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First post, by Jccwu

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Hello. I recently purchased a TBS System FIJI sound card and encountered a problem playing midi files on this card. The wav card plays sounds in Windows, but midi sounds do not play. Is this a feature of the card or the drivers? Drivers were downloaded from this site.

Reply 1 of 8, by giantclam

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Did you install correct drivers? (ie; do you have a revision F or not?)

Reply 2 of 8, by florian3

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The TB Fiji card has no MIDI synth, it is pretty much a Pinnacle without the synth. But it has a wavetable header.

Reply 3 of 8, by Jccwu

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florian3 wrote on 2023-11-26, 13:21:

The TB Fiji card has no MIDI synth, it is pretty much a Pinnacle without the synth. But it has a wavetable header.

But opl must be present to play music?
I don't mean wavetable music. I try to play midi file in mediaplayer.

Reply 4 of 8, by fjardest

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Jccwu wrote on 2023-11-26, 18:52:
florian3 wrote on 2023-11-26, 13:21:

The TB Fiji card has no MIDI synth, it is pretty much a Pinnacle without the synth. But it has a wavetable header.

But opl must be present to play music?
I don't mean wavetable music. I try to play midi file in mediaplayer.

Fiji doesn't have opl.
You can use a sw midi synth.

Reply 5 of 8, by Jccwu

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fjardest wrote on 2023-11-26, 19:15:
Jccwu wrote on 2023-11-26, 18:52:
florian3 wrote on 2023-11-26, 13:21:

The TB Fiji card has no MIDI synth, it is pretty much a Pinnacle without the synth. But it has a wavetable header.

But opl must be present to play music?
I don't mean wavetable music. I try to play midi file in mediaplayer.

Fiji doesn't have opl.
You can use a sw midi synth.

what is sw midi synth?
I've seen cards that only play midi music, but I've never seen cards that only play sound

Reply 6 of 8, by florian3

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SW synth like “Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth” from Windows 98.
TB’s “Multisound” product line has no FM synth.
Cards like Tropez or Malibu do.

Reply 8 of 8, by florian3

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Yes, Pinnacle has a Kurzweil wavetable MIDI synth but no FM synth like OPL3. Fiji is like Pinnacle but without the Kurzweil synth.