This is the fuc*er You want for gigging - OK, so the GP screen will eventually blow up in your face, killing you, and the hard drive is likely NOT IDE, but i don't care, i want one. Now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrJgjmAPzmE
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So next friday we take the SEQ+, E4, M1000, Quazar, TR909, TT303 & SC88 out to play live. All will be mixed with snapshots on an 01v, then shoved through an Ultramiser Pro.
Also going to run Arkaos for the visuals with midi triggers i appended to all the .SNG files for the tracks we are to do.
Arkaos is so crap (it's an ancient version) that it only works in OMNI ON mode, so using my licence of Bohm's Midi Translator Pro to only allow NOTE ON NOTE OFF and a single controller through. This creates logjam for the visuals, as no 2 events of the same nature can be filtered at the same instant by MTP. Most annoying, leading to some fairly smart note-lengths and start times for the visuals. BUT, the result is very good, for what it is
I was asked this week why i don't just use nTrack to play the sequences (exported from Seq+ as .MID and imported to nTrack) with one of the many cheap multiport Midi interfaces on the pile.. The answer: for the same reason i want to run the hardware live as it was in 1992.
Ideally, if this was to become a 'thing' (it will not, i assure you) i'd be using that software version of the Emulator - the Emulator X, on a laptop, and using nTrack and some modern multiport thing on another, and bringing a single rackbag. I'd probably sample the 909 as well, as all the subtle changes to the instruments on it i had noted for each track are pointless once you start layering pads and piano stabs on top.. Once again, overkill, but all part of this stupid MUST BE AS WAS IN 1992 crap.
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@supernova777 - Yes, 100% agree there - all solid thinking.. Sadly the Music Quest i found is just a gimmick, and not really 2 port, which is a shame. I thought we had it sussed with that
I remember seeing a DELL from the early pentium era - this had a rollorball, not a mousepad, and it's docking station/external soundcard would be a good paring with a parallel device ...
So, currently working away with the 3 ports on the GX-1.. Had a disaster yesterday - random reboot during use, turned out to be a bad RAM stick. So, now down to only 256mb of ram - no big deal for DOS, but i wanted linux dualboot for safety.. This is now a problem. Going back to Mandriva 2010.1 for i586 LXDE here: https://archive.org/details/mandriva-2010.1_release i find it will ONLY boot to a gui with: Xorg Vesa generic driver, 16bit colour and 800x600 res. set this up at commandline using the "MCC", and make sure you set it to NOT BOOT TO GUI AT BOOT in install else it will boot-loop when X tries to run.
Also now running a IDE to SD adaptor now as a drive and backing up to it all the time.. Using the SD as the bootdrive is SLOW..
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most in/out on laptop in voyetra sequencer plus gold
obviously this is not the laptop you should be using... to have more than one midi inputs/outputs on a laptopOriginally posted by playthatbeat View Post
u will probably want to get one of the interfaces i have which is a MusicQuest 2port/SE which has 2 ins + 2 outs
because it has a vapi driver u can use it as your primary interface (connected to a printer port of course)
what u should do after that is get a midi thru box and or set up daisy chain midi network to all your sound modules/keyboards
if you could find the right laptop that has a supported built in audio chip with gameport, u could use it aswell as the
2port/SE to get a total of 32in/48out (2in/3out)
i could help u figure out a laptop
the right fit would probably be somewhere between either a high-end 486 or pentium II (produced sometime between 1994-1998)
however if you really desire the most ins + outs possible u are going to want to use a 286/386/486 computer with ISA slots
because most of the hardware supported by the app are ISA technology...
i would go personally for a pentium II slot 1 motherboard with a pII 233/266/300 mhz cpu but it might be best to get a 100% ISA/VLB
motherboard instead of one with PCI slots.. any 486 or early pentium with lots of ISA slots would be perfect.Last edited by supernova777; Sat 04-03-2017, 11:50 PM.Leave a comment:
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oldschooldaw.com
whats up guys
not sure if u already seen the pages i have postd on my site
you need to have v4.11 of seq+ gold plus which you can grab on my page here: http://www.oldschooldaw.com/forums/index.php?topic=2744
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As an addition to this, i remembered we had a Yamaha TG100 for a while, and it was able to run in HOST mode, using the serial port on a PC to drive it. I do not remember if the data sent to play it was cloned or THRU to the MIDI OUT of the TG100, but it WAS possible to play the TG100 via RS232 http://www.houseofsynth.com/hos-down...nce-Manual.pdf will show the wire diagram for the PC2 connection - basically a 9pin Dsub RS232 to minidin - that would mean you could go with a VP11 on the printerport (etc.) and an RS232 device such as the TG100 on the serial, making technically 32 channels.. I suspect there are a few of these style devices, aimed at 'gamers' - read up here: http://www.houseofsynth.com/yamaha-t...x-t3-awm-synthLeave a comment:
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So, the GX1 has been looping 64 tracks packed with midi spread over the 3 ports for 48 hours, and it's very happy.
