Re: Star Control 2 Ultrasound patch?

Posted on 2023-10-09, 20:23

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Hrm. The only real conclusion in that thread is the problem is fixed by running on DMA 5, and even that conclusion is challenged. I don't remember reconfiguring the GUS to get the game to run properly, but this was a *long*-ass time ago, so I don't fully trust my memory. To add insult to injury, I …

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Star Control 2 Ultrasound patch?

Posted on 2023-10-09, 19:20

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Hi all, I've recently become aware of the PicoGUS Project and it's compatibility list. They state they have an issue with Star Control 2. This gives me pause because I clearly remember having a bizarro random-sounds-playing bug when I played Star Control 2 back in the day on my actual Gravis …

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Re: Wing Commander 1 & 2 CM32L problem

Posted on 2023-07-30, 17:20

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It sounds like SysEx is not reliably making it to the CM-32L somehow.... What kind of bare metal is this running on? Wing Commander is not known to have SysEx timing issues, and the CM-32L shouldn't have the buffer overrun problems of the rev0 units. Physically there's nothing magical about SysEx, …

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Re: Wing Commander 1 & 2 CM32L problem

Posted on 2023-07-30, 04:54

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Some games have custom instruments that sound "incorrect" on certain generations of LA32 hardware, yes. To my knowledge, Wing Commander and Wing Commander 2 are not among them. And Munt (typically, at least) reproduces these differences correctly. There's a particular drum-like sound used by Master …

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Re: Wing Commander 1 & 2 CM32L problem

Posted on 2023-07-29, 00:47

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I have a real CM-32L and can confirm that it does not play right on the real hardware, thats because I found this thread whilst looking into what is causing my issue. :) Explosions, asteroids and weapons all sound odd. I don't have real hardware, but I have played Wing Commander and Wing Commander …

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Re: Roland MT-32 CM-32L upgrades?

Posted on 2023-05-26, 23:33

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So where would one of these frankensteins end up? Audio quality and game compatibility comparable to CM-32L? Just with a nice front panel interface?

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Re: Roland MT-32 CM-32L upgrades?

Posted on 2023-05-26, 18:24

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And here's a different listing that *is* a rev0 MT-32 https://www.ebay.ca/itm/285261478572?hash=item426ae8baac:g:Q~gAAOSwcqlkTpgQ&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4PZ%2FPGcxIXoHD373kFb8qWHdGPu%2B%2BM0mPP2xA2Z5PE5cCxFlp4p5t%2Fgo%2FbaSHdisVplVFQeh52sA3Ru290VAwr98XUoOsup3aY4bbYsLvw% …

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Roland MT-32 CM-32L upgrades?

Posted on 2023-05-26, 18:18

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There's a bunch of these having been sold on eBay https://www.ebay.ca/itm/285243529321?hash=item4269d6d869:g:dMIAAOSw3MtkQEbx&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4ELLvR%2BUFss%2Bq%2FpGHCg5OzqN9pa%2FLUhIZ%2B13NWiNo6s% …

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Re: Master of Orion with hardware MT-32 dropping notes?

Posted on 2023-05-03, 06:09

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And for today's necromantic trick, a response to my own thread! Now that I'm running MoO against MUNT with 96 partials, it's pretty plainly obvious that the GNN music (and some other compositions in the game) drastically exceeds the 32 partials that the real hardware has. I'm guessing CM-32L …

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

Posted on 2023-04-23, 16:28

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Prior to v0.9.3a, MT-32 Editor was initialising and then discarding the virtual MIDI connection each time a MIDI data packet was received from the MIDI In port. I suspect the Active Sense messages from the SY99 may have been triggering this initialisation/discard process multiple times per second …

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

Posted on 2023-04-22, 23:23

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It would be interesting nevertheless why I cannot access the MT-32 midi driver directly because I believed that the munt panel is just something like a monitor for the mt-32 driver, not something that really enables using it, because Dosbox games set to mt-32 also played music without having the …

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

Posted on 2023-04-22, 20:08

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To Elaborate, I'm running * MUNT - Tools -> New MIDI Port -> loopMIDI port. * MT-32 Editor with MIDI Out set to loopMIDI port and Hardware MT-32 Connected enabled * MidiPlayer5 (in lieu of a keyboard) set to output to loopMIDI port.

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

Posted on 2023-04-22, 19:48

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You're right. I think there's something wrong with how MT-32 Editor is opening and holding it's MIDI connection to MUNT. Using LoopMIDI as I described a few posts ago I'm able to get what I think is a working arrangement, but I don't have any kind of MIDI keyboard to test with.

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

Posted on 2023-04-22, 19:10

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Order of operations is important. Start the MUNT interface *first* Then MT32Edit Then add your external MIDI interface to MUNT.

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

Posted on 2023-04-22, 14:50

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It's been my experience that MUNT is a little bit.... quirky (and kinda crashy) in regards to how it handles applications connecting and disconnecting from it. Also, each connection to MUNT spawns it's own instance of MUNT, which sounds like it's not what you want. I think what you need to do is the …

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

Posted on 2023-04-19, 15:09

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the requirements are not clear enough Literal shower-thoughts do sometimes be that way.

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

Posted on 2023-04-17, 18:11

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Before I begin, I want to make clear I'm not asking anyone to actually *do* any of this. This post is an idle academic curiosity. If one was to give up on MT-32 family compatibility (The ability to correctly reproduce MIDI targeted at a Roland LA32 device), could one use MUNT as the basis for an …

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Re: MT-32 SB16 CT2290 NO GO :)

Posted on 2023-04-16, 20:30

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If you don't need MIDI IN, and you don't need to actually connect a joystick(s), maybe this might be of value? https://www.serdashop.com/DB15MIDI And if you're actually planning to do fancy MIDI stuff, maybe you might want to consider splurging for one of these? https://www.serdashop.com/ISA-MPU- …

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Re: MT-32 SB16 CT2290 NO GO :)

Posted on 2023-04-16, 06:39

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It sounds like you have the parts of a working setup there, I think. To answer your questions: 1) MIDI breakout over game port was very standardized, but I have seen reports of incorrectly made cables before. If you can find the pinouts somewhere it shouldn't be hard to verify correct connectivity …

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MUNT output gain and clipping question

Posted on 2023-04-09, 08:59

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If I have a game or music that is causing MUNTs output to clip (And I very nearly have one), what's the best way to resolve that in terms of maintaining as close to hardware fidelity as possible? edit : Correction - One of Ultima Underworld's tracks does cause MUNTs output to clip. It's not audible, …

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