Okay, first you're going to need to tell me what program you're referring to below. BassMIDI is an additional sound source for use in QWS and other things. The program mentioned here on the list is to let you change the default sound source for a Windows 7 or later operating system. If you change your default MIDI playback device then anything uses that instead of the Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth. So, for instance, if you run it, you could set it so your keyboard or BassMIDI is the default, and when you run Windows Media Player or Winamp to play MIDI files then instead of using that high latency wavetable synth it'll use what you tell it to use. BassMIDI 1x is my default on my Windows XP machine (the one I'm using right now) and when I play back anything it will use my over 30,000 sounds I have loaded to play things back. (And if I load the other synths Winamp will access those too) I'm glad I'm making things clear. I've written tests for courses in MIDI and digital music, and I'm planning on writing a textbook on modern MIDI stuff, so it's good to hear that I'm explaining things well.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Joe Giovanelli > Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 9:04 PM > To: QWS list > Subject: Re: QWS List some questions > > Hi, Nicole, > > I'm really impressed! You have such a great command of QWS and can > explain things well! > > QWS handles ports very well. What, then, is the difference between QWS > and the MIDI program we've been discussing? > > Is that program something to be used if a person does not use or have > QWS? > > As always, you have my thanks. > > Joe Giovanelli > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Nicole Massey <[email protected]> > To: "QWS list" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2015 12:54 > Subject: RE: QWS List some questions > > > > > > > Avoid using the Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth at all costs. Use > > something with far better sound and lower latency, like BassMIDI and > a > > good bank of GS sound fonts loaded into it as your default. This is > > what the application mentioned here in a prior message is for if > > you're using Windows 7 or later > > - replacing the wavetable as your default with something that does a > > far better job. > > Ports in a Windows environment are either real MIDI ports through > MIDI > > cables or USB and any other driver sound devices you have installed > > along with any other virtual MIDI cables you have in the system. > These > > widen your playback options to a great deal. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf > > > Of Joe Giovanelli > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 10:58 AM > > > To: QWS list > > > Subject: Re: QWS List some questions > > > > > > Hi, Juan, > > > > > > I have the program you mentioned but I do not understand when to > use > > > it or why I might want to do that. > > > > > > With Microsoft, all we have is that poor Wave Table. Where do ports > > > come into play? > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > Joe Giovanelli > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Juan Bello <[email protected]> > > > To: "QWS list" <[email protected]> > > > Date: Thursday, July 2, 2015 4:01 > > > Subject: Re: QWS List some questions > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > hi, on Windows xp you could just simply go inside the sound > > > > settings in control panel and choose your default midi device. > But > > > > Microsoft being silly and lame for all musicians as they always > > > > have been, and will ever be, hid the option of selecting default > > > > midi device on Windows 7 and beyond, forever. FOCCbi'bi'rtunately > > > > a few ones have come > > > to > > > > the rescue, and created this small utility that is 100% > accesible, > > > > because it is a really trivially simple task that deserves a > > > > section on a subsection of the control panel. You just download > > > > and run the executable file inside this zip file, its very small > > > > in size, no installation is even necessary. If you have problems, > > > > install the dot net framework from the Windows updates or google > > > > for it. And also try running the program again as administrator > by > > > > selecting the > > > executable > > > > file, pressing the applications key or shift plus f10 and then > > > finding > > > > the option run as administrator. > > > > > > > > http://sdim.gr/mpc/MidiPortConfig.zip > > > > > > > > 2015-07-01 22:25 GMT-05:00, mike hall <[email protected]>: > > > > > Hello Nicole. Sorry I didn't punctuate the right way, because i > > > > > was trying out a text to speech program to see how it would > > > > > work. and, > > > i > > > > > guess it didn't work out like i liked it to. So i am sorry > about > > > > > that post and i am glad you told me about it. thank you. I'm > > > > > using Windows 7. So are you saying, that i need sighted help > > > > > setting my audio default device up? Well thank you for your > help > > > > > and, i hope you can read this email better to your > satisfaction. > > > > > Take care and > > > god bless. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Nicole Massey" <[email protected]> > > > > > To: "QWS list" <[email protected]> > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2015 10:38 PM > > > > > Subject: RE: QWS List some questions > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> QWS handles this for you if you set up the track properties as > > > > >> you want them. Make sure that on playback you have your port > > > > >> set > > > correctly. > > > > >> When playing a standard MIDI file in anything other than QWS > > > > >> it's going to play to your default MIDI playback device. > > > > >> Note also that playback devices aren't required to use the > same > > > > >> sound maps unless they're GM, GM2, GS, or XG compliant. Only > > > > >> these sound mapping schemes have consistency across MIDI > > > > >> devices, and anything that isn't one > > > > >> > > > > >> of > > > > >> these can put any sound in any program number. This may be > part > > > > >> of your problem depending on what you're using for playback. > > > > >> > > > > >>> -----Original Message----- > > > > >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > > > >>> Behalf Of Joe Giovanelli > > > > >>> Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2015 8:27 PM > > > > >>> To: QWS list > > > > >>> Subject: Re: QWS List some questions > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Hello, Nicole, > > > > >>> > > > > >>> When I set up each track, I filled in all the appropriate > items. > > > > >>> That includes bank, the instrument (taken from an instrument > > > > >>> list). I set pan and volume as needed in order to get the > > > > >>> sound > > > balance I wanted. