When I deleted the bank changes in most cases the irregularities disappeared and subsequent files also functioned properly. In another file bank changes on four channels resulted in three of the channels sounding as pianos and the fourth sounding as a fretting sound - the originally set sounds were two guitars, a bass, and strings. The drums in the next file played were changed to a piano.
For example, a file had an MSB: 1 entered on a drum channel. It seems like almost any bank change can cause an irregularity in the playback of the file AND in subsequent files - at least in my 64-bit W7 system. I now believe it is likely that the TTS has a problem recognizing bank changes in midi files.
I have a 64 bit Windows 7 OS and I have been working with TTS-1 and ForteDXi synths in Real Band for a month trying to correct problems I reported in a earlier post in this thread. I am reduced to using the MME.ĭoes anyone have any ideas? Are the settings on the TTS that might not be right? I haven't changed anything within Music Creator or TTS files. The tech I am working with at PG Music has not been able to figure it out so far and the Forte people have not responded to my msg. The only other virutal synth I have tired, ForteDXi 1.6, has essentially the same problem with heavy pitch bend files.
Yet all the files play correctly through my W98 computer with VSC, my Win XP Pro computer with VSCDXi, and through the new laptop with W7 when set to MME rather than TTS. Moreover, the very next file played seems to be altered, e.g., an instument such as a guitar is changed to another instrument such as a drum a high-pitched sound may appear at the beginning of a track a drum on channel ten is changed to a piano. When I play midi files that contain extreme pitch bends through the TTS the pitch bend sounds are distorted so badly the file can't be used. I purchased Music Creator 5 to obtain the TTS-1 synth that so many on the PG Music forums were raving about. My primary platform is PG Music's Band in a Box and Real Band. I have a new 64-bit Windows 7 OS on a new laptop dedicated to my music production and performing.