Bog standard MIDI Playback

Mintsoft · Apr 16, 2006, 11:36 AM

Hi Everyone,

I'm basically just trying to get normal MIDI playback working in winamp etc.
I've loaded one of the creative 4MB soundfonts in which seems to be alright. I've also had a look at the routing and it seems that MIDI goes to FXBus 2/3 so ive put those on with a mixer going to Output 4/5 (Front Speakers). Ive also got the Device in the MIDI settings as:
midiOut / kX Synth SB0244 10k2 [c000]

but it doesn't seem to actually work :/

Anyone got any idea about something totally moronic i've forgotten here?

Russ · Apr 16, 2006, 02:38 PM

As far as MIDI goes, it sounds like you have it right. Make sure the MIDI synth volume is up in kxmixer. Connect a peak plugin to FxBus 2/3 and check to see if you are getting a signal there (when playing a MIDI using the kX Synth).

Output 4/5 of what?
Are you using analog speakers or digital?
Out 4/5 of epilog is digital center/LFE.
Out 0/1 would be analog front (affected by the Swap Front and Rear toggle).
Out 2/3 would be digital front.

Maddogg6 · Apr 16, 2006, 02:41 PM

1) Make sure that soundfont is loaded into BANK 0 (assuming there are ADDITIONAL BANKS defined in that soundfont file - DONT LOAD additional banks (1-127) - doing so seems to mess stuff up. Its ok if you know the file loaded into BANK 0 has ONLY patches defined for bank 0.

2) Make sure the 'PATCH/BANK SELECTING' in the midifile matches that in the KX Synth Compatibility settings (assuming it is selecting GS compatable (or possibly XG) patches.

**dj_stick** · Apr 16, 2006, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Russ

As far as MIDI goes, it sounds like you have it right. Make sure the MIDI synth volume is up in kxmixer. Connect a peak plugin to FxBus 2/3 and check to see if you are getting a signal there (when playing a MIDI using the kX Synth).

Output 4/5 of what?
Are you using analog speakers or digital?
Out 4/5 of epilog is digital center/LFE.
Out 0/1 would be analog front (affected by the Swap Front and Rear toggle).
Out 2/3 would be digital front.

with the default kX router settings:

Wave/fxbus0/1 is a combination signal
fxbus2/3 is soundfont
Wave/fxbus4/5 is front
Wave/fxbus6/7 is rear
Wave/fxbus8/9 is centre/lfe

if that's what you meant russ?

Russ · Apr 16, 2006, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dj_stick

if that's what you meant russ?

No, I was talking about epilog, not Fxbus.

Mintsoft · Apr 17, 2006, 06:11 AM

Seems to have been a combination of not having the volume up in the mixer, the 4/5 output mixer, and loading the Soundfont as 1 rather than 0!

Thanks for your help guys, much appreciated
-Mint

Russ · Apr 17, 2006, 06:54 AM

Glad we could help