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> It all works well when playing my sequence via QWS. It does > > > > >>> not produce anything like the correct instruments when I > > > > >>> transfer > > > this > > > > >>> sequence to a synth equipped with a MIDI player. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> I can't remember but much about this, but years ago when I > had > > > > >>> a different sequencer, I had to enter all those valuep at the > > > > >>> start of each track. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> I can figure what to enter, but do not know how to do that in > > > QWS. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> I hope my explanation makes more sense now. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Thank you, Nicole and others, for your ideas. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Joe Giovanelli > > > > >>> > > > > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > > > > >>> From: Nicole Massey <[email protected]> > > > > >>> To: "QWS list" <[email protected]> > > > > >>> Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2015 20:51 > > > > >>> Subject: RE: QWS List some questions > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > This isn't just a QWS situation - it's the way MIDI works > > > > >>> > dependent upon the hardware or software it's controlling. > > > > >>> > QWS does use the -1 value to indicate that it isn't going > to > > > > >>> > send anything, leaving > > > > >>> things > > > > >>> > the way they were last set. Some devices will reset to a > set > > > > >>> > value, but most will leave things as they were until > > > > >>> > something new comes in unless you sent an All Controllers > > > > >>> > Off message (if supported by the device - this is a recent > > > > >>> > addition to the controller list) or other reset commands in > > > > >>> > Sysex. So this kind of behavior is normal for MIDI, which > is > > > > >>> > why I always set the volume, pan, reverb, and chorus values > > > > >>> in the track properties. > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > -----Original Message----- > > > > >>> > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > > > > >>> > > On > > > > >>> Behalf > > > > >>> > > Of John Sanfilippo > > > > >>> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2015 5:52 PM > > > > >>> > > To: QWS list > > > > >>> > > Subject: Re: QWS List some questionns > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > I'm not quite certain of what you are asking, but one > > > > >>> > > thing you might try is setting the volume of every track > > > > >>> > > to 100 or 127. I found that when I set track volumes, the > > > > >>> > > next time I opened an otherwise empty qws midi file, it > > > > >>> > > remembered the other track and > > > > >>> instrument settings. > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > Just a wild guess. It can't hurt to try. > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > js > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > >>> > > From: "Joe Giovanelli" <[email protected]> > > > > >>> > > To: "QWS list" <[email protected]> > > > > >>> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2015 16:02 > > > > >>> > > Subject: QWS List some questionns > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > > Hello List Members, > > > > >>> > > > > > > > >>> > > > I have a couple of questions. > > > > >>> > > > > > > > >>> > > > I have created a sequence and edited it to my > satisfaction. > > > > >>> > > > Although > > > > >>> > > it > > > > >>> > > > plays properly through QWS, it does not play correctly > > > > >>> > > > when the > > > > >>> > > sequence > > > > >>> > > > is transferred to another instrument which does not > > > > >>> > > > involve > > > QWS. > > > > >>> > > > > > > > >>> > > > The initial setting for each track were done using the > > > track > > > > >>> > > properties. > > > > >>> > > > > > > > >>> > > > It appears that QWS "knows" what I intended but this > > > > >>> > > > info > > > is > > > > >>> > > > not transmitted to other equipment. > > > > >>> > > > > > > > >>> > > > How do I get the right settings written directly to my > > > sequence? > > > > >>> > > > > > > > >>> > > > I probably have other questions but perhaps this is > > > > >>> > > > enough for this > > > > >>> > > round. > > > > >>> > > > > > > > >>> > > > Thank you for reading this. > > > > >>> > > > > > > > >>> > > > Joe Giovanelli > > > > >>> > > > To unsubscribe or change list options, see > > > > >>> > > http://lists.andrelouis.com > > > > >>> > > > > > > > >>> > > > for archived list posts, see > > > > >>> > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > To unsubscribe or change list options, see > > > > >>> > > http://lists.andrelouis.com > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > for archived list posts, see http://www.mail- > > > > >>> > > archive.com/[email protected] > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > To unsubscribe or change list options, see > > > > >>> http://lists.andrelouis.com > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > for archived list posts, see > > > > >>> > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > >>> To unsubscribe or change list options, see > > > > >>> http://lists.andrelouis.com > > > > >>> > > > > >>> for archived list posts, see http://www.mail- > > > > >>> archive.com/[email protected] > > > > >> > > > > >> To unsubscribe or change list options, see > > > > >> http://lists.andrelouis.com > > > > >> > > > > >> for archived list posts, see > > > > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe or change list options, see > > > > > http://lists.andrelouis.com > > > > > > > > > > for archived list posts, see > > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > > > Juan Pablo Bello > > > > Cel. 313-879-2884 > > > > To unsubscribe or change list options, see > > > http://lists.andrelouis.com > > > > > > > > for archived list posts, see > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > To unsubscribe or change list options, see > > > http://lists.andrelouis.com > > > > > > for archived list posts, see http://www.mail- > > > archive.com/[email protected] > > > > To unsubscribe or change list options, see > http://lists.andrelouis.com > > > > for archived list posts, see > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com > > for archived list posts, see http://www.mail- > archive.com/[email protected] To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com for archived list posts, see http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
