Hey Tom!
glad you enjoy the cards 😀
I have no experience with the software you mention but I can tell you about the OUT ports 😀

PCMIDI is a 16-channel interface so everything is accessed from port330 in your case
hardware-wise the midi-out signal gets multiplied and sent to:
a. wavetable header
b. dedicated midi-out connector
c. DB9 connector

so all synths connected to any of these ports receive the same exact data.
It is like the MPU-401AT in that regard or the dual-OUT jacks of the older roland 401 cards , it's just port duplication and not separate ports with different addresses

PCMIDI is not like the Music Quest MQX-32m interface for example that is 32channels and essentially 2xMPU interfaces glued together , you can replicate it with 2xPCMIDI cards assuming the software supports multiple targets.

Thanks! I seem to have just figured this out and have created a work-a-round. I have an extra Sound Blaster 16 card installed in the computer that's just collecting dust, but it also has a FEATURE CONNECTOR and is setup at an I/O address I'm currently not using .... so this solves my problem and leaves the PC MIDI CARD dedicated to the MT-32. Sequencer Plus Gold supports up to 8 MIDI interfaces/MIDI ports, but I need to use only four. And I only need one INTELLIGENT-mode interface (the PC MIDI Card) for use with the MT-32, so I can use my own custom patch banks. (Though I may pick up another PC MIDI card in the future if I decide to keep my Roland CM-500 and add it to my ensemble.)

By the by, to be honest, I wasn't really expecting much from the Dreamblaster X2 but find I'm really surprised and amazed with some of its sounds! Quite a few excellent quality timbres that are further enhanced by it's onboard reverb/chorus affects ability. Kudus on this tiny blockbuster!

nice to see this got figured out 😀

the X2 is indeed very capable and the good thing is that the soundbanks are updateable - there is always work done on them , slow but steady!
the download section of the X2 has some more tools and even a high quality piano bank: http://serdaco.com/downloads/X2/?dir=

Hey Tom,

Wonderful to "see" you in the DOS community, it's been far too long. Ari Stone has just returned to the QS forums, and posted a few things, so it's been a nostalgic time.
If you feel like replying here, it'd be more than welcome: https://www.midimusicadventures.com/phpbb/vie … php?f=4&t=17836

Glad you're returning to composing and glad you have a retro setup you enjoy. Hopefully it inspires you!
(Wouldn't be the worst thing if it inspired you to come back to Sierra soundtracks, either, should you want to. 😉 )

Hope you and Dianne are healthy with all the virus over there.

Hey, thanks! I'll never forget how my wife and I resisted 'Win3.1' and then, 'Win95'. We were hard-core DOS hanger-ons until we absolutely had to pay our dues to Microsoft. Thirty years later, it's like going home again. 😀 DOS RULES!

I do check in to the QuestStudios archive, from time to time, but haven't yet become active....pretty soon. I got sort of burned out with trying to keep my online and offline lives simultaneously on tract. I'm actually amazed that almost all (if not all) of the old QuestStudios.com files are still being kept up! It's great!

I'm late (I don't frequent VOGONS as much as I used to). But it's good to see you, Tom!