Re: MT-100 Roland switch to MIDI play mode - how to

Posted on 2022-11-23, 16:31

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> Save/load works fine and the USB floppy emulator device is really neat. To use an MT-32 or MT-100 for dosbox or midi files I recommend a Roland UM-ONE MK2 with drivers installed on your system from Roland's website. This allows sysex etc to work, better than a generic USB midi interface. Can you …

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RIP Dave Smith

Posted on 2022-06-07, 14:36

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in Milliways

About 1 week ago, Dave Smith passed away. While I also collect synthesizers, vintage computers and MIDI gear have also always been just as connected / close to my heart. I'm sure most of us here probably know who Dave was and what he did, but I feel like he deserved a mention here to say the least. …

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Cubase, a stack of Midi modules, and a DJ walk into a room

Posted on 2022-04-08, 16:33

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in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I have finally gotten most of my music studio arranged with a sane MIDI layout, and I wanted to have fun with the SE. I downloaded a random pile of MIDIs to mess with, and decided this one would be fun. No MT-32 on this one, but I use a Korg 05R/W, Yamaha MU-80, Roland SC-55, and Akai SG-01k. The …

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Re: List of Macintosh games that support Roland / General Midi

Posted on 2022-04-04, 02:14

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in Marvin \ Sound

You do great stuff and it is nice for us to see and learn new stuff! Thank you again for your kind words :) I have tested midivmac with MUNT, and it does work. However, monitor color setting is a compile time, not run time, option for mini vmac :(. Therefore the sierra games are complaining that I …

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Re: List of Macintosh games that support Roland / General Midi

Posted on 2022-04-01, 17:33

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System 6.0.8 in midivmac running on Catalina, showing working MIDI I/O from the emulator (minus large sysex messages which is being worked on): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3nX1r9lqJo

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Re: List of Macintosh games that support Roland / General Midi

Posted on 2022-04-01, 05:15

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in Marvin \ Sound

In true vogons spirit, I was able to get that Korg editor running in a special build of mini vMac called midivmac. It is time to retire for the night but I now strongly believe I can get some MT32 games and also probably some GM games working with output to a virtual midi interface in current MacOS, …

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Re: List of Macintosh games that support Roland / General Midi

Posted on 2022-03-16, 01:47

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in Marvin \ Sound

This is definely great! Thexder must be great with the accelerator and Roland sound! It's much better, completely playable computer wise, the sound never had a problem thankfully. Haven't gotten back to trying new games much yet, but, you may appreciate this program for the Mac that Korg made for …

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Re: List of Macintosh games that support Roland / General Midi

Posted on 2022-03-13, 00:22

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in Marvin \ Sound

Great news, I was able to land a 16mhz accelerator for my SE! I also put in a math coprocessor which is awesome. Thexeder runs much better, so when I have time, I shall try other games again.

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Re: List of Macintosh games that support Roland / General Midi

Posted on 2022-02-12, 12:58

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in Marvin \ Sound

There is a 20th Mac on eBay right now in great shape but of course the price reflects that 🤣. I am awaiting an Edirol branded SC-88VL in the mail, I'll have to try the I have No Mouth and I Must Scream midis when I get it. Thanks for posting the video!

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Re: List of Macintosh games that support Roland / General Midi

Posted on 2022-02-11, 21:42

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Ugh, I have no mouth and I must scream doesn't want to run on OS 9.2.2. It's taunting me, the music files open in quicktime and play beautifully on the SC-55.

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Re: List of Macintosh games that support Roland / General Midi

Posted on 2022-02-11, 21:02

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in Marvin \ Sound

I am not sure what if any games on the IIgs used MIDI, but yes the macintosh / midiman works great. I have really only used it with SynthLab. I would love to find more uses for MIDI on that machine though, it would be neat.

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Re: List of Macintosh games that support Roland / General Midi

Posted on 2022-02-11, 17:36

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in Marvin \ Sound

Thanks so much for all of that! The video is awesome to see, and also motivation :) Before giving up entirely on the pismo I am still going to mess with quicktime a bit more. I'm still a bit confused as to why it's not working but that is this era of Macintoshes for you :P I now have quicktime …

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Re: List of Macintosh games that support Roland / General Midi

Posted on 2022-02-11, 15:05

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in Marvin \ Sound

Glad to know that is working on a G3 sonnet, I have one or two of those for my 7500's. It may be time to make space for one of those, because I'm afraid I have gone past the era of MT-32/GM with the Pismo and USB interfaces. PPC Midi players themselves work great but I've not been able to get any …

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Re: List of Macintosh games that support Roland / General Midi

Posted on 2022-02-10, 20:23

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Very nice, Thank you! To clear up any past mistakes I might have made, I started with a fresh OS9 install. The Roland / Edirol UM-2 Worked first try. I did follow the instructions -very carefully- from the manual. After I had a working OMS profile for that, I installed the M-Audio drivers again. …

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Re: List of Macintosh games that support Roland / General Midi

Posted on 2022-02-10, 02:49

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Yes, surely serial is better supported at least for Sierra it seems. I have found the owners manual for the M Audio, which describes the exact order of what to install. I will try it one more time, but, as you talked to, we will have to look at Sierra. I tried the configuration app for Leisure Luit …

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Re: List of Macintosh games that support Roland / General Midi

Posted on 2022-02-09, 22:33

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The following games run also with Roland Sound Canvas via Quicktime: Capitalism Dark Seed II I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream I need some more information / help here. I now have 2 of the pictured M audio interfaces on hand. With the drivers installed I can get sound out of them now! But, no MIDI …

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Re: List of Macintosh games that support Roland / General Midi

Posted on 2022-02-08, 15:22

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I am using a quicktime addon/startup for my system6 on my LC otherwise some software does not run. https://youtu.be/YicfqCx5m-k Oh wow, I learned something today! That's awesome, I'll probably reference that video a lot. I really need to find something like an LC to fill in my collection, I have a …

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Re: List of Macintosh games that support Roland / General Midi

Posted on 2022-02-07, 20:17

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In this case I am on system 6 and I don't even believe quicktime was made for anything before system 7 / MacOS 7. Sierra has its own MT-32 driver, there are driver files present with the game. In addition to the normal extensions for apple midi support, During installation you select the MT-32 …

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Re: List of Macintosh games that support Roland / General Midi

Posted on 2022-02-07, 18:20

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in Marvin \ Sound

Hoyle has given me some problems, but, I found the SE did not like my 4 port macman (works fine on iigs). The Macman mini worked though. Perhaps that would help with hoyle The copy of Volume 1 on Macintosh Repository came with the drivers, but the installer application does not find them like the …

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Re: List of Macintosh games that support Roland / General Midi

Posted on 2022-02-07, 17:48

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While awaiting a working USB interface for my Pismo, I could not resist trying to get some sound out of my Mac SE / MT-32. It was a pain and I honestly don't recommend it to anyone, but nonetheless it does work 🤣 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CgKx0-ZkLY

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