Gateway Solo 5100 User Manual page 39

1. Click on Start, Programs, Accessories, Multimedia, and click on the
Media Player icon. The Media Player appears on the display.
2. From the File menu, select Open. A list of sample files supplied with
Windows 95 appears; click on the Files of type drop down box to select
MIDI Sequencer file types. This will show only MIDI type files.
Double-click on the file of your choice, then click on the
Media Player. The sequence should begin playing. If you can't hear it, make
sure that the volume control wheel on the side of the notebook is turned up.
If you hear a strange rhythmic pattern played by a non-percussion instrument
when playing back a MIDI file, the percussion instrument channel is
probably set incorrectly. It is generally accepted that percussion instruments
should go on MIDI channel 10, and this is the default setting for Windows 95.
However, you may encounter a MIDI file that plays percussion instruments
on channel 16 instead. Playing back such a file with the software wavetable
To play back a MIDI file
(Play) button in
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