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- The MIDI Mapper provides filtering and changing of musical events to allow
- music to sound similar on all hardware.
-
- Sound Card installation programs often set up a custom MIDI Map which can be
- accessed from Windows' Control Panel. The three types of maps are:
- - Base-level (MIDI Channels 13 to 16, drums on 16)
- - Extended-level (MIDI Channels 1 to 10, drums on 10)
- - General MIDI (MIDI Channels 1 to 16, drums on 10)
-
- Identify Mapper state so that the Midisoft software uses the correct channels. Examples:
- - Ad Lib (used for Internal Sound on Sound Blaster 1.0/1.5): Base-level
- - Ad Lib Gold: Base-level
- - Advanced Gravis UltraSound: Extended-level
- (must use Advanced Gravis's drivers 1.3 or later)
- - CompuMedia Gallant Sound Card
- Internal Sound: Base-level
- External MIDI: Extended-level
- - Genius Sound Maker 16
- Internal Sound: Base-level
- External MIDI: Extended-level
- - Han Kyung Synthi Star MIDIWave: Extended-level
- - Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum Plus/16, Fusion CD, CDPC:
- Internal Sound: Base-level
- External MIDI: Extended-level
- - Media Vision Audio Port, Thunderboard/Thunder & Lightning: Base-level
- - Omni Labs Audio Master: Extended-level
- - Roland MPU 401/compatibles, SCC-1: No MIDI Mapper
- - Sound Blaster 1.0/1.5: Internal Sound: Base-level
- External MIDI: Extended-level
- - Sound Blaster Pro: Internal Sound: Base or Extended-level
- External MIDI: Extended-level
- - Turtle Beach MultiSound: Extended-level
- (must use Trutle Beach's drivers 1.1 or later)
- - Wearnes Beethoven audio card: General MIDI
- - Others: Try all choices, reloading a MIDI file after each selection.
-
-
- ---- Trouble-shooting Hints ----
-
-
- IF SONG PLAYS BUT DOESN'T PRODUCE SOUND:
-
- 1) Exit the Midisoft software.
- 2) Run Windows' "Media Player" from the "Applications" group.
- 3) Load and play "CANYON.MID" from your Windows directory.
- 4) Music indicates that the MIDI Mapper is properly installed in Windows.
- 5) No sound indicates a problem with the mapping or MIDI connection to
- Windows. UNTIL MEDIA PLAYER WORKS, MIDISOFT SOFTWARE WON'T!
- 6) Follow the instructions from your sound card manufacturer to properly
- install the card and Windows drivers.
- 7) Verify that the MIDI Mapper is present in the Control Panel. If it is
- not, install the Windows' drivers.
- 8) Open the MIDI Mapper and click on "Edit."
- 9) The setup shows which device each MIDI Channel is ported to. Verify
- that the correct ports are selected.
-
-
- IF RECORDING DOESN'T DISPLAY MUSIC:
-
- 1) Check all your connections. MIDI OUT from the computer connects to MIDI IN
- of your external keyboard/instrument, and MIDI IN connects to MIDI OUT.
-
- 2) If the connections are correct, the most likely problem is an Interrupt (IRQ)
- conflict. Each add-on card in your computer must have a unique
- Interrupt. Since MIDI generally uses Interrupts for recording and not
- playback, you might have another device using the same Interrupt level,
- and yet will hear music fine from your Sound/MIDI card. We recommend
- that you try each level available. On most cards, you must set the
- Interrupt level physically on the card, as well as from the software.
- A few cards (such as the Media Vision cards) allow you to completely
- set the Interrupt from software.
-
- 3) You also might be having a problem with your DMA or IO Address. Like the
- Interrupt level, this might conflict with another device in your system.
- We recommend you try the other settings available here, too.
-
- 4) Another common problem is using an incompatible MIDI adaptor with the card.
- This can create both recording and playback problems using MIDI cables.
- We have found that although most MIDI adaptors for sound cards are
- designed for the original Sound Blaster spec, some older adaptors
- do not work with some newer cards. If there's any doubt, contact
- your card manufacturer for compatibility with your particular adaptor.
-
- 5) If the above tests still result in no MIDI Recording, you might try the
- tests again, and this time make sure that you power-down your computer
- between each test.
-
- 6) If you have been totally convinced that no other card is conflicting with the
- various hardware levels, we recommend you proceed to confirm that your
- keyboard or MIDI instrument is correctly transmitting data.
- The easiest way to check it is to attach its MIDI OUT to the
- MIDI IN of another keyboard, and make sure the 2nd keyboard plays
- the music.
- If you do not have access to a 2nd keyboard, you could also find
- how to turn "LOCAL" off from your keyboard. LOCAL OFF designates that
- the only sound you hear from your keyboard is that coming from external
- MIDI. Therefore, with nothing connected, you can hit a key on your
- keyboard and hear no sound. If so configured, attach a standard MIDI
- cable between MIDI IN and MIDI OUT of your keyboard. If music now
- sounds, then you know that your keyboard works fine.
-
- 7) If you feel confident that your keyboard/MIDI instrument works fine, your
- connections are correct, and there are no hardware conflicts in your
- computer, we recommend you contact the MIDI/Sound card manufacturer
- for other suggestions and/or diagnostics to determine that MIDI music
- can come in.
-
-
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- IF YOU HAVE A ROLAND/COMPATIBLE BOARD AND RECORDING IS INACCURATE:
-
- We recommend that you remove the Windows drivers (from Windows' Control Panel/
- Drivers), and choose Midisoft Drivers.
-