You should hear something when you open and play back a MIDI file in the Windows Media Player. Well, that WAS just the problem...1hr ago at least(!) Could get no sound when playing midi. But, and I'm _really_ not sure what I did, if anything at all(frankly I only fiddled slightly with the midi …

Ok, thanks all for the input. Haven't tried further with the soundblaster yet, but... (later) ...here's a quick one for those of you who actually own a Roland SCC-1: - it CAN be used as a 'normal' soundcard on it's own/alone, right ? - I mean, at least let me play midi files on it ? - if so, how can …

Ok, first of all sorry if any of this is something that's common knowlegde - me somewhat new(read: clueless) to this... :blush: Did some searching on this board, but either wrong words or there's no info available. I have a few ISA soundcards that obviously are not pnp, and when starting up win98 …

Forget reading about the Scene, you'll miss the point entirely. Just download "Second Reality" for the best DOS oldskool flava and get "fr-041 debris" for a recent Windows XP/DirectX demo that's impressive on so many levels - put it this way, it's less than 200K and with graphics and animation that …

Thanks for all the input ! :blush: Now, I'm just wondering - what's wrong with my Turtle Beach Santa Cruz ? :pppt: (It has a wave header, and I assume the sound isn't too crappy?) And, I just got a SB CT1750, with 3(!) CD headers (Panasonic,Mitsumi,Sony), AND a wave header. As well as shitloads of …

SOUNDCARDS - WHICH TO CHOOSE, HOW TO USE... ? Hi all. - SHORT VERSION: I've got a bunch of hardware lying around, and am somewhat clueless as to how to make the most of it. And/or what (hardware)parts I would be missing. I'm totally oblivious when it comes to midi music, soundfonts, external boxes, …