Solution to MIDI output in DOSBox in Windows 7 without Timidity \ VOGONS

Solution to MIDI output in DOSBox in Windows 7 without Timidity

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First post, by butterfly

Posted on 2011-01-06, 04:11

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My temporary/definitive solution to the MIDI output through a guide I found over the Internet after ain intense search inpired by a vogons thread, so, since it doesn't look linked to any illegal software and since I couldn't get the Timidity pass-through method to work and I could easily understand this guide I'll just link it "as is".

http://my.noteworthysoftware.com/?topic=6528.0

Provided that if anyone finds any illegal thing feel free to edit/delete the post.

With this method you'll be able to use any sound font you own and for me it solved the YAMAHA SoftSynthesizer (you need a legal copy) issue in Windows 7.

Reply 1 of 5, by bloodbat

Posted on 2011-01-06, 06:40

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Interesting 😀

Reply 2 of 5, by Leolo

Posted on 2011-01-08, 23:12

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There's also an excellent guide in scummvm forums:
http://forums.scummvm.org/viewtopic.php?t=6303

And my own post in that same thread can also be useful:
http://forums.scummvm.org/viewtopic.php?p=41868#41868

Oh, and take a look at this wonderful alternative to "Vista MIDI Picker":
http://www.sierrahelp.com/Utilities/SoundUtil … IDI_Mapper.html

I prefer it because it doesn't need the .net framework, so it launches faster 😀

Although, to be honest, it's not really needed for dosbox. You can always specify exactly which MIDI device you want to use in dosbox.conf.

Regards.

Reply 3 of 5, by butterfly

Posted on 2014-09-17, 19:35

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It doesn't work any more on my computer... What did I do?

Reply 4 of 5, by bloodbat

Posted on 2014-09-19, 00:42

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If you don't know, how do you expect us to? We don't live with you, you know?

Reply 5 of 5, by butterfly

Posted on 2014-10-23, 13:05

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That makes sense... Now I fixed it but I'm not sure how

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