I've read everything on the subject that I could find by searching Google. Figured somebody here might know. I cannot, for the life of me, change the volume of the midi playback in my program. The following is my code. The last part (before the call to start()) is my attempt at discovering which Synthesizer is attached to the Sequencer. And the very last nested loop was an attempt to change everyone's volume. By the way, if my test for synthesizer.getDefaultSoundbank() == null is valid, I'm using the software synthesizer on my computer.

        private void playMidi(String fileName) {
try {
     midiPlayer = MidiSystem.getSequencer(true);
     Synthesizer synthesizer = MidiSystem.getSynthesizer();
     midiPlayer.open();
     synthesizer.open();
     Transmitter transmitter = midiPlayer.getTransmitter();

     if (synthesizer.getDefaultSoundbank() == null) {//MEANING "IF USING HARDWARE (NOT JRE) SYNTHESIZER"
transmitter.setReceiver(MidiSystem.getReceiver());//THIS IS RIGHT FOR HARDWARE
System.out.println("Hardware synthesizer!");
     }
     else {
transmitter.setReceiver(synthesizer.getReceiver());//SYNTHESIZER.GETRECEIVER() IS RIGHT FOR SOFTWARE

System.out.println("Software synthesizer in use!");
     }

     midiPlayer.setSequence(MidiSystem.getSequence(new File(fileName)));

     ShortMessage volumeMessage = new ShortMessage();
     int numberOfChannels = synthesizer.getChannels().length;
     for (int i = 0; i < numberOfChannels; i++) {
volumeMessage.setMessage(ShortMessage.CONTROL_CHANGE, i, 7, 5); //7 IS MASTER VOLUME CONTROLLER, 5 IS VOLUME BETWEEN 0-127
transmitter.getReceiver().send(volumeMessage, -1);
     }
System.out.println("Is the sequencer an instance of Synthesizer? "+(midiPlayer instanceof Synthesizer));

     MidiDevice device = MidiSystem.getMidiDevice(midiPlayer.getDeviceInfo());
     java.util.List<Transmitter> transmitters = device.getTransmitters();
     Transmitter[] transmitterArray = new Transmitter[transmitters.size()];
     transmitterArray = transmitters.toArray(transmitterArray);

for (int y = 0; y < transmitterArray.length; y++) {
for (int x = 0; x < 16; x++) {
volumeMessage.setMessage(ShortMessage.CONTROL_CHANGE, y, 7, 5); //7 IS MASTER VOLUME CONTROLLER, 5 IS VOLUME BETWEEN 0-127
transmitterArray[y].getReceiver().send(volumeMessage, -1);
}
}

     MidiChannel[] channels = synthesizer.getChannels();
     for (int i = 0; i < channels.length; i++){
channels[i].controlChange(7, 5);
System.out.println("Can we lower the volume? "+(channels[i].getController(7)!=0));}

     midiPlayer.start();
}
catch (Exception e) {System.out.println("Midi File Error: "+e.getMessage());}

Thank you, C3R14L.K1L4 and Egon for picking this up without me. I've been spending way too much to buy Okino's exporter! I've got my fingers crossed that Egon will find a way.

Is the following link to a PRJ file the same thing as a 3DS? It has both cameras and lights, and it looks like pretty much the same thing to me.

http://wolf359a.anet-stl.com/mesh/xwing.zip

Do you want the MAX scene itself? Because I re-sent you the 3DS two days ago. But with the MAX scene you could export via other 3DS exporters (like Okino's).

E-mailed a 3DS of a sheriff sitting down and a camera placed in front of him to you.

I'm not sure what you mean by "is it possible to get the camera settings in MAX in a dialog" but the coordinates for its position are -0.203, -22.073, 6.882. Thanks again, buddy.

I'm not the one who started the thread. Just trying to help him. And no, no problem. It works great.

I know but I use Max, so I'm covered.

Some of this is Egon's. It's for my Rogue Squadron program. The camera is always behind the ship, wherever it goes or turns. Since I also don't know exactly what you want, I'm not sure if it will, but does that help?

     private void follow() {
Matrix matrix = xWing.getWorldTransformation().invert3x3();
camera.setBack(matrix);
camera.setPosition(xWing.getTransformedCenter());
camera.rotateCameraX((float)Math.toRadians(120));
camera.moveCamera(Camera.CAMERA_MOVEOUT, cameraToObjectDistance);
      }