MIDI

[Star Ocean 3 0]

Suddenly, my computer will not play any MIDI, whether it's newly downloaded or and old file. What's wrong?

[Guest Razor Roman]

Is the Synth volume in your mixer turned down or muted?

[Star Ocean 3 0]

Holy crap I'm stupid.

 

It was.

 

Thank you.

[Star Ocean 3 0]

Well, that didn't last long. It's not muted, but when I try a MIDI file on Finale Notepad, it says an unidentified mmsystem001 error occured. No other MIDIs will play.

[Guest I'm That Damn Zzzzz]

I found this on a quick search.

http://www.tabit.net/faq.htm

 

First, if you aren't getting an error message or a lockup, check the Volume Control in Windows. Double-click the speaker icon  on the taskbar to get to this. Look for a "MIDI" or "Synthesizer" control and ensure it's turned up high enough, and that Mute is not checked.

 

If you're sure the volume is up, then probably the wrong MIDI "instrument" is selected in Windows. Try this: click on the Start button, then go to Settings, Control Panel. Double-click Multimedia. Then on the "MIDI" tab check which instrument is selected. Many sound cards list a "MIDI out" instrument which, when selected, sends all MIDI music (which is what .mid files and TabIt uses to play) out the MIDI port on the sound card instead of through the computer speakers. Try selecting different ones and clicking Apply until you find one that produces sound. (Since the names of the instruments differ between sound cards we can't just say "click on this particular one.")

 

If Step 2 didn't help, it could be that the wrong MIDI device is selected in TabIt. Go to Options on the Tools menu, then on the MIDI tab try each of the options under "MIDI Output Device."

 

If you still have trouble with the sound, you may need to update your computer's sound card driver.