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Roland MPU-401 technical reference manual

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First post, by MarcV

Posted on 2019-09-04, 14:29

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I was just browsing through my old papers and found some documentation that might be of interest to some people...

- MT-32 Midi implementation
- MPU-401 technical reference manual
- MPU-IPC-T documentation including schematic diagram

I have no idea how common or unique these documents are but if anyone is interested I could scan them and put them on line...

...but I might be wrong...

Reply 1 of 16, by cyclone3d

Posted on 2019-09-04, 15:22

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I'm finding pdf files for:
- MPU-401 technical reference manual
- MPU-IPC-T documentation including schematic diagram

Not seeing a copy of:
- MT-32 Midi implementation

High quality scans of all 3 would be very nice to have though. A lot of the older scans leave a lot to be desired.

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Reply 2 of 16, by SirNickity

Posted on 2019-09-04, 17:59

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Yes please!

Reply 3 of 16, by MarcV

Posted on 2019-09-04, 18:42

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Ok, I will scan them in. The MPU technical reference manual is a not so great copy by itself but readability is ok.

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Reply 4 of 16, by MarcV

Posted on 2019-09-05, 08:20

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Here's the MT-32 Midi Implementation already...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wen9frmBtB0s … iew?usp=sharing

The other documents will follow later.

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Reply 5 of 16, by MarcV

Posted on 2019-09-05, 08:44

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MPU-IPC-T :

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G_OyrprbTaZI … iew?usp=sharing

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Reply 6 of 16, by Tiido

Posted on 2019-09-05, 13:02

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Reply 7 of 16, by MarcV

Posted on 2019-09-05, 13:11

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The MPU401 technical reference will follow. I had it scanned completely this morning on my old flatbed scanner (almost 80 pages) and when I finished it I found out that something went wrong with the scans, making them unusable...

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Reply 8 of 16, by Burrito78

Posted on 2019-09-05, 13:24

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Uploaded both to archive.org. Thanks for scanning these in!

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Reply 9 of 16, by Burrito78

Posted on 2019-09-16, 11:00

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Any news regarding the MPU401 technical reference MarcV? Thanks!

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Reply 10 of 16, by MarcV

Posted on 2019-09-16, 11:32

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Still have to rescan it... sorry for the delay...

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Reply 11 of 16, by MarcV

Posted on 2019-09-16, 17:27

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Here it is! 😉

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EstWffEjwsey … iew?usp=sharing

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Reply 12 of 16, by SirNickity

Posted on 2019-09-16, 19:07

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Huge thanks for this! 😁

Reply 13 of 16, by Hamby

Posted on 2019-09-16, 19:15

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Thanks so much! I want all the info I can get on my MT-32 and working with/programming for it!

Reply 14 of 16, by Hamby

Posted on 2019-09-16, 19:40

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Who knows, maybe some hardware type can use the schematics and PCBWay to create a modern MP-IPC-T (or MP-401?) ISA card...

Reply 15 of 16, by keropi

Posted on 2019-09-16, 20:34

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Hamby wrote:
Who knows, maybe some hardware type can use the schematics and PCBWay to create a modern MP-IPC-T (or MP-401?) ISA card...

already done, you have HardMPU and MQ PCMIDI cards 😊 😊

thanks for sharing this HQ scan of the manual MarcV!!!! 😊 😊 😊

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Reply 16 of 16, by Burrito78

Posted on 2019-09-17, 14:12

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Mirror: https://archive.org/details/mpu401technicalreferencemanual

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