MIDI music won't start

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Re: MIDI music won't start

by Cacodemon345 » Sun Jan 14, 2018 9:35 pm

Gez wrote:Microsoft messed up its MIDI driver in a recent Win10 update. My advice would be to use a different MIDI synth from now on. Nothing that can be done on our side.
I kept a Roland Sound Canvas VA installed in my computer and used LoopMIDI/SAVIHost to make sure GZDoom can play MIDI.
Microsoft f***ed up with the MIDI driver for years since Windows Vista.

Re: MIDI music won't start

by Gez » Sun Jan 14, 2018 6:25 pm

bowserknight wrote:And why does it have two "sf2" in its name?
That's probably a mistake while renaming the file, induced by the Windows UI no doubt.

Re: MIDI music won't start

by bowserknight » Sun Jan 14, 2018 5:53 pm

ok I downloaded it. Hopefully it's the correct file, it's called "Roland SC-55.sf2.sf2". Only 2 questions: where do I put it / what do I do with it? And why does it have two "sf2" in its name?

Re: MIDI music won't start

by wildweasel » Sun Jan 14, 2018 5:45 pm

bowserknight wrote:can you suggest any that sound like the Microsoft one? The ones I have sound really bad or don't work at all.
You will be most interested in a soundfont based on the Roland SC-55 - Microsoft's GM set is also based on that.

Re: MIDI music won't start

by bowserknight » Sun Jan 14, 2018 5:43 pm

can you suggest any that sound like the Microsoft one? The ones I have sound really bad or don't work at all. EDIT: Well Fluidsynth seems the best out of all the options. Actually sounds pretty good.

Re: MIDI music won't start

by Gez » Sun Jan 14, 2018 5:20 pm

Microsoft messed up its MIDI driver in a recent Win10 update. My advice would be to use a different MIDI synth from now on. Nothing that can be done on our side.

Re: MIDI music won't start

by bowserknight » Sun Jan 14, 2018 5:02 pm

I also have a problem related to this I think. For me, since today, the Microsoft MIDI device doesn't even show up anymore. I didn't delete anything, didn't change anything in my settings or whatever. How can you get it back?

Also sorry, I don't know how to help with your problem.

Re: MIDI music won't start

by Cyanide » Sun Jan 14, 2018 4:43 pm

Gez wrote:Are you using Windows 10?
Yes.

Re: MIDI music won't start

by Gez » Sun Jan 14, 2018 4:41 pm

Are you using Windows 10?

Re: MIDI music won't start

by Cyanide » Sun Jan 14, 2018 4:16 pm

Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth

Re: MIDI music won't start

by Graf Zahl » Sun Jan 14, 2018 4:14 pm

Which MIDI device are you using?

MIDI music won't start

by Cyanide » Sun Jan 14, 2018 4:07 pm

I'm using the latest GZDoom x64 devbuild. I've just loaded CC4, and the music on Map01 doesn't play when I start the map. After a while the music starts, presumably at the time it would normally loop.

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