From:	"J. Ellis" <cellis AT voyageur DOT ca>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Allegro midi
Date:	Sun, 11 May 1997 13:59:14 -0500
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Demandred wrote:
> 
> J. Ellis <cellis AT voyageur DOT ca> wrote in article
> <3373EF4D DOT 77CB AT voyageur DOT ca>...
> > I tried using play.exe (included with Allegro in the tests dir), and it
> > works fine except for one thing:  The midis just don't sound right!  I
> > know how they should sound cause I run them with Win95 Media Player, but
> > when I run them with play.exe they sound pretty bad.  It's as if all the
> > instruments are mixed up or something (the drums sound like someone
> > gulping, and the X-files "whistle" sound is barely discernable and much
> > too high pitched, etc.).  What could it be?  Is it a bug in Allegro, or
> > a bug in the installation?  PLEASE help, and thank you for your time:-)
> >
> Heh... midis sound "wrong" on everything except what you originally used to
> play them.  After I upgraded to WinDoze 95 from 3.11, all of my midis
> sounded horrible on 95's player -- so much so that I just gave up and
> started collecting mods.  They sound even worse under DOS, using the
> play.exe that I got with my soundblaster 16.  Chances are they'll sound
> different under Allegro's play.exe (unless of course that one's identical
> to the one with my SB).  It's just a matter of taste and executable.

So does this mean that I should start using mods instead of midis? 
What's the diff?  Also, where can I get a lib for DJGPP that supports
the use of mods?  Thanks for your help:-)

Jordan Ellis

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