Philips PSC70417 User manual - Page 38

Philips 4-ch-091100-11-40.qxd 2000/9/11 AM 11:39 Page 38 Philips Seismic Edge 4. MIDI Tab NOTE!: When your card is initially installed the SXG Softsynth is selected as your MIDI engine. The SXG IS NOT CONTROLLED ON THIS TAB BUT IN A SEPARATE CONTROL PANEL. See details below. Your Seismic Edge sound card includes two distinct wavetable music synthesis engines. The Yamaha SXG is an extremely high quality, high polyphony (512 simultaneous voices) MIDI synthesis engine with both GM and XG compatibility. Select the SXG for the richest music experience. The Seismic Edge WaveTable Synth is a pure hardware synthesis engine designed for use with games or other applications where low CPU consumption is critical. Select the Seismic Edge WaveTable Synth only for games that utilize MIDI for music. Note that most current PC games do not use MIDI music so typically the SXG Softsynth can be left selected even when playing games. These games use digital sound recordings exclusively and are not effected by MIDI output selection. When your card is initially installed the SXG Softsynth is selected as your MIDI engine. To view or change your selection: 1. Select "Start" then "Settings" on the Windows Taskbar. 2. Double click on the Multimedia properties icon. 3. Select the MIDI tab. 4. "Single instrument" will be selected 5. Look at the box under "Single instrument" to determine what MIDI output (engine) is currently selected. 6. To change to a different MIDI output select it then select "Apply" or "OK". You can select either "Yamaha SXG Driver" (typical), "Seismic Edge WaveTable Synth" (games with MIDI) or Seismic Edge External (if you have an external synthesizer connected to the Game/MIDI port of the card). To adjust the SXG Softsynth: 1. The SXG is not affected by the controls under the MIDI tab of the Seismic Edge control panel. 38