I moved the voyetra install and .SNG files from the harddrive over to a CF card, on a cheapo IDE/PATA CF card adaptor, after setting up the CF card as a FAT16 partition using the good old dos 6.22 installer, making the original harddrive a slave. I plan to work and run from this CF, with the harddrive as a backup if shit breaks. Wrote a couple of .BAT files so i can clone my work folder from CF to HDD when i change something.
Really annoyed that there appears to be no way to run multiple MIDI ports in DOS with voyetra on a Laptop. Thought of everything i could to make it happen, and it's a disaster. All the laptops i have access to do NOT have a Joystick/Game port, or an onboard Soundblaster chipset - this would allow me to run a VP11 and a joystickport midi adaptor, by installing soundblaster as music hardware and the VP11 in Vinstall. That would rock. Still, only 2 ports, but better then 1, right?
The other option is to maybe have a laptop with 2 Printer ports? then run the Music Quest and the VP11? should work in theory.
Did i mention i had a Yamaha C1 music computer in the late 90's? Was the very first thing i bought on eBay, right when it first started. Fu*ker arrived with a smashed LCD, so i managed to track down an IBM CGA monitor, and the setup worked very well, until it was plugged in to 220V without a stepdown transformer, totally killing it. The C1 is (AFAIK) the only proper music laptop ever. 2 midi IN, 8 Midi out, SMPTE, the lot. OK, it was a 286, and if You had a harddrive, it was 20MB. Mine was floppy only, so i had it running with a ZIP drive, and a boot floppy to mount the parallel port ZIP, so it was very workable actually.
Yes, i search eBay every week as part of my routine for a C1, and they NEVER EVER come up. EVER. EVEREVEREVER. FML.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANYWAY, back to horrible desktop land, where 3 ports are super solid, and i even have MPU compatibility on Port 1, so can has patch editor action for the Voyerta 8 synth, er, that is if Pete ever sends it back to me.Leave a comment:
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More on this:
The Music Quest Note/1+ (parallel port, 2 outs) interface that uses the vapiN1P.com driver DOES NOT HAVE 2 INDIVIDUAL PORTS OUT - it just has clones of the same shit on each, and annoyingly, voyetra sequencer+ will allow you to select PORT 1 or 2, yet whatever happens on tracks sent to these ports, will appear on BOTH ports. So. Fu*k that. No better then a VP11. Maybe this is a broken driver? does not say it is. I cannot find any other driver for it, so. moving on.
I now have to build a second desktop for live use.
Using a GX1 again, disable everything in the Bios ACPI and ports related, and then go with the Vinstall after building a Fat16 partition with the dos 6.22 installer.
I want to use a V22 and a Steinberg Midi PC-1 MPU401 compatible card, to get 3 outs.
The only combination that will run smoothly is this:
CARD 1 (MPU401) - Address: 230H IRQ7
CARD 2 (Voyetra V22) - Address: 330H IRQ3
In Vinstall, choose the V22 as your SECOND card, and leave the Address as stock (330). Then choose the MPU401 compatible as the Main card, making sure to change the stock base address to 230. The IRQs suggested work as long as you have all the serial ports, printerport and all that junk disabled in the Bios.
I think You can swap these around if You like, but i know the above works on a BX (Slot 1) motherboard - that is a P2 or P3, in slot form. I run 600mhz P3 in the studio, and 500mhz P3 on the new machine.
IF you install a combination of cards - like 2 MPU or 2 Voyetra, and you get lockups (usually bar 4, or when you exit), or you see garbage on any of the midi ports after the main page appears, then you have a conflict with Your base addresses. If you have a problem with your IRQ, then the driver loader will warn you. Wierd problems are due to base address conflicts.
a good way to test your setup is to insert a bar (press INSERT), edit it (hit E) add a note (hit INSERT again!) and then LOOP the bar. enabling the metronome (F2) - if you hear a glitch on the metronome on the downbeats, then you will suffer lockups and instability. Any .SNG you load will freeze on bar 4.
