Hello!

I do not know whether or not I have been solving the problem using a convoluted solution so if there is someone here that knows better and has a more immediate way to have the game play with a decent MIDI output rather than the disgraceful setting the *GOG game ships with* please share.

On a Windows 7 64 bit system, what I needed to do in order to have good MIDI quality for the game was the following:

1) I installed VirtualMidiSynth (available here)

2) I configured it using the excellent Arachno Soundfont (available here) choosing CoolSoft VirtualMidiSynth as default MIDI output device in the MIDI Mapper window

3) I run the game's "Launch Settings" and configure the Audio

4) In the MIDI option, I choose General MIDI and set its port to 330 (default) then I save the settings and exit DosBox

5) I run DosBox.exe and obtain the MIDI device list by typing mixer /listmidi - in my case Coolsoft Virtual Midi Synth has position 1

6) I open the dosbox_xwingcd_conf fille in the same folder with Notepad and under [MIDI] I set midiconfig=1 (the right number for it is the one from step 5)

7) I can now play the game with General MIDI music quality

You can just set DosBOX MIDI to windows default and then select virtualmidisith as the default MIDI device, I never used all the stuff with numbers.

I don't know what is the default GOG setting for MIDi, perhaps Adlib or Soundblaster?

Fortunately I still have the original working CD and it was easy setting it up for DosBox.

That link is very useful, especially Maz.588's video ttps://www.gog.com/forum/star_wars_xwing_and_tie_fighter_series/get_dramatically_better_midi_music/post49]here [/url], where he shows how different soundfonts sound.

It made me realize that with my method I only get the second rendition (GM - with Microsoft GS )! On top of that, I could have more easily configured the sound by running GOG's own "Launch Settings"! I must have been blind for not having seen it. I am trying to investigate why.

Thanks!