BarkityBark
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I have an elderly friend who is still using an old Windows MIDI program called SOFT CONCERT. It won't run on Windows 7 (somehow got it to run on Windows ME though). He runs this on an old Compaq Presario with a PCMCIA Card that has a dongle to two MIDI connectors, which go to his Korg i5M, then to his sound system. He uses this setup to make backing tracks for band practices with his old crew. The Soft Concert program lets him add multi-MIDI tracks and adjust the pitch on the fly to match his trumpet tuning. Anyway, how can we upgrade him into the 21st Century please, by using his Windows 7 laptop to accomplish the same thing (economically). I need suggestions for an easy to understand MIDI software program and a proven MIDI-USB adapter that actually works with Windows 7 Professional 64. I bought one of those $7 el-cheapo adapters from ebay and could not get it to work correctly after playing forever with Windows settings/drivers etc. and MIDI-OX (could get the built-in MIDI-OX keyboard to work, but the built-in MIDI Player would only play .mid files out through the PC speaker). Appreciate all the advice. We don't want to get oversold some stuff at Guitar Center, etc!