" I tried playing a song in Windows Media Player; it played fine. Then I went to Anvil Studio and tried to load the SoundFonts. Again the first one caused an error message and the second loaded normally. Again I was unable to hear anything anywhere on the system."
Contact the author of the program and they'll likely to have heard complaints about your issue.
Bob
I recently purchased a SoundBlaster Live! Value card for my PC, primarily in order to utilize SoundFonts. I initially installed the card, went to open a SoundFont in a freeware/shareware program called Anvil Studio, and received an error message. I then tried another SoundFont, which seemed to load correctly. However, I wasn't able to hear anything. Upon checking other audio programs that had been working normally, I still heard nothing.
I tried everything I could to make the card work, but it wouldn't, even though the line-in and mic ports work just fine. Finally I decided to replace the card, which I did.
After installing the new card, I tried playing a song in Windows Media Player; it played fine. Then I went to Anvil Studio and tried to load the SoundFonts. Again the first one caused an error message and the second loaded normally. Again I was unable to hear anything anywhere on the system.
And this continues. I have come to the following conclusions:
1.) Nothing is wrong with the hardware. Likely this was also true for the first sound card that was returned.
2.) There must be some sort of software conflict, though I don't know what it could be. My belief is that it's related either to the SoundFont that causes the error message or to Anvil Studio, but nothing I've tried has fixed the problem.
I'm running Win98SE on an eMachines etower 466is
Celeron 466, 192MB RAM
Soundblaster Live (Value) Model Number: CT4780
Any suggestions?
Remy Gibson

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