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Playing MIDIs the old-fashioned way

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First post, by LÔPÂN

Posted on 2006-03-07, 19:57

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I don't know if you recall, but in the DOS/Win95 era, the MIDI files were played differently from today. Then I don't know what happened, since Win98 all MIDIs have begun to be synthesized another way.

Problem is, back in those days, I composed a bit of midis, and now they don't play as they would because of this change.

Is there a way I can play midi files using that old-school method in DosBox? (I'm using MegaMid 1.66)

If not, does someone know anyother way?

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Reply 1 of 4, by pred

Posted on 2006-03-07, 21:49

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play with mpu401= and oplmode= in the dosbox configuration file (you must generate it first, read the docs or search this forum)
good "luck"

Reply 2 of 4, by LÔPÂN

Posted on 2006-03-07, 22:03

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mpu401= and oplmode=

both equal nothing?

What do I have to generate?

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Reply 3 of 4, by wd

Posted on 2006-03-08, 07:53

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"play with" == "try different things" == "be creative" != "enter nothing"

Reply 4 of 4, by Snejs

Posted on 2006-03-08, 13:32

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Lôpân:
What they are saying is that you should probably run a CVS version of dosbox.

And that means you should create a new dosbox configuration file (search forum for this, I don't remember the commando).

After that you should edit your newly created configuration file and look for the lines mpu401= and oplmode= and try different settings there, to find a setting for your liking.
Above each line there usually is a small comment/description of what different choices you got and what they mean.

BRs
Snejs

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