Fluid on latest Audigy 2 drivers

atomicdalton · Dec 19, 2002, 01:20 AM

I'm using the newest Audigy 2 drivers for Windows XP on my Live 5.1 Gamer and they work great. However, there is one thing I can't get working. I would like to take advantage of the dynamic caching of the soundfont, so I go into the soundfont bank manager and try to load Fluid, It is set to dynamic cache of 300 MB, yet when I try to load Fluid, it displays a loading bar on the bottom for a little while which just disappears. Nothing happened. Midis don't play unless I reload the default soundbank.

Anybody know how to get the soundfont bank manager to work with Fluid?

BTW, I have 1 GB of RAM, so that shouldn't be the issue.

RIV@NVX · Dec 19, 2002, 10:33 AM

Hmmm....
Have you tweaked registry?

DallasStar · Dec 20, 2002, 08:58 PM

Well, I know of a workaround for this. The only condition is that you must use winamp 2 (not 3) for all of your midi files. Open up winamp and then go to preferences. Then, go to "input" (under plugins). Then, double click the winamp 2 midi plugin. Then, at the top right of the window, you should see two arrows pointing left and right. Keep clicking the arrow that points to the right until you see a "soundfont" tab. Click it. Uncheck the "disable soundfont support" checkbox and then make sure that "autoload soundfonts" is turned on. Then, make sure that the checkbox for "use custom bank for all midi files" is enabled. Click on the ". . ." button and find fluid. Press ok and exit out of preferences. Close winamp. Restart winamp. Now, using winamp, you will be able to listen to any midi file using fluid. I still haven't figured out how to actually get the drivers to do this for themselves though

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RIV@NVX · Dec 21, 2002, 10:22 AM

Here is a solution for this. Try.

Dec 19, 2002, 01:20 AM	#1
atomicdalton DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	Fluid on latest Audigy 2 drivers I'm using the newest Audigy 2 drivers for Windows XP on my Live 5.1 Gamer and they work great. However, there is one thing I can't get working. I would like to take advantage of the dynamic caching of the soundfont, so I go into the soundfont bank manager and try to load Fluid, It is set to dynamic cache of 300 MB, yet when I try to load Fluid, it displays a loading bar on the bottom for a little while which just disappears. Nothing happened. Midis don't play unless I reload the default soundbank. Anybody know how to get the soundfont bank manager to work with Fluid? BTW, I have 1 GB of RAM, so that shouldn't be the issue.

Dec 19, 2002, 10:33 AM	#2
RIV@NVX Freedom is a feature. Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Croatia, Rijeka Posts: 4,476 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Hmmm.... Have you tweaked registry? __________________ -- Vedran

Dec 20, 2002, 08:58 PM	#3
DallasStar Junior Join Date: May 2002 Location: Wave Existence Posts: 2,065 Rep Power: 0	Well, I know of a workaround for this. The only condition is that you must use winamp 2 (not 3) for all of your midi files. Open up winamp and then go to preferences. Then, go to "input" (under plugins). Then, double click the winamp 2 midi plugin. Then, at the top right of the window, you should see two arrows pointing left and right. Keep clicking the arrow that points to the right until you see a "soundfont" tab. Click it. Uncheck the "disable soundfont support" checkbox and then make sure that "autoload soundfonts" is turned on. Then, make sure that the checkbox for "use custom bank for all midi files" is enabled. Click on the ". . ." button and find fluid. Press ok and exit out of preferences. Close winamp. Restart winamp. Now, using winamp, you will be able to listen to any midi file using fluid. I still haven't figured out how to actually get the drivers to do this for themselves though . __________________ "A picture of my existence... would show a useless wooden stake covered in snow... stuck loosely at a slant in the ground in a ploughed field on the edge of a vast open plain on a dark winter night." --- Franz Kafka

Dec 21, 2002, 10:22 AM	#4
RIV@NVX Freedom is a feature. Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Croatia, Rijeka Posts: 4,476 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Here is a solution for this. Try. __________________ -- Vedran