First post, by simbin
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SysOp: Not sure how this got in the DOS section, instead of Windoze. Please feel free to move it, thanks.
Went through hell trying to find this. Yamaha was giving it away for FREE but then they took it off their site.
Download Yamaha XG SoftSynth for Win9x
SEE UPDATED FILES @ BOTTOM OF POST
Unzip, & run Setup
Before installing make sure any previous versions of S-YXG20/50/100 are uninstalled!
To clean your system from any of these versions unzip the included
Universal Uninstaller program (gu101.7z) and run it!
Don't forget to reboot
Download Yamaha XG 4MB waveset from Microsoft
http://tinyurl.com/4mb-waveset
Normally the Yamaha S-YXG50 v3.x or S-YXG100 v1.x softsynth installs the 2Mb wavetable files
and the sxgma.drv driver loads them but you can make the driver load the 4Mb wavetable files
instead by getting the sxgbin41.tbl & sxgwave4.tbl files from the 1403848.cab file and
placing them into the \windows\system\ folder. Then edit the "sxgma.ini" file found in
the \windows\ folder and in the [setup] section, add the "waveset=1" line below the [setup]
section and save changes. Now restart your win9x system and play any MIDI file in any
MIDI Player to see if it made a difference in sound. If you want to load the 2Mb wavetable
files after trying out the 4Mb waveset files, edit the "sxgma.ini" file from the Windows
folder and change the waveset line to 0 [aka. "waveset=0"] and save changes to the sxgma.ini
file and reboot for the change to take effect.
Use General MIDI for your game's music and enjoy!
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I must say, the quality seems comparable to the Yamaha / Roland hardware I've heard online. I'm happy to make some sound comparisons once I figure out the best way to go about recording.
Normally, I'd never choose a software driver over hardware, but with so much untapped overhead -- why not? It really doesn't even put a dent in my system.
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UPDATE: GREAT NEWS finally I found the Win 98 driver and all is working and sounding really good. I think I'm using the 2MB wavetable instead of the 4MB one though. Once I get everything sorted I'll post the files and what I did to get it going, thanks.
EDIT: Really hope someone has this, or knows where to find it. I can only seem to find Win NT/2K/XP versions.
I stumbled onto something about going software-based for General Midi using Yamaha S-YXG50 SoftSynthesizer. I downloaded both 2 and 4MB MS wavetables for Windows XP. I'm trying to set this up on a Windows 98 SE system and can't find the appropriate files. Can someone please point me in the right direction?