First post, by ratfink
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I'm thinking there is probably a document or guide somewhere, but I haven't found it [yet].
I have an EWS64XL, with a DB50XG attached. As I understand my setup:
- The synth [=EWS64 on-board synth you can load soundbanks to] is at 300
- MIDI-2 which the DB50XG is attached to is at 330
I use cs32mix.exe to eliminate the muted daughterboard bug in DOS.
And I seem able to select 300 or 330 in DOS games run in a 98 dos window, and get MIDI playing. There are some problems with sound levels I need to investigate.
I can also play MIDI files from Windows on external modules using MIDI-1 or MIDI-2 sockets on the front.
What I don't understand is 2 things:
1. Routing on this card, what it is and how to change it. The mixer has A/D/M and A/B/C settings as well as a few others that to be honest I just mash in Windows until I get the music throught the speakers. There ought to be some logic to this - is there a guide anywhere? I have various ftp.terratec.de downloads.
2. What I think is related to this, which is: how do I get DOS games to play MIDI on external modules, and be able to plug the output from those modules back into the EWS64 [ie via IN-1 or IN-2]. External MIDI devices seem to produce a low sound level that is pretty much swamped by the EWS insisting on playing the music itself anyway [whatever I set in the Windows EWS mixer]. [Do I need to un-fix the DB mute-bug I wonder...].
Grateful for guidance. After all these years I am finally getting round to trying to use this card properly!