

Go to the Start menu | Run, type "msconfig" and press OK. Make sure vscvol and vsc32cnf are enabled at startup. Select something other than the Roland VSC for default audio and MIDI playback. On Windows 2000, go to Start | Settings | Control Panel | Sounds and Multimedia | Audio. On Windows XP, go to Start | Control Panel | Sounds and Audio Devices | Audio tab.
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Select something other than the VSC as your default MIDI driver in Windows Alternatively, use the VSC-DXi instead of the VSC-3 stand-alone version. You should be able to resolve the problem by following one or more of the suggestions below. When you open the VSC as a stand alone application (Start menu | Programs | Virtual Sound Canvas.), you may get the error "MIDI device or the audio device to be used for VSC's audio output cannot be opened.

"Audio Conversion cannot be started" error message when you attempt to Direct Render your song to a wave file using the VSC. To resolve the problem with the VSC-3 (older stand-alone MIDI version) follow the tips below. Check the "Use DXi Synth" box in the MIDI Driver Setup dialog and select the VSC-DXi in the DirectX Plugins Window that opens up. The Coyote Wavetable is included with Band-in-a-Box ®. The instructions apply to Windows 2000 and XP.Ī "quick fix" would be to use the Roland VSC-DXi, instead of the VSC3 driver.

This article is about the older stand-alone VSC synth, which is rarely used anymore, and is only compatible with Windows XP and earlier operating systems. If you get a similar error message that refers to a driver other than the VSC, see this FAQ topic instead. I get a message that the Roland VSC is ".installed properly but currently in use by another program", even though there are no other programs open.
