Touché: no MIDI music? \ VOGONS

Touché: no MIDI music?

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First post, by sndwv

Posted on 2015-11-25, 20:36

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I would like to get MIDI music working in 'Touché: The Adventures of the Fifth Musketeer'. I have actual MIDI hardware (MT-32 and SC-50) hooked up via a Roland UM-One USB cable. MIDI passthrough works fine in all other games so far, as well as in ScummVM even for this game. But not in DOSBox.

On installation the game offers the option for either 'LAPC-1' or 'General MIDI card', but anything other than 'Adlib' or 'Soundblaster' produces no music at all.

Does anyone know how to get this working? DOSBox settings, game settings etc.?

Reply 1 of 8, by ripsaw8080

Posted on 2015-11-25, 22:03

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Try mpu401=uart in DOSBox settings.

Reply 2 of 8, by sndwv

Posted on 2015-11-25, 22:53

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ripsaw8080 wrote:
Try mpu401=uart in DOSBox settings.

Yes, that did the trick, thanks!

Anywhere I can read up on what that does / when it would be required?

Reply 3 of 8, by ripsaw8080

Posted on 2015-11-25, 23:14

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Well, you can find plenty of information online (e.g. Wikipedia) about the MPU-401 interface regarding its intelligent versus UART modes. It appears this particular game assumes UART-only, which is kind of bad design, but not unheard of in later DOS games.

Reply 4 of 8, by sndwv

Posted on 2015-11-25, 23:28

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Yes, reading up on it now. Good to know the setting exists, happy to get the game working, thanks!

Reply 5 of 8, by KainXVIII

Posted on 2022-12-01, 22:47

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Thanks for the advice about UART, but now i have hanging note problem in main theme tune 🤣 (using Roland SC VA)

Reply 6 of 8, by RetroGamer4Ever

Posted on 2022-12-01, 23:01

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From the gameplay vids, the MIDI sounds like it should be a pretty good listen on proper hardware, but I am not finding much about what that would be.

Reply 7 of 8, by ripsaw8080

Posted on 2022-12-02, 00:01

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Guys, the forum has a search feature. 😉

Touché: Stuck note on SC-55

Reply 8 of 8, by KainXVIII

Posted on 2022-12-02, 10:50

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ripsaw8080 wrote on 2022-12-02, 00:01:

Guys, the forum has a search feature. 😉

Touché: Stuck note on SC-55

Searching is hard /s 😥
Thanks, you are savior, as always!

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