There are clones of the MPU being made again - the PCMIDI V010 and these DO NOT allow you to set the base address - they default to the MPU spec of 330H, so you MIGHT be able to use 1 of these alongside a voyetra card, or the Steinberg.
There is very little out there about the V22 settings and the Steinberg PC-1, so i attach here the jumper and dipswitch settings for both.. ENJOY
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Found a nice fat driver pack - this has most drivers referred to above - you will need to edit your DRIVER.BAT to point to the ones that the VINSTALL fails to pick up on..Leave a comment:
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Last word on the various drivers, and what works and what does now c/o Turtle beach who merged with voyetra below.. Although, pinch of salt with some of it, as it claims things like the V22 driver was BROKEN in 4.11 of SEQ+, which is not the case.
Code:Sequencer Plus: MIDI interfaces - supported sound card and MIDI interfaces (Sequencer Plus 4.11) The following VAPI drivers are included as part of Sequencer Plus 4.11, except as noted. "**" denotes "ganged" output, which means the external MIDI port AND the internal wavetable synth play together. Supported MIDI Interfaces (including Sound Cards): -------------------------------------------------- AdLib AdLib Gold, 2000 vapiADG.com + sapiADG.com original card (no Midi !) vapiNUL.com + sapiFM1.com Advanced Gravis No Support Analog Devices Personal Sound System chipset vapiPSS.com + sapiPSS.com includes DSP-16, ADSP-16, 16-DSP Antex Z1 vapiZ1.com + sapiZ1.com ASC / OmniLabs / DAK / BSR / V&V AudioMaster / MediaMaster tapiASC.com ATI Technologies VGA Stereo FX, Stereo FX vapiATI.com + sapiATI.com Stereo FX CD vapiATI2.com + sapiATI2.com Aztech Labs Sound Galaxy and others, incl. OEM vapiSG.com +sapi!OPL.com Sound Galaxy NX-PRO vapiNXP.com + sapiNXP.com Business Audio (no Midi) vapiNUL.com + sapi!OPL.com (Aztech OEM's their cards to many other companies.) Cardinal Technologies Sound Studio, Sound Vision vapiGSS1.com + sapiGSS1.com DSP-16 (Digital Sound Pro 16) vapiPSS2.com + sapiPSS2.com CMS (Computer Music Supply) Not supported (except for Mpu-401 model) Compaq Computers ESS chipset no Midi = vapiNUL, or vapiESS.com + sapi!ESS.com Computer Peripherals ViVa Maestro 16 vapiMPU.com + sapiVM16.com ViVa Maestro Pro vapiNXP.com + sapiNXP.com Covox Sound Master II & Midi Maestro vapiSMA.com Creative Labs Sound Blaster (orig.& Pro) vapiSB.com + sapiSB.com Sound Blaster 16 & "Vibra" vapiSB16.com + sapi!SB3.com Awe-32, Awe-64, SB-32 vapiSB16.com + sapiAWE.com SAPI driver for Emu wavetable sapiAWE.com (not incl. w/Seq+ install, download instead) Ensoniq Soundscape (Elite), Vivo vapiMPU.com ** Soundscape (original) vapiSNDS.com Gallant (CompuMedia) SC-4000 vapiGAL4.com + sapiGAL4.com SC-5000 vapiGAL5.com + sapiGAL5.com SC-6000 vapiGAL6.com + sapiGAL6.com IBM MFC (Music Feature Card) vapiMFC.com + sapiMFC.com Jovian Logic Sonia vapiJOV.com + sapiJOV.com Key Electronics No Support (exc. Mpu-401 model) Korg USA modules & keyboards w/IBM serial port, includes 05R/W vapiTG.com Media Vision Jazz 16 (OEM'd to other companies) vapiMPU.com Pro Audio Spectrum (orig.8 bit) vapiMV.com + sapiMV.com Pro Audio Studio & Fusion vapiMPU.com + sapi!OPL.com Pro Audio Spectrum 16 vapiMV2.com + sapi!MV2.com note: PAS-16 was re-labelled by other OEM's, such as Logitech SoundMan 16, MediaStar, ThunderMedia. AudioTech MidiMan No Support (exc. Mpu-401 model) MOTU (Mark of the Unicorn) No Support for Seq+: Music Quest (now part of Opcode) PC Midi Card & MQX-16 (not "S") vapiMPU.com MQX-16s (SMPTE) vapi16S.com MQX-32m (2 outs + SMPTE) vapiMQX.com Note/1 (parallel port) vapiN1.com Note/1+ (parallel port, 2 outs) vapiN1P.com 2Port/SE vapiSE2.com (drv damaged in 4.11 (parallel port, 2 in/out, SMPTE) install, download