From: Damian Yerrick <DONT DOT YOU DOT DAREd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comSEND DOT SPAM>
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Subject: Re: Allegro / Midi problem
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On Sat, 11 Mar 2000 19:34:54 -0000, "David Green"
<david AT davidgreen DOT fsnet DOT co DOT uk> wrote:

>I recently installed allegro and am having some problems with the midi
>support. i can play midi files loaded from disk no problem. however, when i
>try and send midi messages directly i get no sound output. BUT, if i play a
>midi file first, the midi messages all work. I'm using an AWE64 and wonder
>if it might be a problem with bank selects? i've tried sending MSB & LSB
>bank select messages, but they don't seem to have any effect at all (even
>after playing midi files)
>
>I've checked MIDI documentation and the bank select seems pretty obvious,
>but it seems to have no effect. could allegro filter out bank select
>messages or sth? all seems very strange to me, that midi messages are ok
>after playing a midi file, but not before.
>
>any suggestions/advice/etc would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Cheers,
>David.
>

Choose one:
1. Create a zero length MIDI file (extract it from freepuzzlearena's
datafile).
2. Try loading the samples into memory with load_midi_patches().

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