Not exactly what you're looking for, but this might interest you as well. Phil has an interesting video where he sets up a thin client to run MT-32 emulation and then connects his retro PC to it using an USB midi interface. Some people here on the forum seem to be using a Raspberry Pi to emulate the MT-32 which might be an even cheaper solution.

I haven't personally tried either of these methods mind you, I just came across them while researching other things.

Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2020-02-03, 15:15:

Not exactly what you're looking for, but this might interest you as well. Phil has an interesting video where he sets up a thin client to run MT-32 emulation and then connects his retro PC to it using an USB midi interface. Some people here on the forum seem to be using a Raspberry Pi to emulate the MT-32 which might be an even cheaper solution.

I haven't personally tried either of these methods mind you, I just came across them while researching other things.

Thank you, but I have already watched a lot of Phil's video's regarding this kind of stuff. Also the one with the tablet 😀

I want to look first if I can emulate it without using external hardware 😀

Tiemen wrote on 2020-02-03, 14:53:

Is it possible to run MUNT (or other MT-32 emulation) in DOS/Windows 98? If so, how?

Falcosoft's Midi Player with the Munt VSTi works under Windows 98SE. Use MIDI Yoke as a bridge so you can access it from the Windows MIDI mapper.

Kamerat wrote on 2020-02-03, 17:26:

Tiemen wrote on 2020-02-03, 14:53:

Is it possible to run MUNT (or other MT-32 emulation) in DOS/Windows 98? If so, how?

Falcosoft's Midi Player with the Munt VSTi works under Windows 98SE. Use MIDI Yoke as a bridge so you can access it from the Windows MIDI mapper.

In this video Phil uses that Falco tool, but he uses an external tablet to go with that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSk9S1bkRS8

Why does he uses the tablet? Do you need the tablet?

(Or am I wrong and am I mistaken it for another Falco tool?)

Tiemen wrote on 2020-02-03, 18:13:

In this video Phil uses that Falco tool, but he uses an external tablet to go with that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSk9S […]
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In this video Phil uses that Falco tool, but he uses an external tablet to go with that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSk9S1bkRS8

Why does he uses the tablet? Do you need the tablet?

(Or am I wrong and am I mistaken it for another Falco tool?)

Munt requires a "powerful" CPU, I'll guess Pentium III 800 or faster depending on your settings, so using a 486 or Pentium you can forget about it. You can't run Sound Blaster emulation at the same time as Munt with only one sound card using VxD drivers. You need some way to emulate the MPU-401 interface, like VDMSound, or two MIDI interfaces connected together where at least one of them are MPU-401 compatible.

You might want to try the SAVIHost instead of Midi Player for less overhead while hosting the Munt VSTi.

Also one of the biggest drawbacks is that you need to run the games from within Windows, many prefer to run them under pure DOS and some games refuses to run under Windows.

Well, he has two sound cards and his CPU is also fast enough. 😀

derSammler wrote on 2020-02-03, 19:56:

Well, he has two sound cards and his CPU is also fast enough. 😀

True, he can also connect the MIDI out of Yamaha (MPU-401 compatible) to the MIDI in of the Audigy, so no need for VDMSound and MIDI Yoke. 😉

Edit: Unfortunately this leaves out games that needs an intelligent mode capable MPU-401 interface. 🙁

Thanks 😀

I'm going to mess around a little bit 😀

Hi! You could also use a Raspberry Pi 2 or compatible SBC - Emulating MT-32 on an RPi2
Some people here even spent some notable amount of time in creating an MT-32 daugherboard this way..

Edit: Just noticed that Joseph_Joestar already mentioned that before. 😀