Installing the Sonic Foundry Virtual MIDI Router (VMR)

Available only in Sound Forge

The Sonic Foundry Virtual MIDI Router (VMR) is included on the Sound Forge CD. To install the Sonic Foundry Virtual MIDI Router, follow the instructions below.

Which operating system are you using?

Windows 98 and Me

  1. Click the Start button, choose Settings, and choose Control Panel from the submenu.

  2. Double-click on the Add New Hardware icon in the Control Panel window. The Add New Hardware Wizard is displayed.

  3. Click the Next button.

  4. The Add New Hardware Wizard asks if you want Windows to automatically detect your hardware. Click the No radio button.

  5. Click the Next button.

  6. The next window allows you to select the type of hardware you want to install. In the Hardware type list, click on the Sound, video, and game controllers option and click the Next button.

  7. The next window allows you to select the manufacturer and model for your hardware. Click the Have Disk... button.

  8. Insert the Sound Forge CD into your CD-ROM drive.

  9. In the path list box, type E:\Extras\Virtual MIDI Router\Win9x (where “E” is your CD-ROM drive) and click the OK button.

  10. In the Models list, click on the Sonic Foundry Virtual MIDI Router, and click the OK button.

  11. Click the Finish button.

  12. Restart Windows. When Windows restarts, all programs that support MIDI (including Sound Forge) can use the Virtual MIDI Router.

Windows NT 4.0

  1. Click the Start button, choose Settings, and choose Control Panel from the submenu.

  2. Double-click on the Multimedia icon in the Control Panel window.

  3. Click on the Devices tab and then click the Add button.

  4. Select Unlisted/Updated driver, and click the OK button.

  5. Insert the Sound Forge CD in your CD-ROM drive.

  6. Click the Browse button and select the drive in which you inserted the CD.

    Double-click the Extras folder, then the Virtual MIDI Router folder, followed by the WinNT folder. Click the OK button.

  7. The driver should now be listed as Sonic Foundry Virtual MIDI Router. Click once on the driver to select it and click the OK button.

    Windows installs the driver.

  8. When the installation is complete, you are prompted to restart Windows to complete the driver installation. Click the Yes button.

    Once Windows has restarted, all programs that support MIDI (including Sound Forge) can use the Virtual MIDI Router.

Windows 2000

  1. Click the Start button, choose Settings, and choose Control Panel from the submenu.

  2. Double-click on the Add/Remove Hardware icon in the Control Panel window. The Add New Hardware Wizard is displayed.

  3. Click the Next button.

  4. The Add/Remove Hardware Wizard asks what sort of hardware task you want to perform. Click the Add/Troubleshoot a device radio button.

  5. Click the Next button.

  6. The Add/Remove Hardware Wizard will display a list of hardware devices installed on your computer. Choose Add a new device and click the Next button.

  7. The Add/Remove Hardware Wizard asks if you want Windows to automatically detect your hardware. Click the No, I want to select the hardware from a list radio button and click the Next button.

  8. The next window allows you to select the type of hardware you want to install. In the Hardware types list, click the Sound, video, and game controllers option and click the Next button.

  9. The next window allows you to select the manufacturer and model for your hardware. Click the Have Disk... button.

  10. Insert the Sound Forge CD into your CD-ROM drive.

  11. In the path list box, type E:\Extras\Virtual MIDI Router\WinNT\x86\OEMSETUP.inf (where “E” is your CD-ROM drive) and click the OK button.

  12. In the Models list, click on the Sonic Foundry Virtual MIDI Router, and click the OK button.

  13. Click the Next button.

  14. Click the Next button.

  15. Select the number of ports you would like to enable from the Virtual MIDI Routing Ports list.

  16. When the installation is complete, you are prompted to restart Windows to complete the driver installation. Click the Yes button.

    Once Windows has restarted, all programs that support MIDI (including Sound Forge) can use the Virtual MIDI Router.