Strange sounds

[uglybob]

I have a Yamaha keyboard and have bought an Extigy Soundblaster sound card.
The problem is that the noise from the sound card is not the same as the keyboard-nowhere near it. For example, a drum beat comes out as an out of tune piano.
Also, there is no midi-out function in my software (Master Tracks Pro). There was no problem in Win95 but now I'm using WinXP.
Please help!

[TexRoadkill]

You are playing the midi sounds on the Audigy and they wont be the same sounds as the yamaha. What is it specifically that you want to do?

[James Argo]

And what's your setup ? driver ? Soundfonts ? etc...?

[uglybob]

The noises are completely different.
I don't know how to use soundfonts and Soundblaster do not explain how.

[regebro]

Yes, if you play MIDI on the Audigy it will sound completely different from the Yamaha, in exactly the same way as if you play on a guitar it will sound different from if you play on a harp. This is expected.

So I repeat TexRoadkill's question that you so neatly ignored.

What is it you want to do?

[monty]

I think he's a dangerous man and probably wants to eat my gecko.

[uglybob]

Thanks for help so far.
I want to record onto the software that sounds something like music.
Why must we accept such differences?
Why should it be so difficult?
If anyone can tell me who is responsible for supplying midi-out I will be eternally grateful.
Thanks
Bob

[regebro]

"Why must we accept such differences?"

You don't *have* to accept that a guitar and a harp sound different, but I expect that you will go mad if you don't.

If you want to record the audio output of your keyboard, I suggest you connect the audio output of the keyboard to the audio input of your sound card.

Todays hint: MIDI is not a type of audio.

[drstawl]

Don't drive yourself nuts trying to get the same sounds with the soundblaster that you got with the Yamaha. Record the audio from the Yamaha.

Even very high end synths that meet the GM or GS spec will have sounds that are markedly different from each other even for the same patch number.

All that the GM specification (General Midi) tries to address is that patch numbers represent the same instrument.

From your post- I'd guess that you have a drumset patch bank mapped onto a GM patchset. Even if you solve that problem, I doubt that you'd like the "appropriate" patches on the Soundblaster.

[subtractor]

First your gonna have to reboot, then push f5, and tell it to goto a dos prompt.

Oh nevermind...

[James Argo]

What Yamaha ? GM ? How actualy you set your gear ? Using what ? TELL US MORE...

BTW, everytime I want to help, seems like the one who needs help ain't suply with appropriate information. I just wonder what make these newbies think that their problems would be solved by just typing
"I have yamaha and sound card, and they don't make same sound... what's the problem ?"

The only problem here is YOU !!!
Why ? Because you don't leave us with informations we need to help.
I like to tell Dragon, to make a sticky thread that tell all newbies to SUPLY their post with some appropriate information they could dig about their problems. Spec, Setup, Gear, Typical connection, Hardware, Software, Driver, etc... Trust me guys, this way, you don't have to wait months untill 34th posts just to have your problem solved...

Peace...

[subtractor]

Word!