Thanks keropi. I love that you took it a step further with GUS as well. 😀
Which mixer do you use? I know Phil has recommended one - I need to go dig it up.
I assume the only impact to not routing the MIDI output back to the SB is you lose the ability to control the volume from Windows?
wrote:Thanks for the replies! I was under the impression that the MT-32 was "the final word" for DOS game music. What are some games where the General MIDI version is better? (i.e. where a wavetable module would be helpful) And I guess any wavetable module will be better than the MIDI support in any Sound Blaster card. Do you think a Sound Blaster + MT-32 + Music Quest + Dreamblaster S2 will give pretty complete coverage for 80s/90s games?
I think there is a list somewhere of games designed for MT-32 (Wikipedia list of MT-32 compatible games contributions) that links to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_MT-32-c … _computer_games
Phil also made a video regarding different midi devices and what sounds best with midi or mt32
In some games that have GM and MT-32 the MT-32 has been added after and arent' quite right on MT-32. Like Gabriel Knight for ex.
A lot of dos games (doom, warcraft I and II, ...) have a good midi soundtrack
Mostry games in the 2nd half of the 90s gave a decent/good midi support
wrote:Which mixer do you use? I know Phil has recommended one - I need to go dig it up.
I also remember seeing that, but can't recall, I'm also interested in adding a mixer, for the moment, I have my SB and midi devices going through line in ports of my main computer, I can adjust the volumes and mute lines, but it's kind of overkill to let the pc run to have a mixer.
I use the midi in (back) of the SC55 and use the thru at the back to daisy chain to the MT32. The colume control of the SC-55 is easier to "control" than the one of the MT-32.
but I think it could be cleaner
I am using this one, you can also see the audio selectors on the background
but this is an old mixer, not one I can link you to a store to buy... still it should give you the idea of how things could work
edit:
also Phil's review of the card is up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymQJvwOTM0E 😊
Whats those color highlighted names in the waiting list? I just have to bold my name right, not make it a certain color or something?
wrote:Whats those color highlighted names in the waiting list? I just have to bold my name right, not make it a certain color or something?
that's marmes and me marking down people so we know who we have contacted so far - don't mind them 🤣
I see that a portion of people don't like the breakout combo... I personally don't get why as it's basically the same deal as the old-style DB9 cable (db9 goes to card, female midi plugs go to modules, you DON'T need to mess with the 3.5mm jacks at all, connect them once and don't touch them again if you don't like)
- BUT -
to each their own and I really want people to be happy with their cards so I will start offering an option to anyone past this point:
- sacrifice the whole breakout+midi cables to get a cable like the OLD one :
I will actually cut the 3.5mm connectors from the machine-made cables and I will solder them to the db9 connector and put it inside a shell : you won't get the breakout pcb and you'll have to chose from having eirher 2xOUT or 1xOUT + 1xIN ports.
How does that sound?
Declaring interest in one card.
wrote:Declaring interest in one card.
see Phil's video on how to put your name down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymQJvwOTM0E - vogons does not allow trading.
wrote:I will actually cut the 3.5mm connectors from the machine-made cables and I will solder them to the db9 connector and put it inside a shell : you won't get the breakout pcb and you'll have to chose from having eirher 2xOUT or 1xOUT + 1xIN ports.
How does that sound?
I would be interested in this. What should I put in the spreadsheet? Something like "Midi soldered [2XOUT]" is OK?
^ just mention it in the email exchange we'll have when the time comes 😀
OH man, just saw the video on Phil YT. Wish i had more Dosh ATM. Awesome work guys!
hello Keropi!
I just got an email with payment details, any way we can get a confirmation on here what the correct paypal adress is.
Because seing an list of emails of people wanting to buy something and sending them payment details hoping some are gonna send you money before he gets exposed is pretty much the easiest and quickest scam someone with bad intentions might try to make a quick buck 😀
because the email was just a standard email anyone could have made in 2min and i couldnt see it being mentioned on your profile or anywhere in this thread, hope you understand!
just wanna be sure we send the money to the right person 😀
wow I did not think of the scam possibility 🤣 🤣 🤣
but yeah my email is dallas.leo etc etc , I just send a standard initial message to all interested people
yes this google list needs to be something else, maybe a fb group?
thanks for response! its probably not huge risk of scamming in this pretty small community but now i can be sure the mail was from you atleast ;D will make transfer tomorrow, cheers!
Anybody tried the wavetable header yet? How is the card in terms of noise compared to a vintage card with a wavetable? I have one on the way but i’m stuck aborad for business.
wrote:Anybody tried the wavetable header yet? How is the card in terms of noise compared to a vintage card with a wavetable? I have one on the way but i’m stuck aborad for business.
Since there is no mixer involved and you get a direct connection between the daughterboard-output and the audio-jack I'd say that the signal is as clean as what the daughterboard can produce.
You can go further and separate digital and analog ground signals : remove R27 which is located under the green audio-out jack. BUT be sure that your duaghterboard actually has a separate analog ground plane. The majority of the cards just connect both grounds on the pins of the header but there are some XR385 revisions that do not do that or even have a dedicated analog ground plane.
IMHO it doesn't worth to mess with is since what you get is basically the card's unaltered output.
I’m sure it will be great, I look forward to trying it with a Yamaha DB50XG.
wrote:wow I did not think of the scam possibility 🤣 🤣 🤣
but yeah my email is dallas.leo etc etc , I just send a standard initial message to all interested people
yes this google list needs to be something else, maybe a fb group?
Is there someone else who is sending these emails? I received email from someone else, with a different PayPal address. Thanks! (and I apparently I can't send private messages yet)
Yes, Edro.Fer****** he is marmes 😀
