Re: DOSMid - an open-source MIDI player for DOS

Posted on 2016-10-16, 08:10

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Question. Can I use this to play MIDI on the SoundBlaster and sequence it externally? No, DOSMid only accept one type of input: MIDI files. It doesn't provide any way to "listen to" incoming MIDI notes from an external device to play them in real-time on another MIDI device. Could I play this with …

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Re: DOSMid - an open-source MIDI player for DOS

Posted on 2016-06-19, 10:43

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Well I'm using a Roland SC-55 and it takes around 100ms for the effects (reverb/chrous) to come back after a reset. I see.. The MPU accepts the sysex bytes, the UART says it's 'ready' again, but the MPU is actually still processing the new setting somehow in parallel (since it's able to play notes …

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Re: DOSMid - an open-source MIDI player for DOS

Posted on 2016-06-19, 09:54

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what is it really about that /switch /sbmidi ? the soundblaster is a real bad guy, one should not waste time about it DOSMid supports a variety of MIDI interfaces: MPU, AWE, OPL, RS-232, etc... SoundBlaster is just one of them. Not every SoundBlaster cards comes with an MPU emulation (that is, this …

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Re: DOSMid - an open-source MIDI player for DOS

Posted on 2016-06-19, 09:45

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Adding a /syx=gsreset.syx to dosmid.cfg doesn't work, it only works from the command line. You are quite right. Fixed in beta version: http://mateusz.viste.fr/temp/dosmid-beta/ Also, a delay after the SYX file is important, some synths require a delay after a sysex command. Do you actually have a …

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Re: DOSMid - an open-source MIDI player for DOS

Posted on 2016-06-12, 19:50

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The machine in my signiture. Taked three seconds after I hit esc, that is quite long. Thr MPU is UART on a typical sound blaster. I'm off to sleep, I will expdriment in 8 hours or so. I agree that three seconds between pressing ESC and getting out to the DOS shell is a lot of time. On a 233 MHz it …

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Re: DOSMid - an open-source MIDI player for DOS

Posted on 2016-06-12, 19:29

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Question, why DOSMid is so slow to quit? What do you mean? On my 386SX 20 MHz it's almost immediate. How long is 'slow' in your case? On what kind of PC, and what kind of sound device? Does it happen with all MIDI files? Is it as much slow with other types of sound devices (OPL, SB)? DOSMid …

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Re: DOSMid - an open-source MIDI player for DOS

Posted on 2016-06-12, 12:37

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How was your flight? Not jet-lagged are you? :lol: Perfect. They even have wifi in planes these days, wow. Although I find the weather in Chicago to be far too hot to my taste. Can't wait to get back to my way more temperate (french) climate. 99.99999999% of external SYX are just sysex Reset …

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Re: DOSMid - an open-source MIDI player for DOS

Posted on 2016-06-12, 11:53

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1. The test version applies the "apply reset" sequence TWICE at start and nothing at exit (bug). Yes, I know. First time is during initialization, second time just before starting the playback. I might optimize it later, but it's not that important after all (meaning nothing harmful could result …

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Re: DOSMid - an open-source MIDI player for DOS

Posted on 2016-06-11, 08:50

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Actually I hacked it quickly right now, while still on the ground. James, could you please confirm that this version works better for you? http://mateusz.viste.fr/temp/dosmid-james/

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Re: DOSMid - an open-source MIDI player for DOS

Posted on 2016-06-11, 08:33

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Hi James, thank you for your hints! The MIDI files that were going crazy without resetting channels were all Scott Joplin tunes I like to listen to from time to time (obviously all piano), and almost all of them use channel 0 exclusively - that's why it was working in my case. The patch reset itself …

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Re: DOSMid - an open-source MIDI player for DOS

Posted on 2016-06-11, 06:45

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I can't make SYX files to work win DOSMid. No matter what I write after /syx="********" the return is always "Error: You have to provide the path...." Can you please provide the full command line you execute, as well as the exact version of DOSMid you use? Note, that your example above contains …

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Re: Newest DOS games

Posted on 2016-05-24, 06:43

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butterfly wrote: Do you think it could be useful to make a list of the latest developed DOS games? There is this website that seem to do exactly that: http://www.doshaven.eu/

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Re: Midi player for DOS? supporting SB1, SB PRO, SB 16, ADLIB, General Midi...

Posted on 2016-05-21, 13:52

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The OPL3 core certainly isn't at fault here. I never claimed so. I said "buggy OPL behavior", meaning the behavior of OPL music is buggy - and it is. The OPL chip itself is very unlikely to be the root cause of the problem, as you stated. Still, for the end user the result is just the same: "OPL …

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Re: DOSMid - an open-source MIDI player for DOS

Posted on 2016-05-21, 13:39

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Hello, I'm glad to announce that DOSMid has been released in an updated version today. DOSMid v0.9 [21 May 2016] increased SYX delaying to 40ms (solves buffering troubles on MT-32 gears), fixes around how OPL percussion instruments are emulated, support for custom sound banks (IBK on OPL, SBK on AWE …

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Re: Midi player for DOS? supporting SB1, SB PRO, SB 16, ADLIB, General Midi...

Posted on 2016-05-20, 07:05

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I just dont want to have many and possibly outdated .M3U files hanging around everywhere and I want the solution to work for other players as well. To avoid having plenty of *.m3u leftovers at the end of the day, you might wrap this into a batch script that would use a temporary file, as so: REM to …

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Re: Midi player for DOS? supporting SB1, SB PRO, SB 16, ADLIB, General Midi...

Posted on 2016-05-19, 07:55

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I use your player to play .mid on dos using the awe32 and some .sbk. Do you know of any good general midi .sbk around 28mb? Sorry, can't help you there. Myself, I have only 4M of RAM on my AWE64 (Gold), and I use the 2M chaos_gm.sbk sound bank, which I find perfect already. 've even try to …

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Re: Midi player for DOS? supporting SB1, SB PRO, SB 16, ADLIB, General Midi...

Posted on 2016-05-18, 09:25

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Here is your exact result as requested Hello ElBrunzy, thank you very much, this tells me a lot! It would appear that your board doesn't like when I try reading from it while it is initializing itself. All the chips I tested do not have such problem, but evidently yours is troubled by this. I …

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Re: Midi player for DOS? supporting SB1, SB PRO, SB 16, ADLIB, General Midi...

Posted on 2016-05-01, 08:30

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Do you have any points you want me to note as I perform the testing ? Not really, just the answers to my Q1 and Q2 above would be great :) Note that the test will be done on a gx pro case with sb cohabiting a gus classic and running msdos 6.22. Now that you mention it... Could you please confirm …

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Re: Midi player for DOS? supporting SB1, SB PRO, SB 16, ADLIB, General Midi...

Posted on 2016-04-28, 11:33

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I cannot get it to work with the /opl switch on a ct2760. it keep on telling me that "Error: Failed to initialize the sound device" Question 1: does it fail the same way if you run DOSMID /OPL=388 (instead of DOSMID /OPL) ? Question 2: could you please run the program from the link below, and paste …

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Re: DOSMid - an open-source MIDI player for DOS

Posted on 2016-04-28, 08:01

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Hi! First of all, I'm really sorry for my quite long response time. To tell the full truth, I'm not a big fan of these "forum" things (I'm more of a usenet guy), so I rarely check out here. And for some reasons, vogons didn't notified me about this thread's activity even though it appears in my " …

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