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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??



That is a screenshot of an OLDER version of the VSC, called the VSC3. It is NOT the DXI VSC version at all and has nothing to do with it other than its name.

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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?



Well, checking the "Use DXi" box does indeed change all those MIDI outputs above and routes the thing to the DXi synth instead. It does not Gray out up above when you do that. Dunno why and don't really think it is that big of a deal once you get the thing working you won't likely think that either.


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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?



That is a feature that allows people who have a MIDI keyboard that has a few of its own voices to use them by routing only the Thru channel to the physical MIDI output port. If you have no external hardware synth like that, leave it unchecked so that your Thru input will route to the DXi synth.

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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 doesn't matter what you have selected there as "Use DXi" obviates all of them. However, I recommend that you UNcheck the MIDI Thru command under "Use DXi" for now, as I don't think you have any voices to hear in your keyboard. Might be wrong.

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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!



Tbat would be the MIDI Thru checkbox functioning. Uncheck it. It will route the MIDI on the Thru channel to any one of the selections in the Output window.

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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.



When you hit the "Use DXi" checkbox, the VSC DXi synth window should have appeared first. You can find it again by hitting, "VST/DXi Synth Settings" button immediately below. IF the VSC DXi is installed on your machine, that is.

You will not see ANY DXi listed in the MIDI Output window as those are the lists of synths and ports that are non-DXi.


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