instead) 8Port/SE NO SUPPORT (as Seq+ only allows 2 ins!) (parallel port, 8 in/out, SMPTE) Opcode PC Translator (parallel port) NO SUPPORT repackaged Music Quest products see Music Quest list OPTi based sound cards OPTi 928 vapi928.com + sapi!OPL OPTi 929 vapi929.com + sapi!OPL all other models (924, 930, 931) NO SUPPORT Orchid Technologies Sound Producer Pro vapiNXP.com + sapiNXP.com Sound Wave32, GameWave32 vapiPSS.com + sapiPSS.com PAiA Electronics PCM-68 vapiPAIA.com PCM-68ex (2 in/2 out) vapiPAI2.com Packard Bell Aztech sound cards vapiSG.com + sapi!OPL.com Reveal sound cards vapiMPU.com + sapi!OPL.com Reveal most cards vapiMPU.com + (incl. Ensoniq, Aztech & AMD) other Aztech models vapiNXP.com or vapiSG.com + sapi!OPL.com Roland Corp. MPU-401 / LAPC-1 vapiMPU.com PCMCIA card vapiMPU.com RAP-10 vapiRAPT.com SC-7, SC-55 Mk.II, SC-88 vapiRSM.com (and serial port sound modules) (Sierra) Aria chipset cards vapiMPU.com + sapiaria.com includes: ASL "Cyber Audio", Addtech "Sound 2000", Zoltrix "Tess" Tandy Corp. Sensation vapiMMA.com + sapiOPL3 Turtle Beach Systems Multisound (Classic & Monterey) vapiTBMS.com Multisound Pinnacle vapiMPU.com ** Malibu vapiMPU.com ** Maui vapiMPU.com (initialized in DOS first) Monte Carlo 928 vapi928.com + sapi!opl.com Monte Carlo 929, Opti 929 vapi929.com + sapi!opl.com PCI cards (Daytona, Montego) NO SUPPORT WaveFront synth cards (SetupSnd DOS init first) vapiMPU.com ** (Aside from Multisound Classic, we do not support these cards in Sequencer Plus- as some users have been able to initialize the cards in their systems in DOS properly for use with the vapiMPU driver- which will only work on the lower IRQ's on these cards.) Voyetra Technologies OP-4001 vapiMPU.com V-22 (2 in, 2 out) vapi22.com (driver damaged in 4.11 install, download instead) V-24s (2 in, 4 out, SMPTE) vapi24s.com V-4000, V-4001 vapiMPU.com VP-11 (parallel port) vapiVP.11.com Yamaha C1 Music Computer Yamaha CAPI driver 1.08 (2 in, 8 out, SMPTE) TG-100, MU-80, "Hello Music" vapiTG.com (& other IBM serial port modules) Notes: Devices designed later than 1994 are unlikely to work, unless the device is internal and the MIDI port is MPU-401-compatible in DOS. FM synthesizer sound cards will generically work with Sapi!OPL ("SuperSapi"), SapiOPL3 (for the 4 op Yamaha chip) and SapiFM1 (for the older 2 op). Voyetra often labeled the FM "SAPI" drivers for their respective manufacturers, but all except ESS use the actual Yamaha FM chipset. (FM emulation should work with the typical Yamaha OPL driver in most cases.) Wavetable Synthesis sound cards appearing after this time may have the Synth chip "ganged" with the MPU-401-style MIDI port. These cards include Ensoniq & Roland, but NOT Creative AWE- or SB- series. Sometimes MIDI Headers would be accessed in this manner (which would include the Creative cards just mentioned). VAPI MIDI drivers generally search for the IRQ, excepting the VapiMPU.com driver- which searches the lower IRQ's. Sometimes a driver can be loaded on an upper IRQ with the /irq:xx command line, such as VAPIMPU /IRQ:12 /addr:330 however, there are often modern cards that will not work with our drivers on an upper IRQ, and therefore it would be advised that you alter the IRQ to be below 9. (For those who don't know, IRQ 2 = IRQ 9 in the IBM-compatible PC world.)Leave a comment:
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ALSO: If you cannot find Voyetra hardware, then don't panic.. You can use one of the new MQ CLONES:and even pair it with a SOUNDBLASTER, using the SB's Joystick port as a MIDI port with a standard GAME PORT to MIDI lead if You use the SEQ+ 4.11 installer that allows for 2 interfaces, or 1 interface and 1 sound card.Code:http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?86063-Music-Quest-intelligent-mode-MPU-401-ISA-8bit-card-clones-%28New-Batch%29!!
