![]() ![]() ![]() I'm hoping someone who has already had a chance to download it can report back on a specific feature. To improve compatibility with latest Windows 10 updates.Exciting to see that Logic Pro X has launched at last! NOTE: driver component still needs to be installed in System32\SysWOW64 folders.Ĭonfigurator now runs natively as 圆4 application on 圆4 OS.įixed bug with Windows 10 (2004) removing the driver at each boot. Installation folder can now be changed by the user (default is \CoolSoft MIDIMapper) MIDIMapper now installs as a Virtual Device Driver and it's shown in Device Manager. Improved management of Proxy86 execution timeout, used to retrieve x86 MIDI devices names on 圆4 systems.įixed error when confirming update check frequency value to "never".įixed bitness detection on x86 Windows versions. If you have any issue with MIDIMapper (or you have a suggestion/request) visit the MIDIMapper forum and search if another user had the same issue before if not, start a new thread there.įixed volume handling bug causing many MIDI messages (other than NoteON) to be patched. If you can't (and your software uses #0), you're out of luck: it will use the first in the devices list. I wrote "REQUIRED" because, worst of all, MGWS is now installed with some sort of "dynamic" ID: #0 out of the box, but it becomes #1 if you install another one (like VirtualMIDISynth or an USB MIDI device).Īnyway #0 won't lead to a well known situation like in pre-Windows 8 era #0 could be MGWS or any other one that's why you now need to select a specific device (it could also force you to upgrade your software). On Windows 8 the MIDIMapper device has been completely removed so MIDI softwares are now REQUIRED to select a specific device (no selection still means #0). Well, in fact you don't need it, but only if your MIDI clients (players, games, DAWs) allows you to select a specific output device. Windows 8 and newer: no more MIDIMapper, registry keys hack not working anymore!.Windows Vista / 7: same as above, but MIDIMapper configuration disappeared from control panel (registry settings were still available, so some third part tools were released as workaround).Windows XP: device #0 is MIDIMapper, #1 is MGWS.It all worked up to Windows 7, but getting worst version by version: This chain worked well: default users had a working MIDI synthesis out of the box. There are a lot of softwares around without a configurable output device (think about game emulators and Active Movie based players, like Windows Media Player and MediaPlayer classic): they all use #0 by default.ĭevice #0 is MIDIMapper -> MIDIMapper is configured to use MGWS -> MGWS will play your MIDI. ![]() your MIDI player) starts playing, it should select a MIDI out device otherwise #0 is used. So on Windows XP, programmers had 2 well known devices: #0 (MIDIMapper) and #1 (MGWS), the former preconfigured to use the latter. MGWS is a (low quality) software wave synth, installed as MIDI out device #1. MIDIMapper, as said, was bundled with Windows, installed as MIDI device #0 and preconfigured to use the first available "real" device, usually the well-known Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth ( MGWS from now on).Īnother MIDI device was bundled, the well known Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth ( MGWS from now on). MIDIMapper was not real device but sort of "pipe": it receives a MIDI stream on its input and drive it to an user configured (real) MIDI Out device. Users were able to select their default MIDI Out device from a list of all installed MIDI devices.īased of this choice, all programs that were outputting a MIDI data stream (and had not selected a specific MIDI Out device) had their stream played by the selected device. Let's get back to Windows XP era, where MIDI was "exposed" to the public and it had its own place into "Sound and Multimedia" control panel application. It can be managed with a configuration panel accessible from Control Panel or its Start menu icon.ĬoolSoft MIDIMapper is not only a configurator for the well known MIDI registry keys (because that "hack" stopped working from Windows 8, see below) but a full alternative to (the now missing) Microsoft MIDI Mapper. ![]() It installs as a MIDI Output device and forces itself as MIDI device #0 (read below for an explanation). CoolSoft MIDIMapper is the missing (and needed) MIDI Mapper for Windows 8, 10, 11. ![]()
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