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5 Using Sound on Your PC Connecting a MIDI Keyboard 2 Direct your computer's MIDI output to a playback device as follows: a Click the Windows 95 Start button. b Select Settings, then Control Panel. c Double-click the Multimedia icon . d In the Multimedia Properties dialog box, click the MIDI tab. • To play back all the channels through the same synthesizer, select Single instrument. Then select either Internal OPL2/OPL3 FM Synthesis (to play back through the computer's sound synthesizer) or HP MPU-401 Device (to play back through your keyboard instrument). If you have several MIDI instruments, select the particular instrument for playback. (You can first set up each instrument with a distinct name by clicking the Add New Instrument button and following the wizard's instructions.) • To divide the channels between synthesizers, select Custom configuration and then click Configure. Then, select each channel in turn, click Change, and select a synthesizer for that channel. By clicking Save As, you can save your configuration with a particular name. This configuration feature is often called a MIDI mapper, because it maps the MIDI channels onto the synthesizers. e Click OK to save your changes. Note The settings in your sequencer program (step 3) may override the settings in Windows 95 (step 2). 3 In your sequencer program, select all the potential MIDI devices you may use for recording (input port) and playback (output port). Depending on your program, these may be selectable through a Settings menu. For example, select both the internal synthesizer and the MIDI output port if you intend to divide the channels between the two playback devices. 72

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5
Using Sound on Your PC
Connecting a MIDI Keyboard
2
Direct your computer’s MIDI output to a playback device as follows:
a
Click the Windows 95 Start button.
b
Select Settings, then Control Panel.
c
Double-click the Multimedia icon
.
d
In the Multimedia Properties dialog box, click the MIDI tab.
•
To play back all the channels through the same synthesizer, select Single instrument. Then select either Internal
OPL2/OPL3 FM Synthesis (to play back through the computer’s sound synthesizer) or HP MPU-401 Device (to
play back through your keyboard instrument). If you have several MIDI instruments, select the particular
instrument for playback. (You can first set up each instrument with a distinct name by clicking the Add New
Instrument button and following the wizard’s instructions.)
•
To divide the channels between synthesizers, select Custom configuration and then click Configure. Then, select
each channel in turn, click Change, and select a synthesizer for that channel. By clicking Save As, you can save
your configuration with a particular name.
This configuration feature is often called a MIDI mapper, because it maps the MIDI channels onto the
synthesizers.
e
Click OK to save your changes.
3
In your sequencer program, select all the potential MIDI devices you may use for recording (input port) and playback
(output port). Depending on your program, these may be selectable through a Settings menu.
For example, select both the internal synthesizer and the MIDI output port if you intend to divide the channels
between the two playback devices.
Note
The settings in your sequencer program (
step
3
) may override the settings in Windows 95 (
step
2
)
.