Re: Roland RA30 Realtime Arranger (secret sound canvas?)

Posted on Yesterday, 04:16

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As for the whole 'someone should catalogue this stuff' point, you're absolutely right, and why a year or so ago I started the "Sound Canvas Comparison Project" here on Vogons. I haven't had the time to devote to it I'd like to, so it's stalled for now, but there's already some information uncovered …

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Re: Roland RA30 Realtime Arranger (secret sound canvas?)

Posted on Yesterday, 04:15

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It's hard to tell from a quick search exactly where the RA-30 lies, but according to the manual, it has the tone set of the SC-50 (basically, the SC-55mkII set minus the MT-32 tones, 354-128 = 226). To my knowledge, Roland used delta compression (2:1), so 8Mbit = 1MB chip = 2MB of samples. The SC-55 …

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Re: Advice for Getting Midi to Play in Sierra Games?

Posted on 2023-01-20, 10:33

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(as an aside, I've also been unable to get any sound out of commander keen 1-3 and duke 1- but keen 4 and duke 2 are fine- any insights are welcome as I try to continue to learn more and keep enjoying the 98se pc and games I have now and wished I had as a kid). The first games you mentioned all …

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Re: Heads Up: Roland Sound Canvas VA VSTi Plugin!

Posted on 2023-01-13, 15:17

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Do you want to upload the compiled version, and we can check it out? From the page itself: "EmuSC is currently in an early development stage and is not able to reproduce sounds anywhere near the quality of the original synths..." In other words, SCVA is currently a better choice, most likely, unless …

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Re: Fixing the Roland CM-500 Vibrato Bug

Posted on 2023-01-10, 04:46

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So Cloud, while I think of it, were you calling the CM-500 a 3rd gen MT-32 device, given it has the sound quality improvements of the 2nd gen, plus some quirks? Or am I getting confused here?

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Re: MT-32 and CM-32L clicking bug

Posted on 2022-12-22, 20:45

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Ah, interesting. It appears to be a CM-only problem (early firmware version), so that's why I wasn't familiar with it, I've never owned one. The MT-32 shouldn't have any clicking though. If you can link a video that demonstrates this (both of your links go to specific video times that don't seem …

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Re: MT-32 and CM-32L clicking bug

Posted on 2022-12-22, 01:12

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What is the clicking bug? I don't remember hearing about that one. 😀

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Re: Roland SC-88 Pro (hopefully) helpful hints

Posted on 2022-12-22, 01:11

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They should in theory be the same. There's a lot of duplication and double counting in the way more advanced SC devices consider previous map support. It'd be much more unlikely that they differ in some ways, because that would require extra waveforms, memory or programming. Chances are it's just …

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Re: Games that uses the CM-32L specific sound effects

Posted on 2022-12-20, 19:11

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the CM-32L had a different and much more believable sound than the MT-32. The two devices should sound 99% the same on a non-MT-32 composed game. CM-32L has a theoretically lower noise floor and of course the additional sound effects over an original MT-32, but these differences won't amount to ' …

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Re: Sound Canvas (and related) comparison project (UPDATED: 22nd March)

Posted on 2022-12-14, 18:56

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Absolutely (and unsurprisingly) it sounds like a SC-55, although of course patch wise it's really a SC-7 with fewer drumkits, plus a few GS tones, plus one extra sound effect, "Buzzer". Thanks for sharing the video, oldinternet! Would love to hear one for all tones, and would love to hear it playing …

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Re: Dos games using Reverb / chorus in GM

Posted on 2022-11-17, 06:35

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If there's reverb/chorus in the MIDI SysEX, it will be/should be used, if the MIDI hardware supports it. Your particular hardware should be okay for all GM games, but it won't cut the mustard for games that use Roland GS MIDI. Reverb/chorus amount ("send level") is typically a MIDI controller, not …

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Re: Roland CM-32L alternatives

Posted on 2022-11-17, 06:33

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All of those are pretty tough to get. I don't know of many other options, unfortunately. There's a Roland E-30 keyboard that is a CM-32L in a keyboard form (with a few extra FX combinations). Another option is to use the MT-32 with the drum sound from the SC-55mkII, set to CM/LA kit, that way you …

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Re: Anybody tried this with your MT-32?

Posted on 2022-11-17, 06:29

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You can edit reverb level from the front panel, but otherwise you need MIDI software to send SysEx. WSysEx should still work on Win 10. And yes, it's a very quiet synth compared to future releases.

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Re: SC-55 MIDI Looping oddity

Posted on 2022-11-17, 06:26

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Hey there! We'll need a bit more info to figure this out. What OS are you using, what program are you using to play MIDI files, or are you talking about the games themselves?

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Re: Differences between MT-32 variants

Posted on 2022-11-08, 08:48

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Most games were designed for the original MT-32 and as such it's your best bet for gaming. However, as with most of these sorts of things, the "problematic" cases wouldn't be noticed by 90+% of users in the actual game. There's not any games I'm aware of that work "better" with a revised MT-32, …

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Re: King's Quest 6 locks up after speech

Posted on 2022-11-06, 08:31

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Not many it seems. 😜 Also, I agree about KQ6 being a better multimedia version. Still not crazy about the voices, though.

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Re: Games that uses the CM-32L specific sound effects

Posted on 2022-11-06, 08:30

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Sorry, jharrison was the right username, not digger! My apologies. 😀

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Re: King's Quest 6 locks up after speech

Posted on 2022-11-01, 08:08

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Yeah, I had an AWE32 as a kid - it was (and is) a great card, but has a few quirks. Indeed, I am using the CD version of KQ5! I was trying to enjoy the whole "entering into the age of the MPC" experience with KQ5, but the voices of the characters are really, really bad... It was passable back inb …

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Re: Is it possible to emulate a Roland SC-55?

Posted on 2022-10-29, 09:58

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it's somewhat accurate emulation but not the same as an actual SC-55. TBH, nothing is the same as an actual SC-55. Yeah, even an SC-55 is not the same as another SC-55 :) https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=37047 So the ROM samples are one thing, but a perfect emulation should allow to …

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Re: King's Quest 6 locks up after speech

Posted on 2022-10-29, 04:22

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This is I think an IRQ issue, maybe the ThunderBoard driver uses a different IRQ port? I know with the same setup on a Pentium 1 I had to play with drivers for some games. Not sure I ever got QFG4 working outside the Windows version. Is there a way to change the IRQ KQ6 uses? Also, King's Quest V …

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