That's very interesting Freddy. I would find it much more interesting if the PicoMEM 2 would just simply have an intelligent MPU-401 interface instead of just some generic General MIDI. That and with all the audio options you are adding the PicoMEM is gonna be a one for all sound card.

PicoMEM: Sound Card Edition 😀

My PS/2 Model 30/286 is begging for the PicoMem2. Now if only you could bless us with an MCA version for my Model 55… One can dream. 😉

Linoleum wrote on 2026-01-16, 03:37:

My PS/2 Model 30/286 is begging for the PicoMem2. Now if only you could bless us with an MCA version for my Model 55… One can dream. 😉

Nope 😀

FreddyV wrote on 2026-01-15, 16:45:

General MIDI rendering is in Progress for the PicoMEM 2.

Hi Freddy, do you have a target feature set for the public release of the PicoMEM2? Any chance of Fluidsynth/Generaluse GS soundfont or MUNT instance? There is nowhere on the PicoMEM2 board to plug in my WP32 McCake 🙁

NeoG_ wrote on Yesterday, 01:06:

Hi Freddy, do you have a target feature set for the public release of the PicoMEM2? Any chance of Fluidsynth/Generaluse GS soundfont or MUNT instance? There is nowhere on the PicoMEM2 board to plug in my WP32 McCake 🙁

Pico 2 is not even close to be powerful enough for MUNT, so in that case I also wish that Freddy would include wavetable header with MPU-401. Perfect to use a wave blaster Pi, or a dedicated classic General MIDI wavetable DB.

carlostex wrote on Yesterday, 01:46:

NeoG_ wrote on Yesterday, 01:06:

Hi Freddy, do you have a target feature set for the public release of the PicoMEM2? Any chance of Fluidsynth/Generaluse GS soundfont or MUNT instance? There is nowhere on the PicoMEM2 board to plug in my WP32 McCake 🙁

Pico 2 is not even close to be powerful enough for MUNT, so in that case I also wish that Freddy would include wavetable header with MPU-401. Perfect to use a wave blaster Pi, or a dedicated classic General MIDI wavetable DB.

Hi,

PicoMEM should support USB MIDI adapter, be patient 😀

I don't want to transform the PicoMEM to a PicoGUS even if it PicoMEM 2 will be almost like PicoGUS

Also, the General MIDI implementation is done using .SF2 file
I still have to improve the code to be able to change the SF2 and support big ones (Here it is 4Mb)

NeoG_ wrote on Yesterday, 01:06:

FreddyV wrote on 2026-01-15, 16:45:

General MIDI rendering is in Progress for the PicoMEM 2.

Hi Freddy, do you have a target feature set for the public release of the PicoMEM2?
Any chance of Fluidsynth/Generaluse GS soundfont or MUNT instance? There is nowhere on the PicoMEM2 board to plug in my WP32 McCake 🙁

Hi,

What the PicoMEM can do in General midi is quite nice already.
I prefer to challenge myself to do thing than take the simple path and just plug an external MIDI device 😀

I still have to think about what I want to have ready for the Release.
Normally, I want to have GUS and Sound Blaster totally Ready, and finish code to implement the boards hardware differences

CD Emulation as well, I think for later

FreddyV wrote on Yesterday, 21:34:

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carlostex wrote on Yesterday, 01:46:

NeoG_ wrote on Yesterday, 01:06:

Hi Freddy, do you have a target feature set for the public release of the PicoMEM2? Any chance of Fluidsynth/Generaluse GS soundfont or MUNT instance? There is nowhere on the PicoMEM2 board to plug in my WP32 McCake 🙁

Pico 2 is not even close to be powerful enough for MUNT, so in that case I also wish that Freddy would include wavetable header with MPU-401. Perfect to use a wave blaster Pi, or a dedicated classic General MIDI wavetable DB.

Hi,

PicoMEM should support USB MIDI adapter, be patient 😀

I don't want to transform the PicoMEM to a PicoGUS even if it PicoMEM 2 will be almost like PicoGUS

Also, the General MIDI implementation is done using .SF2 file
I still have to improve the code to be able to change the SF2 and support big ones (Here it is 4Mb)

Ahh, .SF2 support! That is cool!

I wonder what approximate SF2 size might be possible in future, with this hardware.

FreddyV wrote on Yesterday, 21:34:

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Hi,

PicoMEM should support USB MIDI adapter, be patient 😀

I don't want to transform the PicoMEM to a PicoGUS even if it PicoMEM 2 will be almost like PicoGUS

Also, the General MIDI implementation is done using .SF2 file
I still have to improve the code to be able to change the SF2 and support big ones (Here it is 4Mb)

I understand. I just think its a lost opportunity, would be cool for it to be a one card solution, which would be specially important for systems that only have 1 or 2 ISA slots. Also SF2 won't cover the uniqueness of some dedicated daughterboards, like with Yamaha XG. I mean if it's gonna have GUS and SB...might as well have MPU-401 and header.