Re: Wavetable synth available to MIDI apps?

Roger,

I found it. In the audio options of the app, I turned on the "Always use
MME interface, even when WDM drivers are available" setting. Yeah, this is
MIDI, but I did it anyway. The GS Wavetable Synth appeared in the MIDI out
list, and I was able to use it.

--
Earl Kiosterud
www.smokeylake.com/
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"Earl Kiosterud" <nothanks@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eaPDplqfFHA.3916@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Roger,
>
> Hey, thanks for that. Now I know that the Microsoft GS Wavetable SW synth
> is available at least to some apps. If I tell the app (Sonar -- the old
> Cakewalk Pro Audio) to use the MIDI mapper for MIDI output, a message pops
> up telling me I haven't selected any MIDI out device. Happens over and
> over, but works OK if I select my USB MIDI port box. The Windows default
> MIDI device is the Microsoft GS Wavetable SW synth. Dunno. Might not be
> meant to be. This is really a test for someone else who'd like to use
> it -- maybe it'll work on that machine.
> --
> Earl Kiosterud
> www.smokeylake.com/
> -------------------------------------------
>
> "Roger W." <rogerw7979@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23NEsUNpfFHA.268@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi Earl,
>>
>> In the MIDI app I use, a really old version from Voyetra (from '95), the
>> Microsoft GS Wavetable SW synth is in fact an option alongside my sound
>> card's HW and SW options. But there's also an option called Microsoft
>> MIDI Mapper, which effectively tells the app to use whatever is set as
>> the default MIDI device via the Sounds control panel. If you see this
>> option, it should hopefully work for you.
>>
>> -Roger
>>
>> "Earl Kiosterud" <nothanks@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:egHsbEcfFHA.3936@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> I see that there's a software MIDI synth in XP. It's called the
>>> "Microsoft GS Wavetable SW synth." It's set as the default MIDI device,
>>> so when a program like Windows Media Player plays a MIDI file (*.mid),
>>> the MIDI is routed to that software synth, whose audio finds its way to
>>> the default sound card (there's a volume control fader for it in the
>>> soundcard control panel) and you hear the music. All well and good.
>>>
>>> In MIDI production applications, like Cakewalk, Sonar, etc, that
>>> software synth doesn't seem to be available as a MIDI device to route
>>> MIDI to to play it. I don't see it in the app's list of MIDI devices.
>>> I do see the hardware MIDI ports we've installed, and sound cards that
>>> contain MIDI synths appear there too. Should that software synth be
>>> there? It'd be useful if it were. We're going to ask this in a forum
>>> for the app, but haven't gotten the necessary info to get to that forum
>>> yet, so I though I'd ask here.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>> --
>>> Earl Kiosterud
>>> www.smokeylake.com/
>>> -------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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