Information that you gave is too few and incoherent for solution.
* "Expired Driver" means "can't get the program to play Midi files" - galimatias.
* "if a WF-192XG WaveForce is compatible with my COMPAQ" - what model of Compaq? "Compaq" - there is no info in this word! CPU, chipset???
* I don't know PVL150. Maybe PLG150-VL? What exact "PVL driver" do you mean?

Try soft-synth Yamaha S-YXG50.

The only reason I want the SYXG100 PVL is to take advantage of the Virtual Acoustic synthesis part (and maybe the SG part, too) for musical composition, which the SYXG50 doesn't have; I have little to no interest on the wavetable part.

As for the computer I intend to run it on, it's a COMPAQ DeskPro with the following specs:

- 1GHZ Pentium III Processor
- 20GB hard drive
- 256MB memory
- 1.44MB Floppy Drive
- CD-ROM optical drive

The registered version of S-YXG100 removes the time limit but is hard to get these days. Have you tried setting your computer clock back a few years?

Yamaha's XGWorks 3.0 sequencer is floating around on the internet and runs great on Win98. Native support for all their softsynths with XGEdit. It's a bit clunky to use, but so is everything else from that era.

D'oh, why didn't I think of the old "turn back time" trick? Silly me.

I'm glad you you told me about XGWorks, too; it works just as well on my regular computer, so I can transfer XG parameter files between computers if I ever need to.

Sounds like you're doing something similar me; I built this little Shuttle media PC to act as a dedicated XG box in my music setup. I have XG Works on it for "in the box" sequencing and Falcosoft's MIDI player to route external MIDI inputs to the S-YXG100 directly, so it can act as a 'sound module.' 😀

Bloxicon wrote:

On a side note, I might need to hook up a midi interface to my COMPAQ since there doesn't seem to be any midi sequencer/studio that works on Windows 98, unless you guys can recommend one to me.

XG Works 3.07 can be found for free on the web.

xjas already told me about XGWorks, but thank you though.