Vista - Need Help With MIDI

Need help with MIDI for older games
How can I install MIDI
Thanks

How do you install MIDI?
MIDI is a protocol for interfacing electronic music instruments (keyboards,
guitars, etc.) with the sound card of the computer.

If your sound card supports MIDI, and you have adequate drivers installed,
then you should have MIDI support.
Go to your Device Manager/Sound Card/Driver and see if MIDI support is
there.
If not, you need updated drivers.
Most companies, like Creative, have not yet developed drivers for Vista as
of yet.

-- Andy


"LarryM" <LarryM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Need help with MIDI for older games
> How can I install MIDI
> Thanks

For example, my PlayControl properties for the Audigy 2 ZS WDM audio device
shows the Microsoft Roland General Midi. There's no way to activate the
Creative Soundfonts even though I have the Soundfont Bank Manager installed
and the sfman driver is part of the drivers installed in device manager. The
manager will simply continue to attempt to load the banks if I start it.

So I'm stuck with the low quality emulation of the high quality Roland
Synth. I actually own the Roland Virtual Synth, but since Creative can't
load its stuff I won't even attempt to install another synth. I don't think
the older methods will work with the new Vista Audio scheme. I hope this
will change.

If your audio drivers are installed, the Microsoft midi at least should
work. I haven't tried playing a midi file yet, but will shortly. I don't
know how the new implementation affects older games that used midi for music.
Maybe the way it's designed it isn't recognizing the new structure?

I knoe that my Carmen Sandiego games wouldn't install even with all the
compatibility modes used and permissions given. I think that's just an
installer issue, but I would be interested to know how midi would react.
Gotta find a midi game that will install and see what happens.


--
Dennis
Asus A7V880/Epox 8KRAIPRO
AthonXP3200+/Sempron3300+
Crucial 2x512MB
ATI Radeon x850PRO/Gigabyte Nvidia 6600GT
Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro/Audigy 2 ZS Platinum


"LarryM" wrote:

> Need help with MIDI for older games
> How can I install MIDI
> Thanks

Thanks for the help
MIDI is working but games are not

"LarryM" wrote:

> Need help with MIDI for older games
> How can I install MIDI
> Thanks