#Bookshelf Success
8 messages in this thread
Which music files are you referring to?
Files probably isn't the right word. It's the little music icons (horns of
some sort) that illustrate melody, counterpoint, etc. Clicking on them
gets me the hourglass but nothing resembling music. Not exactly a
disaster, but it bugs me that I can't figure out which driver is out of
place somewhere.
Sorry to be dense, but I'm still not with you. Where are you seeing these
icons/horns?
In the Encyclopedia of the Microsoft MPC Bookshelf, if you look up musical
terms, or go to the Contents under "Music Examples", you get screens with
little speaker icons. Presumably when you click them they are supposed to
play either using digital playback or synthesis of notes in your soundcard.
e.g. look up "melody" or "counterpoint", click on the yellow "audio" icon,
etc.
In my case, I get the hourglass for a couple seconds, and then the cursor,
with no intervening music.
Like I said, not a biggie, but if it means that the sound synthesis isn't
working right under MPC Windows, it'd make me sleep better:-) to get it
sorted out.
I just tried it, and the music comes through loud and clear. Assuming that
you have the Synth turned up in the Mixer (which I believe you confirmed
before), you should be getting the music. Have you tried calling M.V.?
Part of my problem may be that I still haven't gotten the MM/Extensions
from MV. I've left BBS mail and two phonemail messages with them so far.
I installed using the version that comes with an SB Pro, but then
downloaded all the MV specific drivers from their BBS and installed them
over top. I suspect something didn't work quite right, but there doesn't
seem to be sufficient documentation about what any of the drivers really do
or what all the settings are to fix the problem.
Unless somebody can nail it right off, I'll just resume waiting for the MV
version before hassling with it anymore, I think.
Regarding getting Win/MME from M.V.:
I talked to M.V. about this the other day and was told that it takes 3-4
weeks to get it out. I got the impression that just don't consider it a
real high priority item. (Obviously! They should be able to get it out in
one day!)
I told them that they should understand that customers don't want to wait a
month after buying something to use it, and she said she would pass that
info along. You might try calling David Cooper, the product manager, at
800-348-7116 or 800-845-5870 or at 510-770-8600. You should be able to get
through on ONE of those numbers.
Thx. I left a message for the MV person who has showed up in MULTIVEN. The
3-4 weeks is one thing, but a) they told me 1 week when I called on
December 19th, and b) they blamed my sending in my paperwork on 12/19 and
being registered on 1/2/92 "on the mail" (well maybe, but it's only 40
miles, and I sent a disk controller round trip in the same time to someone
down the road from them). They were all incredibly polite, by the
way–just unwilling to go out of there way to send one out specially or
think of the situation as a problem.
Thx. again for your continuing help! I'll stick with MPC anyway, but many
other folks won't if the vendors don't get a little more organized.