Andrew,

Thanks for that detailed response. I am trying to get everything working through the computer sound card at the moment. I am using the onboard sound of the motherboard, AFAICT it is the Soundmax integrated digital HD Audio.

I was originally trying to play everything through the synth in the Ensoniq ZR-76 keyboard but I had a ton of problems getting that to work so I decided to try using a software solution. That has not been trivial either.

To be honest I would prefer to use the synth in the keyboard if it could be done. I am building a piano system with other software as well for my kids (and I) to use to learn piano however BIAB will be used only by myself really.

As for your instructions, I have downloaded and installed the ASIO4All drivers and am trying to get them set up. I reset to factory defaults, then went through your ASIO instructions step by step. I selected the M-Audio as the Midi Out and I selected the General Midi Instrument as the sound / synthesizer. In the Audio dialog I selected ASIO, then went in to the ASIO Audio Drivers dialog. The ASIO4All was already selected, I checked ASIO always on, selected Best for resampler quality. The Input Port only has (0, 1) Soundmax and it is selected, the output has 4 groupings - (0,1), (2,3) etc. (0,1) is selected.

But I am getting a warning that

"the audio or DXI Output will be silent. The ASIO4All driver is disconnected, likely due to your using a soft synth for midi"

I was previously using the soft synth for MIDI out simply because unless I did I could not hear the DP at all. However per your instructions I have switched and selected the m-Audio as the MIDI Out so I think the message is lying to us. Or there is a setting somewhere that is still hosing us up.

Having said that, I can now play BIAB songs where yesterday it truly was "silent" (no sound at all), however the keyboard still does not sound, though the keys show as playing on the upper left keyboard. This is exactly the reason that I was selecting the GS Wavetable in the MIDI out section, because with that I could hear the keyboard, though there was a delay.

Hmm... I just went back in to the sound settings and this time when I closed the dialog I did not get the "will be silent" warning" so it seems that THAT issue is gone. Now to get the keyboard to sound.

Thanks again for your assistance on this.

jwcolby
Ensoniq ZR-76 keyboard, m-Audio Minisport 2x2 Anniversary Edition
AMD x2-3800, 2gb RAM
XP SP3, BIAB 2008