First post, by DonutKing
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I am trying to connect my Roland SC-55 to my GUS Classic v3.4. Using drivers 4.11
I have tried setting to GUS MIDI in megaem, and setting my game to use general MIDI port 330 but I can't get anything out of the SC55.
So does the GUS actually have a working MPU-401 port or is it joystick only?
Some googling reveals something about a MIDI breakout box, is this what I need?
This is in my 486, running DOS 6.22 and I've also got a SB16 CT2900 with an XR385 wavetable daughterboard attached to it. That is set up as MIDI IO port 300. I also use it for sound blaster only games instead of megaem or SBOS (because, quite frankly, the GUS' sound blaster emulation sounds crap).
I've also got the PC speaker attached to the CT2900, and the SC55's output is connected to the CT2900's line in, with the line out from the CT2900 going to the line in on the GUS. CDROM audio is attached to the GUS, and finally my speakers are connected to the GUS. So with this terrible mess of spaghetti wires I can have 2 digital sound and 3 MIDI devices going to one set of speakers 😀 at least that's the idea... I hope this doesn't sound too convoluted, I've tried to explain best I can...
I tried plugging the SC55 into the port on the CT2900 and setting a game to GM port 300. The SC55 starts playing but so does the XR385 😜 its actually a really cool effect but I'd like to have the SC55 run independently if possible.
Also I tried to run ULTRAMIX to adjust volume levels but it doesn't seem to do anything... editing the ULTRAMIX.INI file shows a heap of levels are set to 0 but they are still active? Does ultramix actually work?