SUMMARY
For Yamaha XG sound cards, the drum instruments reside in a
different bank from standard General MIDI (GM). If your XG module has been
switched to XG mode by playing an XG MIDI file or by using XG-enabled software,
it will play an instrument other than drums. This behavior occurs because the
card received an XG initialization code from a MIDI file.
The
Ppgmon.exe file, available from Microsoft Technical Support, will reset the
card to GM mode. To reset the card, download this file, and run the attached
MIDI file (Gm_on.mid).
The following file is available for download from the Microsoft
Download Center:
For
additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the
following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services
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