Ok....that's odd. Now its looping correctly, with the exception of that last file I edited in DMP.
Whatever got corrupted the other day seems to have mostly fixed itself. Tempermental Computer?
Win98SE
3Dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP
:O
Oh for the days.... So sad the Voodoo line didn't make it. It didn't support OpenGL very well, but Glide would have topped it in time. I guess with OpenGL and Direct3D someone decided Glide would be too much? I loved my Voodoo5 and I still miss it sometimes.
Yeah, I miss those days as well. My first 3D card was a 3dfx Voodoo2 2000 PCI; it made a HECK of a difference in FF7's performance on my at-the-time P1 233Mhz w/ 48MB of totally mismatched RAM. About 3 or 4 months after I got it, I decided to do my first 3D driver upgrade, so when I casually went to the 3Dfx site to grab 'em, I see this "dear john" letter saying they got bought out by nVidia and discontinued, with no hope of support. I was pissed at nVidia for doing what to me looked like such an underhanded move on the competition. I'd find out the real story of what happended later, and I know that 3Dfx's demise was mainly their own doing.
Anyway, you probably have your midi device set to something other than the default. Control Panel -> Sounds and Audio Devices -> Audio tab will let you set devices. If you don't have Microsoft Wavetable (or something similar), try (re-)installing your sound card's drivers.
Heh...it's been a long time since Win98, hasn't it? So many name changes to the applets from version to version. '98 called it "Multimedia".
Anyway, I actually don't have your standard MIDI device layout you see on most computers. MS-GS Softsynth isn't there, but my list of available devices is pretty huge. Check it out:
DS-XG MPU401 OUT
DS-XG Synthesizer
MIDI for Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM)
SB Audigy 2 ZS MIDI IO [E000]
SB Audigy 2 ZS Sw Synth [E000]
SB Audigy 2 ZS Synth A [E000]
SB Audigy 2 ZS Synth B [E000]
YAMAHA SXG70 Driver
Out of those, none are actually valid, DLS-supporting ports for the DirectMusic interface -- its supposed to use a couple of special DirectMusic-only synthesizers that are normally hidden from everyday MIDI applications. Only DirectMusic-aware programs like FF8pc and Winamp can see the others, which are called:
Microsoft Synthesizer
YAMAHA XG SoftSynthesizer
SB Audigy 2 ZS DirectMusic Synthesizer [E800]
So that's what, 11 distinct MIDI devices on one system? I think I went a little overboard on my sound setup....
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Memo to self: PROOFREAD YOUR POSTS FOR TYPOS.