Windows 98 and Audio

Awe64 - Midi Files Sound Odd

SUMMARY: Change how the SoundBlaster Awe 64 soundcard synthesizes sounds in MIDI songs.

Are you midi files sounding very wrong after installing to Win98? If so, it's because Win98 may reset the Creative drivers to use FM synthesis instead of Wavetable synthesis for midi files. For a quick lesson, FM synthesis is the old computer-generated way of playing midi files, while wavetable synthesis uses actual digitized musical instruments to play midi files in a much more pleasurable way.

To fix this error, click on the "Start" menu, choosing "Settings" then "Control Panel." On the window that appears, double-click (or single-click if that's how you have things set up) the "Multimedia" icons. On the multi-tabbed dialog box that follows, select the "Midi" tab. Under "Single Instrument," select "AWE64 MIDI Synth" to play midi files using your card's wavetable abilities, or "AWE64 MIDI Out" to play midi files using an external midi device.

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