[fluid-dev] Re: Win32 midi loopback driver -- WAS Re: Build help on win32 with MinGW (resolved)

[josh]

Quoting jimmy <address@hidden>:
> > Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:17:28 -0700
> >
> > Now to 
> > figure out how to route some MIDI through the winmidi
> > driver and test 
> > some SYSEX data.  Clues into how to do this would be
> > most welcome!
>
> Josh,
>
> Haven't use Windows for years, but have read about "Midi Yoke", or   
> "Hubi's Loopback".  I believe they provide some virtual midi ports   
> or connection-points or something along that line.

Yeah, I ended up finding a virtual MIDI hub driver, which I used to  
test/debug things all in a VirtualBox Windows install ;)

> In another message, you said something about XG soundfont.  There   
> are some soundfonts with some sort of XG mapping.  Of course, those   
> may not have much to do with SYSEX handling, but may provide some   
> lite XG soundbanks/drumsets.  Not sure if any of them can qualify to  
>  support "XG-Lite" definition from Yamaha.
>
>    www.rodi.dk/download1.php?yamahaxg.zip
>
>    XG_Sound_Set__from_SoundMAX_DLSbyXG_.sf2
>    yamaha-xg-sound-set.sf2 yamaha-xg-sound-set.sf2
>    yamaha_xg_sound_set_re-map.sf2 yamaha_xg_sound_set_re-map.sf2
>
>    Bennet's AnotherXG.sf2
>
> Jimmy

That sounds about right.  So it seems there are some SoundFont files  
which provide instruments in an XG fashion.  But the extended SYSEX  
stuff would need to be handled in FluidSynth, as you hinted to.

Regards,
Josh