OR, if you can find one, how about one of the Steinberg Midi cards? They work. for sure.
In the day, i had a Roland SCC-1 and a V24s side by side, giving me MPU401 on the SCC-1 port. I later swapped this out for a V22sm that gave me 1 more port out. Since then i have stopped using the 'm' driver for the V22, i just select the plain V22s driver now, and i never lose port 6. Previously, when calling the MPU401 compatibility driver, port 6 used to fail all the time. Very annoying. I think the MPU driver is buggy :/Leave a comment:
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Voyetra Sequencer & Hardware PC DOS midi Setup
So, i speak in this post about moving to a Pentium processor for Voyetra Sequencer Plus http://www.mrspring.info/vbulletin/s...ull=1#post3731 LONG TIME ago huh? like 10 years?! Well, i'm still on the same PC, a DELL GX-1, taken from a skip outside a bank. I have 2 others hidden away for a rainy day, a desktop low-profile, and a full tower, both branded GX-1. I also now have some other Voyetra Interfaces in the stash - 2 V22s, and the box from a V24s, and as of last month, a VP-11, which is the Single IN/OUT Parallel (printer) port interface.
Ages ago i picked up a lovely IBM Thinkpad T42, a very well made mini laptop, USB 1.0, no Floppy, but DVD Rom, and a celeron. It's been fine on XP for a log recorder, but now i have the VP11, it's time to make it into a portable Voyetra machine.
First, i used this .iso to nuke the harddrive: http://vetusware.com/download/DOS%20...06.22/?id=9573 - it's a bootable CD-rom for installing Dos 6.22. Boot from it, F3 to quit out, then use FDISK - remove all the partitions, Non-Dos and so on, then create a nice small one, let's say 850MB, make it active and reboot again into the installer from the CD. IF You create FAT16 partition(s) with Linux or a Win98se boot .iso, you will loop forever. You MUST clean off all partitions with the FDISK that you can get to in ramdisk from the .iso above.
OK, install 6.22, then run MEMMAKER to tidy up, then get a DVD .iso of a linux distro - my one of chocie is MAGEIA - i used 2 revs back, #3 http://www.mageia.org/en/3/ and burned off a i586 (not 64 bit) dvd, booted it, installed it in some of the empty space on the harddrive, and let it settle. from there i can use the USB, LAN WiFi blah blah on the laptop, and move over all the files i needed to set up Voyetra. They were my 4.11 installation and driver intaller, which i have on Floppy still, and a copy of DOOM 2 which i have a big-box copy of since day zero
I powered the VP11 from a cheapo switchmode 12v PSU. Yes, i know the stock PSU is 9v, but it's unregulated, and can show 11-15v, so the very steady Switcher at 12.3v was good enough. Powering up the VP11 makes the LED slowly flash. When it connects to the software, it speeds up.
Then a boot to dos again, and run the VINSTALL, set her up for the VP11, and run the SEQ.bat in the \voyetra folder, and wait. I mean WAIT. much longer then on the GX-1 - like 3 minutes you are sitting there like a sploom hoping it will boot, and THEN IT DOES The thing not only works, but it's BLISTERING fast. even faster then the GX-1. I can transform 256bars of 16 channels using COMPRESS/EXPAND to 1/16th of it's time, with 16 random notes in each bar in about .3 of a second. Holy sh!t. OK, this is with SMARTDRV enabled to help with the overlay swapping, but still, the actual grunt is fuc*ing serious.
SO, it appears to work, and work well. This now means we can take Voyetra on the road properly, for the first time ever. Nice timing, as 2017 will be the 25th anniversary of the RED RECORDS/SOUND CROWD era. heh.
NOW, while i was digging out floppies, i found an interesting disk. the VAPI installer was part of the VINSTALL in Seq+ 4.11, but i found a STAND ALONE Vapi disk - version 1.53, which is good for all voyetra interfaces, including with the WINDOWS of the day. I'll quote the README here below, and attach the .zip of the package. Why am i doing this, when places like www.oldschooldaw.com can hook you up with disks and drivers? Because i have never seen a standalone rev of drivers this advanced for voyetra hardware anywhere else. Fairly sure this was the disk shipped with one of the very last V22 we bought - we had 4 of them in the 90's - so enjoy that, and roll-on getting your Voyetra Sequencer to work with IRL Voyetra hardware.
