What game or games have you specifically tried to test it with? And are you running the games from Windows 98 or MSDOS?

I tested doom and duke nukem 3d. Here i can set the sound canvas as default but the SC isn’t receiving midi signals. I also tried Monkey Island 3. Again no midi, but normal sound

What is controlling the SC-88? Are you using a gameport to MIDI cable from the sound blaster?

Yes. I connected the gameport to the midi-in and routed back the audio through line in.

I read something about softMPU, do i need that?

Yes, you do need to run SoftMPU before the game.

kixs wrote on 2020-01-28, 17:20:

Yes, you do need to run SoftMPU before the game.

Why do you need softmpu? The module is an SC-88VL, not an MT-32 so it doesn't need intelligent mode.

See here for some instructions:
https://www.ixbt.com/multimedia/sblive-dos.shtml

I think it should work under DOS just fine if configured properly.

I'll have to test it out when I get a chance.

Thanks. Do you know an instruction site that isnt russian ?

Use google translate. Pretty readable with it translated.

When I get a chance to test, I'll make my own instructions and post them on vogons. That Russian page seems really, really wordy compared to what it could be.

cyclone3d wrote on 2020-01-28, 18:02:

Why do you need softmpu? The module is an SC-88VL, not an MT-32 so it doesn't need intelligent mode. […]
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kixs wrote on 2020-01-28, 17:20:

Yes, you do need to run SoftMPU before the game.

Why do you need softmpu? The module is an SC-88VL, not an MT-32 so it doesn't need intelligent mode.

See here for some instructions:
https://www.ixbt.com/multimedia/sblive-dos.shtml

I think it should work under DOS just fine if configured properly.

I'll have to test it out when I get a chance.

My bad 🙁

d3lmund0 wrote on 2020-01-27, 20:47:

Do i have to set the Sound Canvas in a different mode or something ? Or maby change a setting on the pc ?

You might be able to use the gameport for MIDI if you use the WDM drivers instead of the VxD ones. Windows will then emulate MPU-401 and Sound Blaster Pro by itself. One other option are using VDMSound for MPU-401 emulation and disable the Sound Blaster emulation part. Many other "non Creative" PCI sound cards of that period got proper MPU-401 UART support.