VirtualMIDISynth v2 crash the windows audio service

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Anonymous user
VirtualMIDISynth v2 crash the windows audio service

Hi,

VirtualMIDISynth v.2.0.0, crash the windows audio service, when synth starts.

No sound everywhere.

Only windows audio service restarting is the solution.

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate.

Thank

Posts: 1972
Joined: March 25, 2012 - 01:19
Re: VirtualMIDISynth v2 crash the windows audio service

Usual suggestions here:

  • double check that all of your system drivers are updated, mostly chipset and sound card ones
  • post here any error shown, even the ones in Event Viewer
  • post the debug report of VMS: Configurator --> About --> Debug report
Anonymous user
Re: VirtualMIDISynth v2 crash the windows audio service

It happen just now.  No sound  everywhere.  YT dont play videos.

Looks like audio connestions are lost. Restart  audio service, all things works again.

I don't found any error  message about windows audio.

https://www.upload.ee/files/6941715/SF_23-04-2017.zip.html

https://www.upload.ee/files/6941730/SF_24-04-2017.zip.html

event log are zipped.

VMS  debug:

[spoiler]

Status
======
Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit), Service Pack 1 (6.1.7601)
VirtualMIDISynth: 2.0.0 (x64)
Memory (MB): total 16332, free 10844 (67%)
Available devices: 1
* VirtualMIDISynth #1:
Active voices: 0
Rendering time: 0%
Update rate (ms): 0

Soundfonts
==========
filename: G:\sfont\TimbresOf Heaven3.4.sf2
enabled: 1, preload: 1, bank: 0, preset: -1
filename: G:\sfont\TimbresOfHeaven3.3Beta9.sf2
enabled: 0, preload: 1, bank: 0, preset: -1

MIDI Devices (x64)
==================
[0]: VirtualMIDISynth #1
[1]: Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth
[2]: FW 410 MIDI
[3]: DigitalKBD-1

MIDI Devices (x86)
==================
[0]: VirtualMIDISynth #1
[1]: Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth
[2]: FW 410 MIDI
[3]: DigitalKBD-1

Configuration file
========================================================================
[General]
Version=2.0.0.0
[SoundFonts]
sf1=G:\sfont\TimbresOf Heaven3.4.sf2
sf1.enabled=1
sf1.volume=40
sf2=G:\sfont\TimbresOfHeaven3.3Beta9.sf2
sf2.volume=33
[Mixer]
ChannelMute=0000000000000000
ChannelVolume=100;100;100;100;100;100;100;100;100;100;100;100;100;100;100;100
MasterVolume=100
[Shortcuts]
[Update]
CheckFrequency=14
LastCheck=2017-04-23
LastNotify=
LastVersionFound=2.0.0.0
LastVersionURL=http://coolsoft.altervista.org/virtualmidisynth
[Windows]
Configurator=113,267,594,452
Configurator.ActiveTab=5
Mixer=447,330,705,200
[Advanced]
LangID=1033
ReverbLevel=77
ChorusLevel=85
ReverbChorusOverride=0
========================================================================

Registry keys
=======================
*** x86: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Drivers32 ***
midi: wdmaud.drv
midi1: VirtualMIDISynth.dll
midi2: wdmaud.drv
midi3: wdmaud.drv
midi4: wdmaud.drv
midi5: wdmaud.drv
midi6: wdmaud.drv
midi7: wdmaud.drv
midi8: wdmaud.drv
midi9: wdmaud.drv

*** x64: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Drivers32 ***
midi: wdmaud.drv
midi1: VirtualMIDISynth.dll
midi2: wdmaud.drv
midi3: wdmaud.drv
midi4: wdmaud.drv
midi5: wdmaud.drv
midi6: wdmaud.drv
midi7: wdmaud.drv
midi8: wdmaud.drv
midi9: wdmaud.drv

*** HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Multimedia\MIDIMap ***
szPname: VirtualMIDISynth #1

*** HKCU\Software\Microsoft\ActiveMovie\devenum\{4EFE2452-168A-11D1-BC76-00C04FB9453B}\Default MidiOut Device ***
MidiOutId: 1

*** HKCU\Software\Microsoft\ActiveMovie\devenum 64-bit\{4EFE2452-168A-11D1-BC76-00C04FB9453B}\Default MidiOut Device ***
MidiOutId: 1

[/spoiler]

Posts: 1972
Joined: March 25, 2012 - 01:19
Re: VirtualMIDISynth v2 crash the windows audio service

Please confirm first of my suggestions (updated drivers).

Do you by any chance have a Realtek soundcard?
If yes, I founc a lot of users experiencing similar issues with audio service like this: https://www.sevenforums.com/sound-audio/328378-windows-audio-service-cra...
In case of Realtek chipset, you must double check your soundcard drivers and confirm you've installed the ones provided by motherboard vendor and not the ones downloaded from realtek website.

Anonymous user
Re: VirtualMIDISynth v2 crash the windows audio service
Please confirm first of my suggestions (updated drivers).

They was updated to latest versions what are possible.

Do you by any chance have a Realtek soundcard?

No  it's  not realtek.  Onboard soundcard (whatever it is) are  denied in bios.   It is M-Audio Firewire 410 ,  connested ower  Dawicontrol DC-FW800 interface.

Today 27.04. 2017  this issue doesn't happen.

Thank

Anonymous user
Re: VirtualMIDISynth v2 crash the windows audio service

Had the same weird thing.  Happened after installing v2.  Audio portion of the OS died causing any application/OS functions which have audio to hang which basically stalled windows.  Had to hard boot everytime to recover.  Have Win 7 Ultimate.  Newest driver, uses the Nvidia HDMI sound on the video card (960).  Ininstalled v2 and back to v1.7 and everything is fine on the system.

Posts: 1972
Joined: March 25, 2012 - 01:19
Re: VirtualMIDISynth v2 crash the windows audio service

Could you both please try to add VMS foders and driver to your antivirus exclusion list?

I've seen that VMS (till 2.0.1) emits an error message when the driver or one of its components is not available (the file exists but is locked by the AV when loaded); this could lead the process loading it to hang waiting for the message box to be clicked... but if the process has no screen (like the audio service) it could hang indefinitely.

The files/folders to exclude are these:

  • (folder) C:\Program Files\VirtualMIDISynth
  • (folder) C:\Program Files (x86)\VirtualMIDISynth
  • (file) C:\Windows\System32\VirtualMIDISynth.dll
  • (file) C:\Windows\System32\VirtualMIDISynth.dll