User Guide

Chapter 2 : Installation8
Selecting Your Sound or MIDI Driver
THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU RUN THIS SOFTWARE
, the program will
attempt to automatically detect and configure your computer's Sound and MIDI
setup. The program will use your system's default Wave Output Device (i.e. from
the Windows Control Panel | Multimedia |Audio Playback Output Device
Settings) for outputting Digital Audio, and then attempt to use the "best" MIDI
Output device from your system's list of installed MIDI Output Devices (i.e.
Windows Multimedia MIDI Settings.)
Since there are normally a number of MIDI Output Devices installed in a typical
Windows Multimedia System, a dialog box (shown below) displaying the
predetermined MIDI output device is presented to you in order to confirm that
this is the best MIDI Output Device present in your computer system. If the
program successfully suggests the best possible (i.e. highest quality sound) MIDI
Output Device for your system, or if you are unsure of this setting, choose
YES
to
continue, and skip ahead to the next chapter.
Automatic detection of optimal MIDI output settings
If you choose
NO
, or if you wish to change the automatic MIDI Output Device
setting, simply choose the program's "File | Options | MIDI Options" menu item,
and click on the MIDI DRIVERS button, shown here: