Reply 60 of 65, by Jo22
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gmaverick2k wrote on 2022-10-30, 05:27:I didn't know ASIO was confined upto xp. I use it on Windows 10 for listening to flac via foobar 2000 and ASIO WASAPI all the time
Hi there! I didn't mean to say that. Just listed all the things I remembered which XP can do. 😄
Personally, the most important thing in XP to me is SoftSynth support both via MCI and DirectX/DirectMusic.
The latter can't be substituted by a sound font and some random MIDI host software on never OSes.
It's not the same. All the effects are missing.
Even Windows XP is borderline here: Things like SYXG-50 or Roland/Edirol Sound Canvas v3 were originally made for Windows 98SE or Windows 2000/MacOS 8.x, respectively.
VSC had to be later patched for XP by the manufacturer, afaik (big XP sticker slapped onto box).
(Afaik, MIDI support degraded somewhat after Windows 3.1x even.
The feature-rich MIDI Mapper was removed in Windows 95.
Likely, because General MIDI (GM) got so ubiquitous.
Windows 3.x was also supporting MIDI synthesizer drivers, already.
Those which converted MIDI to OPL commands (Voyetra SuperSAPI),
as well as those which did the whole synthesis in software. Yamaha SYXG-30, Casio SW-10 etc.)
Less popular things like Direct3D Retained Mode still work in XP, as well. Or the Elsa 3D Revelator glasses.. - Again, not saying they can't be made work somehow on never versions.
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