From: "Demandred" <demandrd AT compusmart DOT ab DOT ca>
Subject: Re: Allegro midi
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Date: 11 May 97 02:18:34 GMT
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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.