Re: MT-32 Editor- a new timbre editor and patch librarian for 64-bit Windows

Posted on 2023-04-23, 13:49

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Hmm, not sure why active sense is related at all. It is an optional feature, and any conforming device should only engage this function once it receives the Active Sense message. FYI, mt32emu does not emulate this either, but we provide a callback in the library, so the client application might …

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Re: MT-32 Editor- a new timbre editor and patch librarian for 64-bit Windows

Posted on 2023-04-23, 08:07

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That's also how I understand it. I guess, the editor opens the MIDI port, sends something, then immediately closes the port. By default, each MIDI connection is served by a separate synth in mt32emu-qt. For added flexibility, there is also a pinned synth mode, as I said above. When enabled, one …

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Re: MT-32 Editor- a new timbre editor and patch librarian for 64-bit Windows

Posted on 2023-04-22, 17:22

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One can "pin" a synth in mt32emu-qt, so that it accepts input from all new MIDI connections, which is more like having a single hardware unit connected to a MIDI port. Albeit, I don't think that mt32emu-qt would work great in a DAW setup. If you need a VSTi that emulates MT-32, better to use exactly …

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Re: Could MUNT to be used to implement a successor to LA32?

Posted on 2023-04-18, 17:45

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I'd like to clarify the point of using the ROM images in munt, and probably, the goal of munt per se. With munt, we can have a relatively high-performance reimplementation of famous hardware used in retro gaming. Despite of being a reimplementation, we nevertheless load essential data from both the …

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Re: MUNT output gain and clipping question

Posted on 2023-04-09, 12:26

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I am not entirely sure what you want to achieve, but if you want to avoid overdrive distortion of the output signal, then your best friend is the Master Volume knob. The output gain is applied in the emulation of the analogue path, thus it won't help anyhow if the input signal is already distorted …

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Re: MT-32 Editor- a new timbre editor and patch librarian for 64-bit Windows

Posted on 2023-04-08, 18:32

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Yeah, hopefully something can be done... Anyway, thank you for not using Electron 😀

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Re: MT-32 Editor- a new timbre editor and patch librarian for 64-bit Windows

Posted on 2023-04-08, 08:20

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Yes, this is definitely a great work! I hope it will be useful for those who wants to play with MT-32 and get it all from this toy. Alas, I personally still can't use it directly. Either LA-SYNTH from 1995 or MT32 Editor requires running Windows, just different versions :) I wonder how hard it would …

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Re: Inconsistent behavior between Physical MT-32 v1.07 and MUNT/v1.07

Posted on 2023-04-06, 21:17

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OK it does sound like a difference in the partial allocation algorithms between the new-gen and old-gen units. Let's see what we can do without rewriting the whole thing 😀

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Re: Inconsistent behavior between Physical MT-32 v1.07 and MUNT/v1.07

Posted on 2023-04-06, 19:39

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Well, I have no specific requirement wrt. file sharing, so please feel free to do it as you see best :) Speaking of emulation accuracy, munt is not an emulator per se, so we do not expect it to approach 100% accuracy. There are many technical problems on the way to perfect reimplementation, but that …

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Re: Inconsistent behavior between Physical MT-32 v1.07 and MUNT/v1.07

Posted on 2023-04-06, 17:47

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Of course, some special stuff like partial allocation and hence partial exhaustion of MT-32 is known to be emulated inaccurately. Notably, available partials are allocated in munt one-by-one (unless a pair is required for a ring modulating timbre). The control ROM code in contrast operates with …

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Re: MUNT Reverb configuration

Posted on 2023-04-05, 18:00

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And as an important addition to the mapping Cloudschatze provided, once you set reverb via the control panel, the reverb mode is also always reset to Room.

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Re: MUNT Reverb configuration

Posted on 2023-04-05, 06:35

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Oh well, I'll stop reading books. Probably won't trust any printed word anymore 😀

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Re: MUNT Reverb configuration

Posted on 2023-04-04, 17:44

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Hi there! Certainly, munt strives to implement a reverb model found in the emulated MT-32 hardware yet simply provides you for full and direct control over the reverb parameters available on real devices via software (i.e. SysEx messages). For instance, the four reverb modes are listed in the …

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Re: Is munt windows 98 compatible?

Posted on 2023-01-14, 22:53

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i tried the dosbox compiled with munt v1.3.0 referenced above and, while the default instruments sounded ok, any custom instruments came across with a distorted computer synth sound. thinking it might be the older version of mt32emu i tried my hand at compiling a win9x build using mingw of the most …

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Re: Is munt windows 98 compatible?

Posted on 2023-01-13, 08:14

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here's the wrinkle: mt32emu_qt can connect to the virtual mme device with no issues EXCEPT when another application is connected. i get the same open failed error as if nothing has changed. what gives? the virtual mme device is purpose designed to accept multiple clients and nothing else has a …

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Re: Is munt windows 98 compatibel?

Posted on 2023-01-05, 20:41

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Yeah, life goes on and on, the support for win9x platform's become scarce, and 16-bit stuff's hopelessly gone to the abandonware category. Sadly, I can't immediately provide a win9x-compatible DOSBox build (technically), but probably this month. You could keep looking around, but note, even MinGW …

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Re: Is munt windows 98 compatibel?

Posted on 2023-01-04, 20:33

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no, the pin synth box is not ticked. i don't even know what that does. i presume it has something to do with windows desktop settings? No clue. The behaviour of the 16-bit stuff buried in win98 is hard to predict, and the multimedia subsystem heavily relies on that. Maybe you can fix it by using …

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Re: Is munt windows 98 compatibel?

Posted on 2022-12-29, 10:00

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Heh, I don't recall when my Win98 rebooted not because of a crash (I tried really hard at the times to put my PC to sleep overnight, etc.) but well, you sound like there is a specific problem. A quick question: do you have the "Pin Synth" checked? Speaking of performance, let me remind that Win9x …

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Re: Munt works (for sound) but doesn't show main window

Posted on 2022-10-28, 07:55

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Definitely, there is some logic implemented in Qt to ensure that the window is always within the visible display area when it is shown after restoring the settings at startup, but for some reason it doesn't kick in. I'll fix and have a test case for this 😀

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Re: Munt works (for sound) but doesn't show main window

Posted on 2022-10-27, 16:59

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It seems there is a bug in mt32emu-qt. I managed to reproduce putting it to a similar state by moving the window outside the visible display area and restarting the app. Then the window is invisible and the preview is empty. See if maximisation / tiling / cascading desktop windows helps. Also, it …

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