I have installed Forte ensemble demo version, loaded Live Synth Pro, and loaded SGM128 into LS Pro. What do I do now?
I am using OMB version 8 with Soundblaster card.
Starkeepr

Hi Starkeeper,
have you installed midi yoke ( or some other type of virtual midi cable) I think AJ's using a different one nowadays.

best wishes
Rikki

p.s. of late, if i'm only using soundfonts, I'd been using my audigy nx2 soundcard which actually loads the soundfonts.
My new laptop had the option of some sort of Audigy software . It's still only a sigmatel soundcard, but has some of the audigy functions including being able to load soundfonts.

No. I haven't installed MIDI Yoke yet. What would i connect MIDI yoke to?
I did get sound from the soundcard (not using OMB), but it was extremely distorted. It was as if there was too much gain. I turnee the volume down on Forte and LS Pro, but still the same.
Starkeeper

Midi yoke would take the output of OMB and send it to the input of Forte. I use Maple Virtual Midi Cable instead of Midi Yoke nowadays.

It works better in certain installations when sometime Midi Yoke will not, and I appreciate that it has 4 ins and outs as opposed to the 8 you get with Midi Yoke, eliminating some clutter in your apps midi settings menu.

My OMB app is becoming more useful to me as I setup different schemes using Live Synth Pro inside of Sonar. I used to run the OMB output into Sonar with a single instance of LSP, but my new laptop is a lot more powerful than my PC and my old laptop, so I can run individual instances of LSP now for each midi output channel of OMB.

This allows me to set up effects and EQ's individually for each channel, resulting in a much better sound overall. Plus I can use SGM180 in some channels and other soundfonts, such as Bennett's another XG, for example, in others.

Maple Midi is available for free download at:
http://www.marblesound.com/Maple_driver.html

AJ


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Should I be testing SGM128 or SGM180?
Thanks Rikki and AJ for responding.
Starkeeper

Hi Starkeeper,
try both , they're both free. In Livesynth pro, I had enough memory to load either. Using my audigy nx2 soundcard, I didn't have enough memory to load sgm180.
best wishes
Rikki
Hi AJ, I've also just swapped over to the maple driver.

I installed Maple virutal MIDI cables, a few times, but don't find the executables. There is nothing on my desktop and nothing in program files. I found some dll files, but no executables. Should there be an executable? Help
Starkeeper

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Starkeeper, most soft midi programs run in the background..Try your host program, and see if the midi ports show when you load the vst instruments..

Hi Starkeeper,
in mine, they just show up in midi in /out driver setup, in whatever software program I'm using ie BIAB , OMB.

For Forte, you've got to do a midi set up in Forte itself.

I haven't tried installing forte in my new laptop as I've only been using soundfonts and they can be loaded in directly into my defacto onboard audigy, so I haven't bothered as yet.

If you get totally stuck , I'll try & load them into hubby's p.c. & see how I go.

best wishes
rikki


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Thanks Fran & Rikki. Will try this out this weekend and let you know.
Rikki, Can you load SGM180 onto your card?
Starkeeper

[This message has been edited by Starkeeper (edited 06-16-2006).]