Disklavier

Greetings JORGE,

WMP is a bitch to configure. They also keep changing it every release. Although there might be a way to change the output device, in the latest version, I sort of remember that it is only possible to play to the default MIDI device. You can change this in the multimedia control panel but I can't find anything like this in Vista and have been looking for a while. I found some references to the fact that the only way to change the default is to change the registry key. There are supposed to be tools for doing this but the one I tried to chase down  was not found. I also wrote a tool for doing this on XP and have not tested it on Vista. It is amazing how difficult the simplest things are in Vista. The better solution is to just use VanBasco's Karaoke player. My E-Rolll Player software also works on Vista amazingly.

I have Vista on one computer and am slowly making it almost as useful as XP. I can do some testing but I am sure it is possible to get WMP to work with external MIDI devices. I doubt that the CBX driver would be compatible with Vista. 

Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 7:20:54 AM, you wrote:

> Has anyone successfully played a DKV with a PC using Windows Vista
> Media Player "WMP" (this software) and any serial or USB to MIDI interface?
> It seems it will only use the internal software synthesizer and does not like any other device.
> I have a brand new laptop that came with Win vista preloaded and
> plan to use it only to play (not edit) music files MP3 and midi.
> Regards.
> Note.
> I installed a USB to serial (RS232) interface and the CBX divers,
> no evident problems but did not work. The issue seems to be Vista
> and WMP, maybe an USB to MIDI interface will work, need advice before buying anything.

> Saludos
> Jorge Fernández
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