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I already told you how to invoke the VSC DXi synth -- please note that it is not going to appear in the MIDI Output Window because it is not a true MIDI Output to the computer, it is a DXi plugin.

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Word of caution: Check the BIAB MIDI Output window, too, if you are using the Microsoft Software Synthesizer, it will ALWAYS have latency when you try to play it in realtime. Install and use the VSC DXi synth (check "Use Dxi" below the MIDI output window in BIAB) instead, sounds better and can be played in realtime with the keyboard using the above drivers.




--Mac



Thanks for your patience as I get this worked out.

If you look at page 8 (at least in my BIAB book) I see the Roland VSC as one of the choices under the MIDI Out section. Is that something different from the DXI checkbox thingie you refer to??

Next, the check boxes you refer to are physically located under the Synthesizer / Sound card label implying that they are not MIDI related. So what do I need to do with the MiDI out? Select NONE? If checking the Use DXI Synth "completely replaces" the Midi Output Driver section of this dialog, then it seems to me that that whole section should gray out if you check the check box and un-gray if you un-check that check box? If the Midi Out remains selectable then that implies that I am supposed to be in there selecting something no?

In addition to all of this, there is a check box under the "Use DXI Synth" that says "Route MIDI through MIDI Driver". Are you saying that there is no MIDI driver with the ROLAND VSC so I should NOT have this check box checked?

So, I checked the check boxes (both of them, as I stated in my immediate previous post). Does that mean that the Midi Out section is just completely irrelevent or do I still have to go in to that section and select "No midi output sound".

It appears that this is NOT the case since I went to the Midi Out section and selected NONE and suddenly my keyboard generates no sound, though the keys still display when I play the DP. I then tried the MS Midi Mapper, same thing. I then tried the MS GS Wave Table Synth and the keyboard sounds are back, but delayed as before. It certainly appears that I am using the MS synth and if I want to NOT use that then I need the Roland to appear here so that I can use that instead!

Please remember that I only know what the book (and you guys) tell me to do, and to be honest this is rather a confusing mess. As I understand it I am supposed to use the Roland VSC, and NOT use the MS Synth, but the Roland is NOT a choice in the MIDI Out (though it is a choice in the picture in the book) and I have to use the MS Synth or I can't hear my keyboard.

I am fine with reading if there is a tutorial or thread somewhere that discusses setting up the default Roland VSC with a keyboard.

TIA for your assistance,

Last edited by jwc; 04/28/09 07:31 AM.
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