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- Steve Wellens
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- Joined: 13 Apr 2015 - 18:54
- coolsoft
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- Joined: 25 Mar 2012 - 01:19
That message is shown when no soundfont is available (or enabled), but if you say that everything works after dismissing it well... that's strange.
This is what you should check:
- Open VirtualMIDISynth configurator alone (without anything playing) through the start menu link: can you see at least one enabled soundfont? If not, please add/enable at least one, then press OK and reopen the configurator again to check if the setting has been saved.
- Open file C:\Windows\System32\VirtualMIDISynth\VirtualMIDISynth.conf or C:\Windows\System32\VirtualMIDISynth\VirtualMIDISynth.conf and look at the [SoundFonts] section with some items in it named sf1, sf2, ...
Disabled items start with an *.
Check if there's at least one enabled item there. - Check if there's something preventing the driver to load the SF2 files, or move them to a surely readable location like your desktop folder.
- Steve Wellens
- Posts: 27
- Joined: 13 Apr 2015 - 18:54
- Open VirtualMIDISynth configurator alone (without anything playing) through the start menu link: can you see at least one enabled soundfont? If not, please add/enable at least one, then press OK and reopen the configurator again to check if the setting has been saved.
It worked fine. No error messages. I tried all checking and unchecking the Soundfonts. Even with none checked, it started fine.
- Open file C:\Windows\System32\VirtualMIDISynth\VirtualMIDISynth.conf or C:\Windows\System32\VirtualMIDISynth\VirtualMIDISynth.conf and look at the [SoundFonts] section with some items in it named sf1, sf2, ...
Disabled items start with an *.
Check if there's at least one enabled item there.
My conf file was here: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VirtualMIDISynth\VirtualMIDISynth.conf
[SoundFonts]
sf1=C:\Save\Drivers\SoundBlaster\4GMGSMT.SF2
sf2=C:\Windows\System32\CT2MGM.SF2
- Check if there's something preventing the driver to load the SF2 files, or move them to a surely readable location like your desktop folder.
I tried this: sf1=C:\Temp\4GMGSMT.SF2 and it worked.
What is really odd is that BOTH the other directories cause the error message. They used to work fine.
- coolsoft
- Posts: 1972
- Joined: 25 Mar 2012 - 01:19
Well, sometimes Windows development is like coin flipping: too much variables.
Maybe you have something like antivirus, antimalware, security software that prevents those locations from being accessed.
- Steve Wellens
- Posts: 27
- Joined: 13 Apr 2015 - 18:54
Having the file in the temp directory is now causing the same problem.
I am going assume it is the MIDI software: Record Producer Deluxe. Turtle Beach bought it and suppport was pulled years ago and with each new edition of Windows it gets flakier. I've searched years for a replacement but nothing else comes close. I'll guess I'll just keep limping on.
Thanks for your time.
- coolsoft
- Posts: 1972
- Joined: 25 Mar 2012 - 01:19
Maybe next VirtualMIDISynth 2.x version will work better.
In 2.x the driver (the part of VMS loaded by client MIDI app) is really minimal, has no need to access soundfont files and communicates to the synth (a new component) through a fast IPC channel.
You can read more here, maybe it worths a try (remember it's in alpha stage).
- Jeffrey
- Anonymous user
Hi coolsoft,
I just dont know how will I do this, I am suffering the same problem and I did a lot or different Troubleshooting steps but still having a problem of the error, I hope you could help me with this... thank you so much
- coolsoft
- Posts: 1972
- Joined: 25 Mar 2012 - 01:19
@Jeffrey: move your soundfonts to another folder (i.e. on your Documents folder) and add them to VirtualMIDISynth from there.
Maybe you have some security software preventing you to access current SF2 folder.
- coolsoft
- Posts: 1972
- Joined: 25 Mar 2012 - 01:19
coolsoft wrote:@Jeffrey: move your soundfonts to another folder (i.e. on your Documents folder) and add them to VirtualMIDISynth from there.
Maybe you have some security software preventing you to access current SF2 folder.
Open file C:\Windows\System32\VirtualMIDISynth\VirtualMIDISynth.conf (or C:\Windows\System32\VirtualMIDISynth\VirtualMIDISynth.conf) and look at the [SoundFonts] section with some items in it named sf1, sf2, ...
Disabled items start with an *.
Check if there's at least one enabled item there.
- Matthias
- Posts: 4
- Joined: 8 Gen 2016 - 14:16
Hello,
I have the same problem but there is another message box I get before the one shown in the first post. It says:
drv.error.sf_load
I get that message box for every soundfont that should be loaded.
No solutions posted here have any effect.
Version 1.10.1 was the last one I used and it worked fine.
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