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Section 3: Technical Help and Information
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MIDI Usage
Compatibility with Roland MT-32
The Roland MT-32 synthesizer mode of SoundWave
32 supports the system-exclusive messages (sysex)
for reverb and voice assignment. It does not support
sysex messages for partial synthesis. Therefore, games
that attempt to create their own sound bank may
experience sonic anomalies (weird sounds). Select-
ing General MIDI will correct this. MIDI channel 1 is
not active as a default in the MT-32 mode. Your
application (games/software) will activate it if re-
quired.
Roland Synthesizers
Some Roland synthesizers, most notably the D-50,
send "all notes off" commands when all keys are
released. This causes SoundWave 32 sounds to play
in a "staccato" fashion. Holding down one key while
playing other notes will correct this.
Windows Sound System
The Windows Sound System applications that come
with the Windows Sound System hardware will cause
a "Windows Sound System board not installed" error.
This error occurs because the applications require the
actual Microsoft hardware to run. You can correct
this by loading the Microsoft Sound Systems driver
instead of the SoundWave 32 driver, or you can use
the retail version of Windows Sound System (the
software only version).
External keyboard control of SoundWave 32
If you wish to plug a MIDI keyboard into SoundWave
32, you will need to purchase the joystick/MIDI cable
adapter from Orchid. The Orchid SoundWave 32
also supports "standard" joystick/MIDI cable sets, so
if you have access to a Sound Blaster or Pro Audio
Spectrum MIDI cable or compatible cable, it should
work properly.