i just installed timidity and it works. thanks so much to everyone. i can now throw my windows box out the window. dave On Thu, 2003-04-24 at 10:59, Guy Daniel CLOTILDE wrote: > Hi > > On 24 Apr 2003 10:24:03 -0400 > David Evans <dsevans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote / a écrit: > > > i downloaded mma and got it to work. it creates > > midi files from a set of changes. i'm trying to play > > these files with a variety of progams and none work. > > What sort of programs? Have you try timidity or iiwusynth (http://www.fluid-synth.org/) ? These are real good soft synths, capable of emulating the best soundcards and some of the best hardware samplers and synthesizers. I used TiMidity with no problems on my old P200 + 48MB . > > cheers > Guy CLO~ > #219055 http://counter.li.org > ------------------------------------- > http://perso.wanadoo.fr/guy.clotilde/ > -------------------------------------