Configuring Your Sound Card and MIDI Equipment > Procedures for Advanced MIDI Configuration Tasks

This section describes some of the most common MIDI configuration tasks for MIDI equipment arrangements that include more than one external MIDI device, or which include an extra software synthesizer that you might install to supplement the sounds normally provided with your sound card.

The procedures described in this section are:

▪Installing a Software Synthesizer

▪Adjusting for the Delay of Some MIDI Output Devices

▪Preparing Bank, Patch, and Drum Note Names for a MIDI Device

▪Configuring a New External MIDI Sound Module

▪How to Handle Devices Connected With MIDI Thru Cables

▪How to Save Effort if You Rearrange Your MIDI Equipment Often

For instructions in more common MIDI configuration tasks, see Procedures for Common MIDI Configuration Tasks.

For special instructions for managing MIDI devices that are not currently connected to your computer, see Configuring Missing MIDI Devices.