First post, by Mystery
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Hi,
I recently acquired an MT32 unit which is connected to an old DOS PC.
Quick relevant system specs:
-SoundBlaster AWE32 (A220 I5 D1)
-Pentium 233MMX
-MS DOS 6.22
The MT32 is getting the midi signal from the AWE32 via gameport (Midi OUT connected to MIDI in on the MT32) and sends the signal back to the LineIn of the AWE32.
So far so good, the MT32 seems to be working, as it recieves commands (light is blinking) and games like SpaceQuest4 don't give me the "unable to initialize your music hardware" error.
In fact, even music is playing in titles like Monkey Island or Space Quest 4, but there's one major problem: It sounds absolutely terrible, like the MT32 was in some sort of GM mode. In Monkey Island the intro is completely silent and in the first cutscene I hear a few instruments that seem to be playing at random.
Space Quest 4 isn't much better, but at least I hear random instruments coming from the MT32 right away.
I believe the MT32 is the first model, without headphone jack, but I'm no expert.
Other GM devices work flawlessly, such as a DB50XG Wavetable card (I removed it, but it's still the same quirky music with the MT32) or an external Yamaha TG100 GM device.
I've alreay used the "ALL RESET" method described in the manual, but to no avail.
I hope that someone can help me with this problem.
Edit: Firmware is 1.07 and the model has a Rev0 board (serial# 83xxxxx)
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