Thanks to all who made a suggestion on this one:

There is no "MIDI"  slider on the expanded volume program bar, there is an "
synthesizer balance" slider  -is this the same as midi? in any event all are
on or not muted. Midi sounds also do not pay thru IE or Netscape. BUT I have
been able to get them thru Realplayer basic7. I'm beginning to wonder if a
DLL or something like that has been deleted or changed.
Additional advice would be most welcome
Thanks

darryl


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Wright" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Midi sounds lost


| At 06:46 AM 05/19/2000 , Darryl Kenning wrote:
| >several days ago, suddenly I lost all mdi sound files output.
| >The files are still there;no conflicts are apparent; I've run the latest
| >version of McAffee;
| >I reinstalled the sound blaster files; and looked at everything else I
could
| >think off. Other sound files play ok.  WinAmp looks like it is playing
( the
| >slider moves) but no sound issues forth.
| >
| >Could this be a sound card problem? (Creative Sound Blaster 16 PCI)
| >Win98 SE, Pentium II 333, etc. IE 5.5
|
|
| I have seen this many times.  Nearly always, either some sound
| program has muted the midi sounds or lowered the volume on midi
| sounds.  You should have a speaker icon in your tray, lower right
| hand corner of WIndows desktop.  Double click on this icon and
| check to see if MIDI is not muted and the volume has not been
| turned down.
|
|        Bob Wright
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