Error 6 while opening MIDI Stream

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Error 6 while opening MIDI Stream

I have VMS installed in my PC. And it worked well a week. Great MIDI software. But in a moment it doesn't.
I received a Error 6 while opening MIDI Stream error message. After reinstalling the program several times, I can't run it, and still receive the same error message. I've tried restore windows system to a earlier date too, but without effect. My system is Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit SP1, 8 Gb RAM, hd 1,5Tb.
Please help, thanks.

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Joined: March 25, 2012 - 01:19
Re: Error 6 while opening MIDI Stream

Sorry for the late reply ;)

Fernando Bitencourt wrote:
I received a Error 6 while opening MIDI Stream error message.

Error 6 means "unsupported sample format"; BASS official documentation says:

The sample format is not supported by the device/drivers. If the stream is more than stereo or the BASS_SAMPLE_FLOAT flag is used, it could be that they are not supported.

BASS_SAMPLE_FLOAT is active on Windows 7, so something happened at your sound card device driver level.

Here's a short checklist:

  • check that you selected the right audio device into VirtualMIDISynth configurator | Options
  • check that you selected a supported sample rate (48000 or 44100Hz) in VirtualMIDISynth configurator | Advanced options
  • update your soundcard device driver to the latest available
  • check if you changed something into sound card configuration, like output mode, sample rate, ...