Attention MIDI Composers? DLS Alert!
Microsoft DirectX 7.0 comes with a 16-bit DLS set of Roland General MIDI
patches, free for the downloading! The latest information on DirectX can be
found at http://www.microsoft.com/directx/.
Once you've installed DirectX 7.0 on your system, the new GM patch set file's
name and location on your hard drive is C:WindowsSystemGm16.dls for Windows
95 users or C:WindowsSystem32DriversGm.dls for Windows 98 users.
AUDITIONING THE NEW ROLAND GENERAL MIDI DLS SAMPLE SET:
Since the Turtle Beach Montego II soundcards can load DLS sample sets
'on the fly' you can easily audition this new sample set. Here's how:
For Windows 95 Users:
1. Click on Start | Settings | Control Panel | Turtle Beach Montego II.
This will open the Montego II Control Panel.
2. In the MIDI panel, click on the Download button. The Open a DLS Collection
File dialog will open. The Look in: field should say "System". If not,
navigate to the C:WindowsSystem folder.
3. Highlight the gm16.dls file to select it and click on Open to load the file
into the Montego II MIDI synthesizer.
4. Click on Close in the Montego II Control Panel. That's it!
For Windows 98 Users:
1. Click on Start | Settings | Control Panel | Turtle Beach Montego II.
This will open the Montego II Control Panel.
2. In the MIDI Panel, click on the Download button. The Open a DLS Collection
File dialog will open. The Look in: field will say "System". You will
need to navigate to the C:WindowsSystem32Drivers folder.
Here's how to do this:
- In right hand corner of the Look in: field, click on the downward
pointing arrow to display the list of drives on your system.
Click on the (C:) drive.
- Now double-click on the Windows folder.
- Double-click on the System32 folder.
- Double-click on the Drivers folder.
3. Highlight the file named gm.dls
(NOTE: The Windows 98 version of DirectX 7.0 renames the gm16.dls file
to gm.dls. Nobody knows why, it just does it).
Click on the Open button in the lower right.
4. Click on Close in the Montego II Control Panel. That's it!
To hear the new sample set, play a MIDI file (or a .ORC file with MIDI
data) in a MIDI sequencer such as Voyetra MIDI Orchestrator Plus or
Digital Orchestrator Pro. Make sure you choose the Montego II MIDI
(not the MPU-401) as your MIDI Output Port.
Let us know what you think of the new sounds!
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