Re: NWC to WAV
Reply #1 –
Creating the .wav requires the involvement of your synth. NWC outputs MIDI only - like ALL notation programs - the audio is generated by the synth, some are seemlessly integrated and some are discrete.
Regardles of the level of integration, a synth must still be used to create a .wav and there must be a recorder of some kind, not necessarily obvious - it may be discrete or integrated.
The loss of "Stereo Mix" is purely a function of your sound card - there will be an equivalent, like "What-U-Hear"... What software are you using to record? I use Audacity.
The difference between your MIDI player and NWC will be the assigned synth - yours are clearly different as there is a difference in quality. If you can assign the same synth to your MIDI player as NWC uses then the audio quality will be the same.
If you are using a version of Windows that is Vista or later then there is no native way to assign a specific MIDI synth to the native MIDI player (Windows Media Player) - XP was the last to have this control panel applet.
There are other MIDI players out there (like Van Basco's Karaoke Player - http://www.vanbasco.com ) that allow for MIDI synth selection from within the program, just like NWC does.