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Article #1840Re: Midi performance....
From: Nick White
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 22:10
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 22:10
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On Fri, 16 Mar 2001 14:31:50 -0600, "Ricardo Robles"
<macsen@att.net.mx> wrote:
Nobody else has replied, but ....
Win 2000 is notoroius for trouble with MIDI/Audio. Even under Win98 I
have noticed minute hesitations when doing other stuff. But Win 2000
is bad.
BUT. Make sure you have Win 2000 drivers, no conflicts with other
devices (including Video, network, other cards etc). In fact network
is very bad, as Win tries to check it at all openings/closings etc.
Apart from that, dual boot fro intensive MIDI work, or just wait for
MIDI to play. Sorry.
HTH
>I just wanna know, is it normal that midi playback stops or slows down when
>opening menues and some programs... I'm using Windows 2000. Win98/Me did not
>have this problem.. I have tried disabling the menu effects but it stills
>stops while "drawing" it.. I suspected it had something to do with the
>videocard, but some programs stops midi music tooo...
>
>if you need specs...
>PIII 450
>A-trend MB
>RivaTNT2 32
>320 MB Memory
>
>it's the only thing I can think of.. if you need more specs.. tell me...
>
>thanks in advance
>
>Ricardo Robles
>
>
Nick White --- HEAD:Hertz Music
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