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Bona sera Davide,

> I'M IN TROUBLE DEEP WITH MY AN200. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW DOES IT
> WORK WITH 'XG WORKS LITE', THE INCLUDED SEQUENCING SOFTWARE.
> I CONNECTED THE AN200 TO MY PC IN THE RIGHT WAY,BUT WHEN I PRES PLAY
> BUTTON ON IT, IT STARTS AN HORRIBLE MULTI-PIANO SOUND FROM THE PC.....
> WHY IT DOESN'T SOUNDS LIKE WHEN IT'S CONNECTED TO MY HI-FI OR GUITAR
> AMPLIFICATOR???
> SHOULD I HEAR FOREVER THAT LIKE-CHILDREN-PIANO SOUND??
> HOW CAN I COMPOSE MY SONGS IF I CAN'T HEAR THE REAL SOUND IT'S GOING
> TO HAVE!??!
> I THINK THE SYNTH AND DRUMS CHANNELS (1-4) ARE CORRECTLY ASSIGNED BY
> DEFAULT.

First, please don't write your e-mail in ALL CAPS. It makes it very
difficult to read.

Now, to your problem. I would hazard a guess that you selected the wrong
MIDI device in the XG Works Lite software. I don't have it myself, so I
can't tell you where to find it, but it sounds like the 'synthesizer' or
'softsynth' or whatever is selected, so that MIDI information goes to
your soundcard audio hardware rather than the MIDI output. See if you
can select 'soundcard MIDI out' or something similar, and see what happens.

Let us know if it worked for you!

- Peter

P.S. I love the Duomo in your city!

hi Peter,
thanx for your answer.
i think i tried once doing what you say.
but the results were the same.
the sound-like-children's-piano was ll around my room..! :-((
i will try again and let you know.
could you suggest me in alternative a different seq-software?
maybe one you know better...
or do you think i need to have e different midi driver...?
i hope i will be understandable. i'm ignorant about this
argument...but i have a groove box!!
:-)
thanx again
and where you from?
bye davide

--- In AN1x-list@y..., Peter Korsten <peterk@m...> wrote:
> Bona sera Davide,
>
> > I'M IN TROUBLE DEEP WITH MY AN200. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW DOES IT
> > WORK WITH 'XG WORKS LITE', THE INCLUDED SEQUENCING SOFTWARE.
> > I CONNECTED THE AN200 TO MY PC IN THE RIGHT WAY,BUT WHEN I PRES
PLAY
> > BUTTON ON IT, IT STARTS AN HORRIBLE MULTI-PIANO SOUND FROM THE
PC.....
> > WHY IT DOESN'T SOUNDS LIKE WHEN IT'S CONNECTED TO MY HI-FI OR
GUITAR
> > AMPLIFICATOR???
> > SHOULD I HEAR FOREVER THAT LIKE-CHILDREN-PIANO SOUND??
> > HOW CAN I COMPOSE MY SONGS IF I CAN'T HEAR THE REAL SOUND IT'S
GOING
> > TO HAVE!??!
> > I THINK THE SYNTH AND DRUMS CHANNELS (1-4) ARE CORRECTLY ASSIGNED
BY
> > DEFAULT.
>
> First, please don't write your e-mail in ALL CAPS. It makes it very
> difficult to read.
>
> Now, to your problem. I would hazard a guess that you selected the
wrong
> MIDI device in the XG Works Lite software. I don't have it myself,
so I
> can't tell you where to find it, but it sounds like
the 'synthesizer' or
> 'softsynth' or whatever is selected, so that MIDI information goes
to
> your soundcard audio hardware rather than the MIDI output. See if
you
> can select 'soundcard MIDI out' or something similar, and see what
happens.
>
> Let us know if it worked for you!
>
> - Peter
>
> P.S. I love the Duomo in your city!