Code:README file for Voyetra V-Series driver disk: ******** Notes for DOS users ******** 1) You can now use the additional MIDI output ports on your V-22 or V-24s as a secondary MIDI interface along with any other VAPI-supported MIDI interface. For example, you could use 2 V-24s cards to get 8 outs, or a V-22 with a Sound Blaster to get three outs. To get this to work with Sequencer Plus, you must obtain SP version 4.11 or higher, which will have an install explicitly for this. 2) If you are using the VP-11 on a Tandy 1800 HD, you must edit your DRIVER.BAT file to pass the /tn option to VAPIVP11. Load DRIVER.BAT into your editor, and change the line that says something like "vapivp11 /lpt:n %1 %2" to "vapivp11 /tn /lpt:n %1 %2". For any laptop where VAPIVP11 loads but you have trouble getting MIDI input, this /tn option may be worth trying. So far, the Tandy 1800 is the only computer we have found that requires this. 3) DOSDRIV.EXE. Run this file if you wish to install the DOS drivers (vapi). This should only be run if your DOS software didn't come with a driver for your MIDI interface, or if you are having problems with the driver that came with your software and want to try a more recent one. In most cases your DOS software will have come with the correct driver. Your interface manual may have more on this subject. ******** Notes for Windows users ******** 1) Some of the Setup dialog boxes have been changed slightly, so they won't match the illustrations in the documentation exactly. For the V-22 and V-24s, the main Setup box has a new field added: "Rx Buffer". The VP-11's Custom Config dialog box has a new field: "Persist". These will be explained below. 2) "Rx Buffer" setting for the V-22 and V-24s. This edit control lets you adjust the size of the MIDI Input buffer for best performance. Previously this could only be changed by editing the SYSTEM.INI file. If you are having difficulty uploading large system exclusive blocks, you may want to try increasing this value, up to 30K or so. 3) "Persist" setting for the VP-11. If you are having trouble uploading sysex information in 386 Enhanced mode, try increasing this value to 200 or so. If you are running on a fast computer in Standard mode, you can get slightly better performance by DECREASING the Persist setting a smaller number (i.e.: 1). 4) For the V-24s and V-22, you may now use more than one interface in your computer. Here is how to install Windows drivers for two V-24s cards: a) Install one V-24s or V-22 card and get it working properly with Windows. Follow the directions that came with the interface. If you already have one working, go to the next step. b) Install the second card in your computer. It must be set to different interrupts and I/O addresses than the first one. Refer to the V-24s/V-22 manual for instructions on how to do this. Note: it may be difficult to find two interrupts to install two V-24s/V-22 cards such that they don't conflict with some other peripheral in your system. As far as i/o addresses are concerned, we suggest you first try putting the secondary V-24s at $310. If you have an Ethernet card at $310, try $230. c) Make sure that the first interface is still working correctly. If not, the second one may not be set to a different irq or i/o address. Also at this point you might want to make sure that other peripherals in your system are still working. In particular, you might want to test any FAX/modems, modems, serial ports and mice that you have. d) Now install the driver for the second V-24s. This will be similar to the way you installed the driver for the first one, with the following important exception: when Windows displays the "Install Driver" dialog box, instead of entering "A:\" or "B:\", you must enter "A:\multi" or "B:\multi". If you followed the above procedure correctly, you will be presented with a list box containing a number of drivers. Choose "Voyetra V-22 Midi card #2" or "Voyetra V-24s MIDI Card #2" as necessary. When you are presented with the Setup box, select the address and interrupt of the secondary card. Now everything should be running smoothly. You will now have to configure your MIDI software to access the new MIDI Output ports you have just installed. For example, if you installed a second V-24s, when you open the MIDI driver configuration window in your Windows sequencer, you will now be presented with 8 output ports, four inputs and two SMPTE readers from your two V-24s cards, plus whatever other drivers you may have installed! At this point, the Media Player and other multimedia applications that use the MIDI Mapper won't send data to the second V-24s. This is probably how you will want to leave it, since there aren't many uses for multiple ports with the MIDI Mapper. If you feel like experimenting, go ahead! Just fire-up the MIDI Mapper applet from the Control Panel.
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