#GENERAL MIDI PLAYER HOW TO#

To make a long story short, get fmmidi, a free FM OPL4 emulator that plays MIDI files directly using programmable FM timbres and real-time (emulated) FM synthesis. Sorry to break it for you (and the guys at that blog) but there's a much more elegant way to play midis with an FM sound, which I have pimped discussed many times here at DW, including this thread. Including a soundfont based on The Fat Man's OPL2 bank/timbres.( direct link ) I'll have to try it in my Windows copy of The 7th Guest sometime.Д®DIT: This is for General MIDI playback, and not emulation, in case the soundfonts didn't tip you off. I ended up finding more info and choices here:

You can also enable a reverb effect in the rgc:audio sfz program if you want, and even change the polyphony to the default 18 like on a real OPе…ѓ chip(IIRC, at least, heh). I'll link a few sample recordings I made here(in ogg vorbis, not mp3, in case anyone was wondering): Someone mentioned to me that ASIO drivers might be required, though I'm not sure because I already had some installed. EDIT: The soundfont mentioned is not commercial, it was home made.

It's pretty simple to follow and the programs mentioned don't cost any money.

#GENERAL MIDI PLAYER HOW TO#

Recently I read a blog post talking about how to get a classic OPе…ѓ/Adlib/Soundblaster sound via Windows midi playback.Д«asically, anything midi you normally hear will sound like oldschool DOS music.

General midi player