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First post, by sydres

Posted on 2024-03-11, 15:38

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Never having owned an external midi module I was very pleased to get a deal on an Roland ra-30, which I believe has had some discussion around these parts in the past. After getting a proper midi cable and sound cables I hooked the unit up to my audician 32 sound card and configured it under win98. I fired up a round of Doom and got great midi sound, able to control volume with the ra-30. About 5 minutes in I got a hanging note which didn't go away until I shut the ra-30 off. After getting things going again I tried another game- simcity 2000 and had it happen again after a few minutes of play. Other games were tried and did not have this issue even tried another round of Doom and did not have any problems seems random!
I always assumed hanging midi notes was a problem with sound blaster cards exclusively, or is the midi unit I'm using the issue?

Reply 1 of 5, by Munx

Posted on 2024-03-11, 16:15

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I've used a couple of different midi boards on my Audician 32 (Dreamblaster S1 and a Roland one, I forget the model) and had no issues. Never tried an external midi player, though.

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Reply 2 of 5, by Joseph_Joestar

Posted on 2024-03-11, 19:26

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I have a Yamaha YMF719 card hooked up to a Roland SC-155 and it works fine. No hanging notes during MIDI playback.

What sort of cable are you using to connect your card to the RA-30? The typical eBay kind are not always of good quality. Also, this info about MIDI IN might be relevant.

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Reply 3 of 5, by sydres

Posted on 2024-03-11, 20:41

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The cable is a Casio brand cable. It was new in package.
I don't know if Casio made good cables but I trust the brand more than generic eBay cables. And looking at the other thread might explain it since I had both plugs in the back of the module?

Reply 4 of 5, by Tiido

Posted on 2024-03-11, 20:43

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You definitely want to keep the MIDI IN cable disconnected, a number of games will misbehave when the MIDI synth can talk back to the computer/sound card/game.
As others, I have not experienced any issues with YMF71x and MIDI output in any game I have tried but the cards bearing this chip vary in quality quite a lot and some are terrible, some not so much...

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Reply 5 of 5, by sydres

Posted on 2024-03-11, 20:54

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I haven't had any real complaints about the card but I should be getting in the mail what I believe is a ct3670 judging by the picture of the eBay sellers hand holding the card. Actually all I could make out was the ram slots and the position of one chip next to it. I will try on this card when it arrives

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