serial midi driver

Hugh Crain · Jan 22, 2006, 05:31 PM

I have a midiart gs 1000 module which has a serial connector. Do I need a driver to use it with XP pro?. I can find thr drivers for 95-98. But nothing for XP.

Maddogg6 · Jan 22, 2006, 07:37 PM

hehe... welcome to the REAL world of eh hem.. 'upgrades'..

I had a $800US Video caprture card that was abandoned by Pinnacle Systems...

Needless to say, I was I little dissappointed to NOT find any XP drivers for it...

Best thing to do is setup a dual-boot (XP & Win98) if its that important.

It doesn't sound like JUST a driver tho - a serial port is already a 'driver' that can be installed (or should be already) with JUST the OS... so... I strongly suspect the SW you have found is MORE than just a driver...

I could be wrong, as I cant find ANY info on such a unit on google...

Hugh Crain · Jan 22, 2006, 08:05 PM

oops, I had an extra g in there. It's a midiart GS1000r, the gs standing for goldstar. musician's friend has drivers for windows 3.1.

Maddogg6 · Jan 22, 2006, 10:06 PM

No MIDI IN connections?

I would think it would have at least MIDI IN - if not a MIDI OUT...

can you provide any links - I searched musicians friend for 'GS1000r' - 0 results..

Hugh Crain · Jan 22, 2006, 10:54 PM

It has midi in and out, plus a pc interface which connects to the computer's serial port. the link for the driver is here

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/docum...d=88921&g=perc

the driver is way down at the bottom of the page

Maddogg6 · Jan 22, 2006, 11:49 PM

Ok - I found that - I looked at the driver - and it appears to allow gs1000 to functiona as a MIDI INTERFACE AND a sound module - but can be sure..

Other than that - I strongly suspect - maybe not best solution.. that you can simply connect PC (live/audigy/other midi interface) midi out to GS1000 MIDI IN - and it should work. ??

If not - maybe someone more knowledgable than me can help.

Hugh Crain · Jan 23, 2006, 01:21 AM

Yes I can do that. I'm mainly looking for a solution so I can run it out of the soundblaster loop. I had done it both ways and it seemed to be smoother when I ran it through the GS interface.

Maddogg6 · Jan 23, 2006, 11:48 AM

without the driver - thats all that can be done Im affraid.