After another long night I finally got the MS Synth working in all the games--all but one. This DOS game will only play nothing but FM MIDI, won't even acknowledge the presence of the SC-55. But that should go on another thread. To summarize this, the MS synth is indeed the ghost, although I still …

OK, let's slow down before drawing unfounded conclusions. Facts: 1.MS GS soft synth has lower quality samples than SC-VA and it has a minimum 150 ms latency. 2.Also it does not support reverb/chorus controllers when used as Midi out port so it always sounds too dry compared to SC-VA. 3.SC-VA itself …

Okay, now I'm pretty sure the MS synth is behind this, after all. After some test runs I found that it sounds even better than the SC-VA that I paid $125 for! The SCVA was quite a disappointment actually. Maybe if you're a musician you'd benefit from it, but I'm just a listener, and it not only lags …

First of all MS GM/GS has nothing to do with FM synthesis. It never had. It's a wavetable based software synth and uses Roland supplied patches. So you must have heard something else (maybe your soundcards's built-in FM synth). They cannot be confused since sound very differently. This is MS GM/GS: …

OK, so you are using SAVIHost and you only start it manually when you need it (you could have used e.g. VST Midi driver or my FSMP as VST Host. Both can run at Windows startup so your ghost Midi phenomenon could have been explained by them). Then the most likely explanation is that you are still …

1. You cannot create Midi ports with CoolSoft MIDI Mapper. As its name suggests it can only select what port should be the default port on your system. Maybe you are referring to Coolsoft Virtual Midi synth instead? That really creates a virtual SF2 soundfont based synth on your system that …

MIDI playback is probably going through the Windows bundled (and IMHO crappy) Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth device . I have disabled that long ago through Device Manager because I prefer silence than hearing that crap. But even if it was playing through that device (albeit disabled), the …

This has been happening since the days I was using Sound Canvas VA. Now that I have the actual hardware SC-55mkII, this phenomenon is still there. So here it is: With SCVA, you need to first create a MIDI port using CoolSoft MIDI Mapper or LoopMIDI, then load the SCVA DLL before any MIDI can be …

If you do not have a Levels tab on the property page of your playback device where you can un-mute the microphone you can still use the built-in Windows feature 'Listen to this device' on the property page of any recording devices (like microphones). Yep, that does it. Now the sound and MIDI are …

Well, for the sake of trying things out and testing different options, I tried the headphone/mic splitter approach. With my current setup, which sends computer's audio-out into the SC-55 then to the speakers, it works perfectly, but since the SC-55 is the pass-thru device, it has to be turned on at …

Sc55 has LEVEL buttons on the front panel. Press "ALL" and then adjust level with the buttons. That does it! I lowered all the levels on the MIDI so they are as loud as the other sounds, now I can adjust volume from SC-55, the speakers, or the taskbar, and all will go together. Thanks so much to …

Sc55 has LEVEL buttons on the front panel. Press "ALL" and then adjust level with the buttons. This definitely looks like the solution I need! I was just thinking there had to be a way to tune down the MIDI so that it can be on the same volume level as my sound card. Got to try that one out tonight …

I guess you have maximized the master volume on the sound card ? (I'm not sure if you meant that by speakers volume, or the actual knob on the speakers) Yes, I have maxed out the volume on the sound card, so that I can keep up with the MIDI volume (but still it's no match). The only way I can lower …

I tried the SC-55-pass-thru method today, that is, I directed all my computer's output through the SC-55 and into the speaker, as keropi suggested... It worked. I can now hear MIDI and other sounds through the same speaker. There is one problem, however. Now the main volume is mostly controlled by …

You should be able to get a headphone/mic splitter cable then and use that. I use the opposite on my desktop computer with my headset. Hmm...I don't have that splitter cable either. Will have to get one and try that if the pass-thru-SC-55 trick fails (still waiting for my RCA cables). I've never …

Do the opposite then, sc-55 has audio input RCA jacks next to the output ones, so connect your laptop audio there and let sc-55 do the mixing That's a good idea. I just plugged the laptop's output to the SC-55-RCA-in. Still no sound. I guess I have to do something about the output ports on the SC- …

Plug the output from the SC-55 into the line-in on the sound card. The set the sound card mixer settings to play the line-in audio to the speakers. Unfortunately I'm using a notebook and it doesn't have a line-in. Supposedly this jack on the notebook is both a line-in and line-out, but the line-in …

Since I used to have a Roland SCB-55 that happily coexisted with my sound card back in those days, I never thought this would be an issue when I bought my "new" SC-55mkII. Anyway, here's my setup: Windows 10 Pro x64 Laptop with USB ports Roland SC-55mkII Roland UM-ONE USB2MIDI interface 3-piece …