ea7hj Posted September 20, 2023 Posted September 20, 2023 (edited) Hi I have installed the Coolsoft Virtualmidisynth software, and it does not appear in Cakewalk by BandLab on Preferences->MIDI-> Devices to select it as a midi player. The Virtualmidisynth works well for me in other software that I have installed, but here in CbB I do not find the form. Other times I have had it working perfectly, but I don't know what happened. Any help in this regard? . Thanks in advance. Antonio Edited September 20, 2023 by ea7hj
user905133 Posted September 20, 2023 Posted September 20, 2023 1 hour ago, ea7hj said: Hi I have installed the Coolsoft Virtualmidisynth software, and it does not appear in preferences-> midi-> devices to select it as a midi player. The Virtualmidisynth works well for me in other software that I have installed, but here in CbB I do not find the form. Other times I have had it working perfectly, but I don't know what happened. Any help in this regard? . Thanks in advance. Antonio This?
David Baay Posted September 20, 2023 Posted September 20, 2023 Product description says: "VirtualMIDISynth is a software MIDI synthesizer implemented as a Windows multimedia user driver, accessible as a standard MIDI Out device." This sounds like it's emulating an onboard GS/GM Wavetable synth chip. The 23.09 EA release explicitly eliminated support for this because it's not supported (or is losing support...?) in Windows 11.
TheMaartian Posted September 21, 2023 Posted September 21, 2023 (edited) I'm on the latest version of Win11 Pro. Both the MS GS MIDI Synth and all four channels of Virtual MIDISynth show up in Gig Performer, Reaper and Band in a Box. Studio One Pro doesn't seem to have a MIDI player option, so neither show up there. But, VirtualMIDISynth runs great under Win11. Edited September 21, 2023 by John Maar 1
RobertWS Posted September 21, 2023 Posted September 21, 2023 (edited) Mine was working fine. Then I installed 2023.09 (Build 062, 64 bit) and I'm having the same problem. And, when I open a plain MIDI file, Cakewalk, TTS-1 is inserted as a track. WTF? I'm glad I have the previous version in case I have to go back. Edited September 21, 2023 by RobertWS
ea7hj Posted September 21, 2023 Author Posted September 21, 2023 Many thanks for the info to all. Greetings /Antonio
David Baay Posted September 21, 2023 Posted September 21, 2023 12 hours ago, John Maar said: I'm on the latest version of Win11 Pro. Both the MS GS MIDI Synth and all four channels of Virtual MIDISynth show up in Gig Performer, Reaper and Band in a Box. Studio One Pro doesn't seem to have a MIDI player option, so neither show up there. But, VirtualMIDISynth runs great under Win11./? Interesting. I was just going by this post:
trethevy Posted October 1, 2023 Posted October 1, 2023 I'm please to find this thread as since installing 2023.09 (Build 062, 64 bit) I too no longer have access to my Coolsoft VirtualMIDIsynth which I've been using without issue for years. Has anyone found a workaround please? I now see that this upgrade doesn't come with a rollback option. Doh! 1
Iman Posted October 9, 2023 Posted October 9, 2023 I also lost access to the VirtualMIDIsynth that I've been using for years. Is there any way to get it back?
sjoens Posted October 9, 2023 Posted October 9, 2023 (edited) Tired of Windows 11 & software updates breaking things! Wonder if Yamaha S-YXG50 works in 2023.09? If not, doubt I'll update. Edited October 10, 2023 by sjoens
Xoo Posted October 9, 2023 Posted October 9, 2023 (edited) MIDI Yoke as an intermediary? Or, with all due respect, move into the 2020's and use a VSTi/DXi (TTS-1) or equivalent: there is no good reason I can think of to use a virtual hardware device that exposes itself as a Windows driver. Edited October 9, 2023 by Xoo 1
Iman Posted October 10, 2023 Posted October 10, 2023 (edited) Is there any way one could use a Sound Font (such as the .sfz files in here) in Cakewalk, now that VirtualMIDISynth has been disabled in the new un-rollbackable version? Edited October 10, 2023 by Iman
sjoens Posted October 10, 2023 Posted October 10, 2023 There are several sfz & sf2 players that work in CbB.
Iman Posted October 10, 2023 Posted October 10, 2023 2 hours ago, sjoens said: There are several sfz & sf2 players that work in CbB. Could you please let me know what I could use, besides virtualMIDISynth, to play sfz files in CbB? I'll appreciate it.
Michael Vogel Posted October 10, 2023 Posted October 10, 2023 Those saying they won’t update if this or that doesn’t work any longer are forgetting that any CbB version apart from the latest version, soon won’t work anymore. Only the last version will be able to be activated and then only for a yet to be announced time.
sjoens Posted October 10, 2023 Posted October 10, 2023 Not forgetting. Just realizing "All good things.... "? Seems lately windows 11 and app updates are breaking the things I use.
Xoo Posted October 10, 2023 Posted October 10, 2023 Google/Bing/search engine of choice is your friend: it'll take you 30 seconds to find links to several that do this. eg. https://hiphopmakers.com/best-free-soundfont-players-vst-plugin
msmcleod Posted October 10, 2023 Posted October 10, 2023 11 hours ago, sjoens said: Tired of Windows 11 & software updates breaking things! Wonder if Yamaha S-YXG50 works in 2023.09? If not, doubt I'll update. I still use that (using CbB's JBridge wrapper support) and it works fine in 2023.09. 1
Iman Posted October 11, 2023 Posted October 11, 2023 (edited) Thank you! The soundfont is working with the VST plugin (I'm using BassMidi VSTi). Edited October 11, 2023 by Iman
sjoens Posted October 12, 2023 Posted October 12, 2023 On 10/10/2023 at 12:19 AM, msmcleod said: I still use that (using CbB's JBridge wrapper support) and it works fine in 2023.09. CMIIW, but it seems Yamaha uses the same samples in most of their XG gear but alter them slightly for each model so they sound slightly different. When layering the S-YXG50 with another Yamaha like the PSR540 using the same voice, it brings out a new dimension to the sound.
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