SB cards were the pre-Win9X offenders, with "Game Ports" that claimed to be real, srs, MPU-401 ports, but were really just UART. You need an MPU-401 adapter that supports Intelligent Mode if you want it to reliably pass commands to the MT-32. "MPU-401 Compatible" just won't cut it. What's the real …

http://www.youngmonkey.ca/nose/audio_tech/syn … oland-MT32.html is probably what you're looking for.

The problem is that games used custom effects. Other synths weren't programmable to the extent of the MT-32, and "close" just doesn't cut it. It has been tried before with soundfonts, and failed miserably. The idea is sound, but the sound isn't.

This happens, a *LOT* under Win95+, usually with (not-really-)MPU-401-Compatible devices. SB cards were the pre-Win9X offenders, with "Game Ports" that claimed to be real, srs, MPU-401 ports, but were really just UART. You need an MPU-401 adapter that supports Intelligent Mode if you want it to …

Yes, I know exactly why it does that. ... ... ... ... Ah, yes, now I remember. Something to do with Vista/Win7 converting the INF and mucking up the paths, it looks in %SystemRoot%\inf instead of the directory containing the INF. I think you may be able to change all the relative paths in the INF to …

The MT-32 has lots of issues if the MIDI interface on the card isn't a true MIDI interface (as with most of the >Soundblaster Pro line as well as, I believe, the AudioDrive). For older Sierra titles, there's a fix available in the MT-32 Resource Center at queststudios.com, for other titles... I'm …

By request, I made an OGG of the Monkey Island (1) Introduction. MIDI courtesy of http://s-island.mixnmojo.com You can grab it from: https://cid-81940f2fc1006a8a.skydrive.live.co … wse.aspx/Public

I wrestled with VC08 and built a copy of MUNT from the current CVS. Video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7g_xF7Z3UQ&fmt=6

(I am the topic necromancer!) If you have a Creative soundcard, you're better off picking up a USB MIDI dongle. WRT the MT-32 hardware, transfer rate is a huge issue when sending sysex patches to the MT-32. I've *never* had a Creative soundcard that would consistently transfer properly. The MT-32 …

The problem is that the MT-32 can do things on-the-fly which can't be done with pregenerated sounds. That's one reason the waveform-generating MUNT wobbles between "pretty good," "passable," and "terrible" depending on the instrument being played. The concept is valid, but the execution leaves …

Use the tools at http://www.queststudios.com/roland/utilities.html to check and see if the interface is properly passing SysEx messages through to the MT-32. There have been many cases over the years where what claims to be a MIDI interface is only superficially a MIDI interface. The MT-32 is one of …