OK, so, I checked the midi output of the crappy SB card on my other PC,
and it is sending out 24 'bank' messages on channel 16.
0011E38A 4 BF 00 00 16 -- CC: Bank MSB
0011E38B 4 BF 00 00 16 -- CC: Bank MSB
0011E38B 4 BF 00 00 16 -- CC: Bank MSB
0011E38C 4 BF 00 00 16 -- CC: Bank MSB
0011E38C 4 BF 00 00 16 -- CC: Bank MSB
0011E38D 4 BF 00 00 16 -- CC: Bank MSB
0011E391 4 BF 00 00 16 -- CC: Bank MSB
0011E391 4 BF 00 00 16 -- CC: Bank MSB
0011E391 4 BF 00 00 16 -- CC: Bank MSB
0011E391 4 BF 00 00 16 -- CC: Bank MSB
0011E391 4 BF 00 00 16 -- CC: Bank MSB
0011E391 4 BF 00 00 16 -- CC: Bank MSB
0011E391 4 BF 00 00 16 -- CC: Bank MSB
0011E392 4 BF 00 00 16 -- CC: Bank MSB
0011E393 4 BF 00 00 16 -- CC: Bank MSB
0011E393 4 BF 00 00 16 -- CC: Bank MSB
0011E394 4 BF 00 00 16 -- CC: Bank MSB
0011E394 4 BF 00 00 16 -- CC: Bank MSB
0011E395 4 BF 00 00 16 -- CC: Bank MSB
0011E396 4 BF 00 00 16 -- CC: Bank MSB
0011E396 4 BF 00 00 16 -- CC: Bank MSB
0011E397 4 BF 00 00 16 -- CC: Bank MSB
0011E397 4 BF 00 00 16 -- CC: Bank MSB
But it only does this from a 'Cold' boot. Doing a plain restart does
nothing, so I suspect that it is a spike through the card when it gets
it's initial power.
I suggest that you try plugging in the midi out of the card to the midi
in only on the AN1x (Don't connect the other one) AFTER the PC has
booted. That way you can test just the output once all the spurious
junk has gone out of the cable. Once the bootup junk has gone there is
no other midi data coming from the SB PCI card.
Now you know that it is a load of 'Bank' messages at least you can
filter it from the AN1x.
I hope this helps.
In article <$u2J$
PENTl38EwEU@...>, Reggie
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reggie@...> writes
>What Soundblaster card is it? I've got a PCI128 I think (Can't
>remember, it's working OK AFAIK, I only use it for games mostly, but the
>Midi I/O works fine). BTW. I agree that Creative are absolute rubbish,
>their support is amongst the worst I have ever come across, and to cap
>it all they want to charge some users of their products for driver
>updates!!
>
>Anyway, my point is I have a 2nd PC hooked up to this machine, so I can
>use midi-ox on the 2nd machine to monitor what the midi-out from the SB
>is doing at boot time.
>
>I'll get back to you in a second when I have rebooted this machine and
>checked.
>
>
>In article <002601c1f9a3$874de8a0$f79f7a94@w0x3x7>, James R. Acker
><jacker@...> writes
>>By the way...I will never give another cent to Creative Labs...I have
>>never seen such rot. I bought two different boards from them. In both
>>cases the installation is screwy and doesn't follow ANY of the
>>standards that are considered normal...like progress bars to let you
>>know install hasn't hung up, and also the fact that I end up wildly
>>different software after each install...of the SAME installation CD.
>>
>> And to top it off, just try going to their web site and getting a
>>download or an online manual. Half the time they redirect you to
>>nonexistent/broken web pages, or take forever to load...
>>
>> No, I agree with you on that, I am through supporting this kind of
>>crap, and will spread the word whenever I get a chance. I just meant
>>that SINCE I have the thing...and have made it work before, I want to
>>get it to work now.
>>
>>=============================================================
>>Please check out my original music at my site http://home.online.no/~jacker
>>Or at http://www.soundclick.com/bands/jacker_music.htm
>> -James R. Acker-
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: <terryfunken@...>
>>To: <AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com>
>>Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 11:41 AM
>>Subject: Re: [AN1x] MIDI problems...HELP!
>>
>>
>>>
>>> In a message dated 11/5/02 10:00:07 am, jacker@... writes:
>>>
>>> >NEXT: I had in meantime bought a newer soundcard (Creative Labs
>>> >Soundbolaster
>>> >PCI card) and changed out the soundcard I had which was an older
>>> >Soundblaster
>>> >card. I installed the drivers and am experiencing exactly the same
>>> >symptoms.
>>> >
>>> Hi Jim,
>>>
>>> I my experience- DON'T go for cheap soundcards that offer both midi and
>>> sound. Usually the midi is only designed for gaming and basic music
>>> applications. The AN1x requires high level data to be sent to and fro with
>>> midi keyboard info on top of that. If you are pleased with the
>>>quality of the
>>> soundblaster card, then stick with that- but only for sound- also the
>>> soundblaster drivers are unreliable (for the time being- although, i would
>>> recommend spending a bit extra and getting a Korg 12/12 secondhand-for eg.).
>>> IMO it is better to get a seperate MIDI card such as a Midiman WINMAN PCI
>>> card- and with that you do have the option of multi midi ins and outs too.
>>>
>>> good luck!
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
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See ya,
Reggie