Originally Posted By: jazzmammal
Have I said yet you need to become a computer nerd to use and work with this stuff?..
Bob


Well, the sad fact IS that I (in theory but out of practice) AM(/was) a computer nerd - first box was a Kim 1 - 1K of RAM, hex input 6502, the only instructions were the 6502 Instruction Set, the 6510 I/O hardware manual and the "user Guide," which primarily said, "enter C800 into address 00FE to point to the hex display. Started with Hex machine code. I was a professional FoxPro programmer for years, and should know what I'm doing. But I expected BiaB to actually do what you said, work right out of the box. Should have known better, the Windows 3.1 interface was a big clue :-) . Not to rag on the design, I really don't care as long as it's navigable and does the job. But you have to admit it's pretty retro (cracked me up when I read that the GUI has just been updated, was the previous version a DOS screen?.)

This is valuable info, JM thanks. What was ESPECIALLY useful (and proof of my loss of nerd status) I have had ST2.5XT for years, and never knew how to load Omnisynth as a GM box, I always manually loaded the tracks in Digital Performer or Mixcraft.) Never saw the midi map - but then again, the ST GUI is so unnecessarily dense - and my eyes aren't the greatest, I gave up - I just wanted a GM synth on my PC to audition GM midi downloads. I was a Gigastudio guy - 8 shoeboxes of sample libs - so I didn't worry about it.

Now that I'd like to integrate my performance track creation software, primarily BiaB, iReal Pro on ioS and the various DAWs I routinely use, these things are becoming important again.

But right now, the main thing is stability (again...) I switched from Mac when DP released their PC version - which STILL doesn't work correctly with many VSTs and VSTis. So I use Mixcraft 6 - $79 and a better engine than many $00 DAWs, plus the best GM drum sounds, INHO.

But I do not understand why my midi sounds are not loading - the GUI says they are loaded, the app plays piano1 on all midi tracks, so I'm just going to restart the app from scratch.
I have one question about installation order, which I will ask in a new thread, to see if there are issues I need to be aware of that some users may have experienced.

It's all about the music.
(I keep telling myself that...)
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