3DsoundSurge FAQ Manager v1.0: MIDI: Can I use my external wavetable card and an external midi device at the same time? Is this a driver issue or does an external midi device have to be physically pluged into the Vortex 2 board for the option of a second midi port to be available? (like how it is able to detect which audio out jack is being used).


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A collection of technical support questions and answers for soundcards based on Aureal's Vortex 2 chip. Many questions and answers are provided courtesy of Aureal but are not the official position of Aureal Inc.

32. MIDI: Can I use my external wavetable card and an external midi device at the same time? Is this a driver issue or does an external midi device have to be physically pluged into the Vortex 2 board for the option of a second midi port to be available? (like how it is able to detect which audio out jack is being used). - Top

The daughtercard is just like having an external synthesizer attached to the MIDI out port. It responds to the same events as the external synthesizer connected to the MIDI port. There is only one MIDI out port on the Vortex 2 board and it will drive the port as well as the daughtercard concurrently. As noted in the answer above, the only control the driver has is on the volume of the daughtercard. - Updated: November 29, 1999

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A collection of technical support questions and answers for soundcards based on Aureal's Vortex 2 chip. Many questions and answers are provided courtesy of Aureal but are not the official position of Aureal Inc.

32. MIDI: Can I use my external wavetable card and an external midi device at the same time? Is this a driver issue or does an external midi device have to be physically pluged into the Vortex 2 board for the option of a second midi port to be available? (like how it is able to detect which audio out jack is being used). - Top: The daughtercard is just like having an external synthesizer attached to the MIDI out port. It responds to the same events as the external synthesizer connected to the MIDI port. There is only one MIDI out port on the Vortex 2 board and it will drive the port as well as the daughtercard concurrently. As noted in the answer above, the only control the driver has is on the volume of the daughtercard. - Updated: November 29, 1999