3rd December 1998

One of my favorite reasons for owning a PC is so that I can listen to MIDI files. Yes, I know that many of you are sold on MP3 files, but they're just not the same. I like computerized-music, and MIDIs have always tripped my trigger. Most of you have wavetable synthesis on your sound card already, but you might not have it set up to play correctly in Windows. Open the Control Panel, select the Multimedia icon, choose the MIDI tab, then see which 'Single Instrument' bank is selected. If at all possible, DON'T USE anything that says "FM Synthesis". Some of you have no choice, though. Try another synthesizer if it's available. Another thing to note is that you probably won't be able to use anything with "MIDI Out" in it either (that's for keyboards). Have fun!