I Can't
Get The Demos To Play. Can I save them and listen to them later?
The demos will play by left clicking on the DEMO
icon or demo
hyperlink (e.g.
BT2185 BIGGEST PART OF ME - AMBROSIA). By
right clicking on the DEMO
icon or demo
hyperlink you can
save the demo file for evaluation later in your favourite MIDI playback device.
To enable playback from your PC you must have Windows Media Player or some other
form of media playback software installed correctly. You should find Windows
Media Player on your PC at "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\WMPLAYER.EXE"
or START>PROGRAMS>WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER.
You can get the current version of Windows Media Player from
www.microsoft.com.
Windows Media Player also needs to be associated to MIDIfiles to enable
playback. If you are not confident in making changes to your system, please do
not attempt the following changes as you may disable other media playback
devices. Get someone who knows what these changes can
do to help you. We will not be responsible for things going wrong. If you are
confident in making system changes, follow the guides below. To check the
association, right click a midifile on your PC and select properties. You should
see something similar to;
or
The important parts are the Type of File: and Opens with: They
should be set as in the image above. To change the Opens with: click on the Change
button. You will see a list of association options similar to the following
images.
or
Scroll down and view the Windows Media Player options. If you
have more than one Media Player option, select the one with
as shown in the images
above.
If the MIDIfile property box does not show Type of File: MIDI
Sequence: you will need to establish this connection. This gets a little more
tricky. You need to go to My Computer > Tools > Folder Options > File Types.
You should see something similar to;
or
Scroll down and make sure that MID & MIDI are associated to MIDI
Sequence and Opens with: Windows Media Player.
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