need help with midi file that makes no sound

  I have a problem with a midi file that produces no sound. Please read this entire post before you tell me to check my volume setting or drivers or what ever. I actually have many midi files and most work fine. They correctly produce sound using Cakewalk's CWMC, Vivaldi scan, Anvil studio, windows media player, notation's Musician etc. Sample of file that works is \xyzingers\sound.mid. However, I h ave a file ( www.cottagevet.com\xyzingers\nosound.mid) that produces no sound using any of these listed programs. I checked the assignments for banks, channels, instruments etc in both files and can see no differences , at least to the extent of my knowledge. Can anyone help me make file nosound.mid make sound??    thanks

Hmm... with a file name like "nosound.mid", maybe it's supposed to make no sound?
If you drag or import the file into a MIDI track and open either the Event List, Piano Roll or Staff view, is there any data in the track?

Dude.. that link takes me to a veterinarian's web site... 

If you wish to send  files.... here's a better way.

Go to www.sendspace.com and upload the file to their server.... a midi file will take just seconds to upload. When the upload is complete, sendspace gives you a link...post that link in the thread and we can all go there and download it to check out the problem.

Midi is data, as greg has explained.... and not all midi data is designed to play musical notes..... expression, volume, and lots of other data could be encoded in the track.
 

to Guitarhacker: I know, cottagevet.com is my site and the files are there as stated

to Tap: midi fiile 'sound.mid' works on all apps listed,  midi file 'nosound.mid fails on all apps.
midi file 'nosound.mid' was created by scanning sheet music with Vivaldi Scan, saved as a midi file then edited down to one measure with cw so the sample is small and quick to download.

where would i look for embedded patch settings. the specified instrument is grand piano so it should play most any note.  

The notes are there, but the velocity is set very low(a value of 1).
You can see this in the event list.
This makes the notes nearly inaudible.
I'm not familiar with your file creation software, but check your settings.
By increasing the velocity, you can hear the notes.
hth.

Thanks a lot guys, changing the velocity causes the note to be heard. The software Anvil Studio allows the event list to be saved as a text file and a simple text editor can change all occurances of vel:1 to vel:100. Does any one know how to convert the event list in text back to midi format. I will also inquiry as to what setting in Vivaldi Scan changed to set the default velocity to 1 so that I can rescan but I would like to have this file fixed by Thurs evening for rehersal and I dont have much hope for Vivaldi responding in time.  Thanks again for debugging the file for me.   

I went back to the site...looked all over it, and found no midi files.... maybe I don't know what I'm looking for or where to find it......

glad you got the answer none the less.