MIDI samples that come bundled in or with the soundcard are all but nonexistant anymore.

Some of the Creative cards still support use of Soundfonts for the MIDI sounds, but apparently even some of those are now no longer actual separate hardware storing and controlling those sounds, the cards now just come bundled with the equivalent of a software based soundfont player.

My advice to SaxMaam is to keep it simple and first purchase and install Band in a Box, use the computer's internal soundcard and either the built in Microsoft MIDI software synthesizer that is a part of the Operating System. The purchase of Band in a Box will include an evaluation copy of the DXi software synth that works with Win7 and it is good for 30 days. That should give you time to decide whether to go that 40 dollar route or perhaps look into hardware MIDI synth options.

Meanwhile, Band in a Box can run quite well enough using the computer's already included sound device.


--Mac

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