Re: question about winamp and .mid files:
- From: Reg Webb <reg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 05:40:56 +0100
Hi Nancy
In Winamp preferences, select the "input" branch of the plug ins section
of the tree view, and select the Nulsoft Midi player from the list. Tab
past the close button, and press the spacebar on the "configure" button.
Now, with your screen reader's mouse, you should find an item near the
top of the screen that says "device". Left click on this, and that
should bring up a combo box that you can navigate with your arrow keys.
This will show you what devices are available to play your midifiles.
This will include the Microsoft Midimapper, but, if there's nothing
else, there won't be anything for it to map to. As I said before, with
any luck, you may find the Microsoft Wave table, even if you don't have
any other synths installed. If it's there, select that, or anything
else that sounds like a synth, in the combo box, and press OK, and then
shift+tab back to the close button, and hit the spacebar on that. If
you don't have anything installed that can respond to the note and
program information which is what a midifile contains, then you won't
hear anything obviously; but at least you'll know why. What you do if
you have no software synths on your computer isn't the stuff of this
list, but you can always mail someone privately about it, or join
midi-mag.
Good luck
Reg
In message <004d01c441f8$5e007680$6501a8c0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Nancy Shipman <nancyates@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>It does make sense, but could you please tell me where to find the synth
>config???
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Reg Webb" <reg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 6:34 AM
>Subject: Re: question about winamp and .mid files:
>
>
>> Hi Nancy
>>
>> At the risk of telling you what you already know, .MID files aren't
>> sound files; there just control information for synthesisers. So, if
>> you don't have any software synthesisers installed on your system,
>> either bundled with a sound card or otherwise, you won't hear anything.
>> If you take a look at the configuration dialogue for the MIDI input plug
>> in, you should find a combo box for the sound device. You might have to
>> left click this with your screen reader's mouse to get focus on it. If
>> you don't have a sound card with synths, you might have Microsoft Wave
>> Table or whatever it's called. Do you hear any Windows sounds for
>> example? If you do, then you can play your MIDI files if you select
>> that synth to play them with.
>>
>> I hope that makes some kind of sense.
>>
>>
>> Reg
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> In message <000601c440c1$255e2850$9ef79118@new>, Duyahn Walker
>> <themusicman1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>> >Try to play the same files using another player.
>> >
>> >Deon Walker
>> >
>> >
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: "Nancy Shipman" <nancyates@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >To: <winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 7:22 AM
>> >Subject: Re: question about winamp and .mid files:
>> >
>> >
>> >> Yes, I can hear Jaws while playing other Winamp files, so I know it
>works,
>> >> like I say, it worked before, and it's only been recently that I
>> >discovered
>> >> it doesn't work any more, so that's why I'm puzzled.
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Duyahn Walker" <themusicman1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> To: <winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 5:18 AM
>> >> Subject: Re: question about winamp and .mid files:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Have you tried to play a cd using Winamp and JFW? Try that and see if
>it
>> >> > plays. If it doesn't, you have what's called, a single channel sound
>> >card.
>> >> > This means that Winamp will come up, but you will only hear JFW
>talking.
>> >> If
>> >> > you have a multi-channel sound card, you would hear JFW, and the
>files
>> >> that
>> >> > you are trying to play in Winamp. Most of your onboard audio sound
>cards
>> >> are
>> >> > multi-channel. Some of them are just single channel sound cards.
>> >> >
>> >> > Hope this helps!
>> >> >
>> >> > Deon Walker
>> >> >
>> >> > E-mail and Windows messenger: themusicman1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> > Yahoo messenger: themusicman_2004
>> >> > AOL instant messenger: MKnightJones
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > ----- Original Message -----
>> >> > From: "Nancy Shipman" <nancyates@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> > To: <winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> > Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 7:05 AM
>> >> > Subject: question about winamp and .mid files:
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > > Hi. My name is Nancy, and I'm new to this list. Thank you all for
>> >> letting
>> >> > me join.
>> >> > > My question is; I am using JFW version 5.0, and Windows 98, with
>only
>> >> > onboard audio, no sound card, and Winamp 503a. I used to be able to
>> >play
>> >> > mid files through Winamp when I had 2.81, but for some reason
>recently,
>> >> even
>> >> > that version wasn't playing my .mid files, even when I selected .mid
>in
>> >> the
>> >> > file types under the Winamp preferences. So I switched to Winamp
>> >version
>> >> > 503a, and selected all file types there too, and my .mid files still
>> >won't
>> >> > play.
>> >> > > Someone had mentioned to me that I should have someone sighted look
>in
>> >> > byos for me to make sure the settings were all set to allow .mid
>files,
>> >> but
>> >> > when I had my husband look, he said there was nothing that even had
>to
>> >do
>> >> > with .mid, and he thinks that's because I don't have a sound card.
>> >> > > Does anyone have a suggestion as to what I can do to get my .mid fi
>les
>> >> to
>> >> > play???
>> >> > > I'd appreciate any input you guys might have.
>> >> > > Thanks.
>> >> > > Nancy
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