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Re: Win 7, is setting MIDI out to external device possible Larry Kehl #317122 11/06/15 06:19 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP teacup Newbie T Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 5	Larry, Thank You for your input. Sadly the soundcard we used before passed on and the one we replaced it with did not have a Game Port. Perhaps we need to search out another soundcard. With that last thought in mind, can anyone recommend one that they know will work. Who knows, we might some day re-install Windoze. With computer stuff, I have found, there are no absolutes. I will follow this thread, just in case.

Re: Win 7, is setting MIDI out to external device possible teacup #317175 11/07/15 06:11 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 10,277 Winston-Salem, NC USA Jim Fogle Veteran
Jim Fogle Veteran Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 10,277 Winston-Salem, NC USA	According to references cited in the Wikipedia article link below, midi standards were offically modified in 2014 to no longer support sound card gameports. Gameports read analog signals based around the use of 5 Vdc while computer are evolving around digital (USB) ports and 3.3 Vdc power supplies. So midi through gameports was officially replaced with midi through USB in 2014. ++ Wilkapedia Game port article ++ That kind of agrees with real world experience of you can't find sound cards with game ports but Windows 7, 8, 8.1 typically don't need drivers for USB to midi adaptors but you still need a device driver for Windows XP. As others have indicated, I have the Roland USB to midi cable and it is well built and reliable. Jim Fogle - 2024 BiaB (1113) RB (5) Ultra+ PAK DAWs: Cakewalk by BandLab (CbB) - Standalone: Zoom MRS-8 Laptop: i3 Win 10, 8GB ram 500GB HDD Desktop: i7 Win 11, 12GB ram 256GB SSD, 4 TB HDD Music at: https://fogle622.wix.com/fogle622-audio-home

Re: Win 7, is setting MIDI out to external device possible Jim Fogle #317222 11/07/15 11:11 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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Larry Kehl Veteran Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2,476 New Mexico	Teacup I know you put I Win 7 to bed for now, but for the record: what exactly IS your CURRENT WORKING MIDI port device that is successfully used by you in Win XP? Jim Regardless why Win 7 no longer supports game ports, Teacup stated above that the original sound card with game port (used as MIDI port) broke at some point in the past, it sounds like it occurred pre-Win 7 (the pre-Win 7 is pure speculation on my part since timeline is unclear) and the replacement sound card, again pre-Win 7 (?), did not have a game port anyway. So unless I haven't unraveled Teacup's posts pertinent facts correctly, and in the correct chronological order, it begs the question to Teacup above: Exactly which MIDI port device is Teacup running in Win XP, that apparently works in Win XP, but did not work in Win 7? Larry

Re: Win 7, is setting MIDI out to external device possible Larry Kehl #317260 11/07/15 04:38 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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Jim Fogle Veteran Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 10,277 Winston-Salem, NC USA	Larry, Creative soundcard game ports rely on an emulation of Roland's MPU-401 midi interface standard. My Creative Windows XP sound card driver recognizes the sound card game port AND onboard midi instruments. I move the card to a computer running Windows Vista and I loose use of the game port and onboard midi instruments. I have two of these Creative sound cards (Soundblaster Audigy 2). I bought them on clearance from BestBuy for $10 each. Love them! Jim Fogle - 2024 BiaB (1113) RB (5) Ultra+ PAK DAWs: Cakewalk by BandLab (CbB) - Standalone: Zoom MRS-8 Laptop: i3 Win 10, 8GB ram 500GB HDD Desktop: i7 Win 11, 12GB ram 256GB SSD, 4 TB HDD Music at: https://fogle622.wix.com/fogle622-audio-home

Re: Win 7, is setting MIDI out to external device possible Jim Fogle #317647 11/08/15 04:11 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2,476 New Mexico Larry Kehl Veteran
Larry Kehl Veteran Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2,476 New Mexico	Jim I, along with probably the vast majority of all us BIAB'ers, have had and used a few Creative SB cards as well. However, that is immaterial to my question: What MIDI interface does Teacup have that works in Win XP but doesn’t work in Win 7. IT cannot be SB or any other brand of sound card WITH a game port since, Teacup claims above that the replacement sound card "... did not have a Game Port" anyway. This lack of MIDI interface to the SC-55 in Win 7 actually caused Teacup sufficient frustration to wipe out Win 7 and reinstall/recover Win XP. Larry Win10Pro,i9,64GB,2TBSSD+20TBHDDs,1080TI,BIAB'24,Scarlett18i8,Montage7,Fusion 8HD,QS8,Integra7,XV5080,QSR,SC-8850,SPLAT,FL21&others,Komp.14,IK suite&others, just a guitar player-AXE FX III &FM9T, FishmanTP, MIDIGuitar2, GK2/3'sw/GI20

Re: Win 7, is setting MIDI out to external device possible Larry Kehl #317652 11/08/15 04:30 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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Jim Fogle Veteran Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 10,277 Winston-Salem, NC USA	Larry, Reread Teacup's last posting and better understand your question now. Jim Fogle - 2024 BiaB (1113) RB (5) Ultra+ PAK DAWs: Cakewalk by BandLab (CbB) - Standalone: Zoom MRS-8 Laptop: i3 Win 10, 8GB ram 500GB HDD Desktop: i7 Win 11, 12GB ram 256GB SSD, 4 TB HDD Music at: https://fogle622.wix.com/fogle622-audio-home

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