You are a great help. I will follow your instructions with vanbasco config. If it doesn.t work I will try to do it in cakewalk. Actually I have a cakewalk but� not� familiar with the program so I used vanbasco which is much simplier. I will update you with my progress. Thanks again.
Allan
>From: "bdpotts"
>Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [disklavier] Re: Laptop
>Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 14:54:52 -0000
>
>Allan,
>
>Sorry for the confusion, I was trying not to be as "verbose" as I
>was on the previous replies, I'll try again.
>
>First, there isn't anything you can do to your MIDI files to stop
>this problem. MIDI sends a "Note ON" command which is followed up
>later on with a "Note OFF" command. What is happening is that you
>are stopping the playback after the "Note ON" command is sent but
>before the "Note OFF" can be sent, which leaves the note on.
>
>Second part, I use Cakewalk to edit and play back my MIDI files.
>The previous post stated that when you stop the playback Cakewalk
>sends a "Note Off" command for all notes that are playing. Here's
>the important part, this is a function of the player and not the MIDI
>file.
>
>Last part, when I was talking about the MIDI editor I meant your
>MIDI player (for me they are one and the same, sorry for the
>confusion). I'm not very familiar with the vanBasco player, but I
>looked it up. There's not a lot of information on line about the
>product, but I did find this little bit about "hanging notes". If
>this doesn't answer your question then maybe you could ask vanBasco
>tech support if there is any way the player could send a "Note Off"
>for any notes that are playing if you stop a song in the middle.
>
>Here is the "hanging note" text from the vanBasco site, hope this
>helps...
>
>Problem: I experience hanging notes and/or the player occasionally
>freezes and I have to reboot my computer.
>
>Solution: You should first check if the problems occur with all MIDI
>files, or just particular ones. For instance, does the problem occur
>with the sample files that are included with the player? If so,
>please do the following: try changing the output device in the setup
>dialog of vanBasco's Karaoke Player. To do that, click the note
>button in the top-left corner in the main program window and
>choose "Setup...". From the drop-down box labeled "Output Device",
>choose "MIDI Mapper" and select "Windows" as reset mode. In addition,
>make sure that the SYSEX delay is set to 0, and also try disabling
>the option "Start from first note" and "Skip Redundant Data".
>
>Brian
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