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First post, by amontre

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I'm using SC-55mkii with SB AWE64gold which is working fine in DOS Mode (SoftMPU). In Windows 95, is there any drivers I need to install to ensure I'm using it correctly for MIDI ?

At the moment, my Multimedia Properties, under MIDI, I selected External Midi port, is that the correct one if I intend to use SC for my midi ?

#1 NEC Pentium 133 | 64mb RAM | 40gb HDD | s3 Virge DX | Voodoo 2 | SB AWE64 Gold
#2 NEC 486DX2 66 | 16mb RAM | 40gb HDD | SB AWE64 Gold
#3 Acer 386 SX 33 | 8mb RAM | 20gb HDD | PicoMEM + Adlib
# Amiga 1200 | MSX2+ | Roland MT-32 | SC 55MkII | YAMAHA MU80

Reply 1 of 5, by Gmlb256

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Selecting the external MIDI port (should be AWE64G MIDI Out [330] in your case) in the Multimedia Properties only works with Windows programs. To allow the use of external MIDI devices in DOS programs within Windows, do the following:

  1. Open the AWE Control Panel.
  2. Click "Device..." button.
  3. Uncheck "Allow MPU-401 Emulation on this device".
  4. Apply the changes.

This assumes that the drivers and necessary programs for the AWE64 Gold are installed.

Reply 2 of 5, by amontre

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Gmlb256 wrote on 2022-12-24, 01:53:
Selecting the external MIDI port (should be AWE64G MIDI Out [330] in your case) in the Multimedia Properties only works with Win […]
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Selecting the external MIDI port (should be AWE64G MIDI Out [330] in your case) in the Multimedia Properties only works with Windows programs. To allow the use of external MIDI devices in DOS programs within Windows, do the following:

  1. Open the AWE Control Panel.
  2. Click "Device..." button.
  3. Uncheck "Allow MPU-401 Emulation on this device".
  4. Apply the changes.

This assumes that the drivers and necessary programs for the AWE64 Gold are installed.

That'll do it ! thanks

#1 NEC Pentium 133 | 64mb RAM | 40gb HDD | s3 Virge DX | Voodoo 2 | SB AWE64 Gold
#2 NEC 486DX2 66 | 16mb RAM | 40gb HDD | SB AWE64 Gold
#3 Acer 386 SX 33 | 8mb RAM | 20gb HDD | PicoMEM + Adlib
# Amiga 1200 | MSX2+ | Roland MT-32 | SC 55MkII | YAMAHA MU80

Reply 3 of 5, by Gmlb256

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amontre wrote on 2022-12-26, 21:23:
Gmlb256 wrote on 2022-12-24, 01:53:
Selecting the external MIDI port (should be AWE64G MIDI Out [330] in your case) in the Multimedia Properties only works with Win […]
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Selecting the external MIDI port (should be AWE64G MIDI Out [330] in your case) in the Multimedia Properties only works with Windows programs. To allow the use of external MIDI devices in DOS programs within Windows, do the following:

  1. Open the AWE Control Panel.
  2. Click "Device..." button.
  3. Uncheck "Allow MPU-401 Emulation on this device".
  4. Apply the changes.

This assumes that the drivers and necessary programs for the AWE64 Gold are installed.

That'll do it ! thanks

You're welcome!

Reply 4 of 5, by amontre

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Gmlb256 wrote on 2022-12-26, 21:47:
amontre wrote on 2022-12-26, 21:23:
Gmlb256 wrote on 2022-12-24, 01:53:
Selecting the external MIDI port (should be AWE64G MIDI Out [330] in your case) in the Multimedia Properties only works with Win […]
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Selecting the external MIDI port (should be AWE64G MIDI Out [330] in your case) in the Multimedia Properties only works with Windows programs. To allow the use of external MIDI devices in DOS programs within Windows, do the following:

  1. Open the AWE Control Panel.
  2. Click "Device..." button.
  3. Uncheck "Allow MPU-401 Emulation on this device".
  4. Apply the changes.

This assumes that the drivers and necessary programs for the AWE64 Gold are installed.

That'll do it ! thanks

You're welcome!

One other thing, do we need to init SC55 into GM mode to get a proper sound for midi in windows 95 ?

#1 NEC Pentium 133 | 64mb RAM | 40gb HDD | s3 Virge DX | Voodoo 2 | SB AWE64 Gold
#2 NEC 486DX2 66 | 16mb RAM | 40gb HDD | SB AWE64 Gold
#3 Acer 386 SX 33 | 8mb RAM | 20gb HDD | PicoMEM + Adlib
# Amiga 1200 | MSX2+ | Roland MT-32 | SC 55MkII | YAMAHA MU80

Reply 5 of 5, by Gmlb256

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amontre wrote on 2022-12-27, 03:48:
Gmlb256 wrote on 2022-12-26, 21:47:
amontre wrote on 2022-12-26, 21:23:

That'll do it ! thanks

You're welcome!

One other thing, do we need to init SC55 into GM mode to get a proper sound for midi in windows 95 ?

It will be fine either in GM or GS mode. The latter being a sort of superset of GM.

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