "van Bascos karaoke player" - I highly recommend it for ANY musician playing back MIDI. The channel and piano keyboard displays are quite informative. If you don't mind I'd recommend installing this software and testing with it too. It also has the virtue of allowing you to select other MIDI synths than the default MIDI mapper assigned one.
- If the above is all good, then NWC should playback quite happily, if not, then it can't 'cos the MIDI has to be right.
Sorry to be long winded, I hope something "clicks" for you and you see where the problem is.
One question did just occur to me... What sound card do you have? Hmm, and another... What MIDI synths are available to you?
Please let me know the results and I'll consider the next step - or maybe one of the others will have an epiphany