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general midi mpu401 emulation?

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First post, by shorty

Posted on 2011-08-28, 12:41

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Hi!
I tried to run my sblive (emu10k1) with gm support in dosbox on windows xp. But i can't get a sound ...
my [midi] conf is:

1mpu401=uart
2mididevice=win32
3midiconfig=0

i also have a second computer with gentoo linux. Its the same soundcard in it. There' s no MIXER /LISTMIDI command - how do i get the midi port of this device?

1[midi]
2mpu401=uart
3mididevice=alsa
4midiconfig=0

what did i wrong, i just want to have general midi sound in my old games.

thanks for the help so far (sorry for my broken english)
perhaps somebody knows how i configure the joystick to this device ??

Last edited by shorty on 2011-08-29, 18:19. Edited 1 time in total.

Reply 1 of 7, by batracio

Posted on 2011-08-28, 13:01

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http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Dosbox.conf#.5Bmidi.5D

Reply 2 of 7, by shorty

Posted on 2011-08-28, 13:09

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i've read this document before - is there something wrong in my conf?

Reply 3 of 7, by Qbix

Posted on 2011-08-28, 13:13

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for plinux use pmidi or amidi to get the port number you need

For the soundblaster live to have midi support, you need to have a soundbank loaded. (has nothing to do with dosbox). Did you do that ?

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Reply 4 of 7, by shorty

Posted on 2011-08-28, 13:17

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of course i did that - i loaded a soundfont with asfxload ...

Reply 5 of 7, by batracio

Posted on 2011-08-28, 14:02

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shorty wrote:
mpu401=uart
mididevice=win32
midiconfig=0

Under Windows XP, Your EMU10K1 Synth devices seem to be listed as ID #0 and ID #2. Therefore, this config should work fine, but you must permanently load a SoundFont (SF2LOAD won't work - use AudioHQ control panel).

shorty wrote:
mpu401=uart
mididevice=alsa
midiconfig=0

Under Linux, your EMU10K1 Synth devices seem to be listed as ID #1 and ID #2, while ID #0 is EMU10K1 MPU-401 emulation. You won't get any sound here unless you have some external device connected to your SB Live. Try to change your MIDI device ID to "midiconfig=1" or "midiconfig=2".

Reply 6 of 7, by shorty

Posted on 2011-08-28, 14:35

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yes, the windows conf works fine ...
i just had to pull up the controller and set the irq to 2
(standard soundfont already loaded)

thank your for your instructions

Reply 7 of 7, by shorty

Posted on 2011-08-29, 17:31

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fine, now midi works in linux too - i just emerged timidity and put that in the conf :

1[midi]
2mpu401=intelligent
3#mididevice=alsa
4#midiconfig=1
5device=alsa
6config=128:2

is there another option to setup the capture on other keys? i don't want to switch my session with CTRL+ALT+F5 ...

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