Midi/Games port

Posted by Andy on Sat, 06/14/03 - 12:19:22.

I have I think, an Evergreen 2 mother board with soundmax digital audio.
I am trying to get my Game/Midi port to send and receive midi data from my
keyboard/drum machine. I have had my machine a while but I haven't used this
port before, so I didn't realise there was a problem with it
I have contacted soundmax and was given the following advice

To tell if you have SoundMax WDM drivers installed follow the steps below:
Start I Settings I Control Panel I Open Systems I Select Hardware tab I
Click on Device Manager I expand Sound, Video and game controllers I double
click the SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio I Click the driver tab I If the
version starts with 5.12.1. xxxx, then the driver is WDM.

To check whether you have SoundMAX midi follow these steps:

Start I Settings I Control Panel I Open the I Open the "Sounds and
Multimedia" Properties I Click the Audio tab I Under the Midi Music Playback
check whether "SoundMAX WDM MIDI" is in the drop down list and select it. If
you don't find it then it means you driver did not come with it and you will
have to contact your pc or mother board manufacturer for updated drivers.

I do seem to have the right version number. And when I look at my system
through the sound multimedia tab it says I have the wdm midi device but it
does not appear through the my computer properties route or in any of the
drop down selection boxes of my music programs, (An old version of Cakewalk
professional midi and an OEM version of Magix Music maker)
So therefore I cannot drive my external midi devices. Can you help to solve
this problem or tell me if there is, or where I can get the proper driver
from?
thanks
Andy

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Re: Midi/Games port

Posted by Ryan on Tue, 07/22/2003 - 18:53.

I am having the exact same problem...except I actually have the right version of SoundMAX. Cakewalk doesn't find the WDM MIDI device as input/output. So the only thing I can do in Cakewalk is play back MIDI files through my speakers.

I have tried everything -- reinstalling drivers, etc. -- and just can't figure it out. I know it's not the operating system, because I have an older computer running the same OS and it works fine for that one.

: I have I think, an Evergreen 2 mother board with soundmax digital audio.
: I am trying to get my Game/Midi port to send and receive midi data from my
: keyboard/drum machine. I have had my machine a while but I haven't used this
: port before, so I didn't realise there was a problem with it
: I have contacted soundmax and was given the following advice

: To tell if you have SoundMax WDM drivers installed follow the steps below:
: Start I Settings I Control Panel I Open Systems I Select Hardware tab I
: Click on Device Manager I expand Sound, Video and game controllers I double
: click the SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio I Click the driver tab I If the
: version starts with 5.12.1. xxxx, then the driver is WDM.

: To check whether you have SoundMAX midi follow these steps:

: Start I Settings I Control Panel I Open the I Open the "Sounds and
: Multimedia" Properties I Click the Audio tab I Under the Midi Music Playback
: check whether "SoundMAX WDM MIDI" is in the drop down list and select it. If
: you don't find it then it means you driver did not come with it and you will
: have to contact your pc or mother board manufacturer for updated drivers.

: I do seem to have the right version number. And when I look at my system
: through the sound multimedia tab it says I have the wdm midi device but it
: does not appear through the my computer properties route or in any of the
: drop down selection boxes of my music programs, (An old version of Cakewalk
: professional midi and an OEM version of Magix Music maker)
: So therefore I cannot drive my external midi devices. Can you help to solve
: this problem or tell me if there is, or where I can get the proper driver
: from?
: thanks
: Andy