Originally Posted By: jazzmammal
Hmmm, can't remember for sure now but I don't think you're correct. Remember why PG came up with the Coyote WT in the first place? It was because so many people had 64 bit machines and would not have the ability to hear anything if they didn't already have a synth to use. That's the same reason they included the VSC. That certainly implies to me that the MS Wavetable by itself won't work.


I remember it well.

The problem you cite was NEVER a problem with the microsoft synth.

It was a problem with the old VSC - Edirol/Roland's Virtual Sound Canvas - that ships free with BiaB but only works on 32 bit systems.

That aside, the microsoft wavetable ships with the OS.

It is not installed afterwards by the user.

Therefore, if the OS is invoking the microsoft wavetable synth as one of the standard listed MIDI playback options, it will indeed work with the OS.

Microsoft Wavetable Synth is the ONLY way that any version of Windows can play back standard MIDI files right out of the box, and all versions can do that, 32 or 64 bit. The Windows Media Player, in standard default, plays MIDI files using the Microsoft Wavetable Synth as the sound source. So can BiaB.

Notice the terminology, Bob, "standard" MIDI synth.

The Coyote is a "DXi" MIDI synth.

Two different things that, while both make MIDI controlled sounds, operate in entirely different fashion, actually.


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