Sly_Botts wrote on Yesterday, 17:31:

I do have a question if someone can help. If I want to use an mt-32 with the picogus, do I need to set it to MPU-401 mode? Is it possible for it to emulate the Gus while also using the midi out? Or is it just one or the other?

Yup, GUS mode with MPU-401 support is possible! The compatibility table says MPU401 is in every mode: https://github.com/polpo/picogus/wiki/Configu … ng-your-PicoGUS

I believe "pgusinit /?? | more" should guide you in your setup...

Sly_Botts wrote on Yesterday, 17:31:

I do have a question if someone can help. If I want to use an mt-32 with the picogus, do I need to set it to MPU-401 mode? Is it possible for it to emulate the Gus while also using the midi out? Or is it just one or the other?

the only difference you have to take into account is if you need intelligent mode (needs the irq). See this table and the MPU section:
https://github.com/polpo/picogus/wiki/Configu … icogus-software
so if you have a game like monkey island which doesnt need it then you could use sound blaster mode with the MPU support.
but if you have a game like wing commander it has to be in the MPU mode.
i don think there are games that use intelligent mode that also support gus. I think by then most games were support GM / SC-88 or MT32 with default samples.
an alternative might be to use softmpu with one of the combo modes, but ive never tried it.

Pickle wrote on Yesterday, 17:46:

the only difference you have to take into account is if you need intelligent mode (needs the irq). See this table and the MPU se […]
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Sly_Botts wrote on Yesterday, 17:31:

I do have a question if someone can help. If I want to use an mt-32 with the picogus, do I need to set it to MPU-401 mode? Is it possible for it to emulate the Gus while also using the midi out? Or is it just one or the other?

the only difference you have to take into account is if you need intelligent mode (needs the irq). See this table and the MPU section:
https://github.com/polpo/picogus/wiki/Configu … icogus-software
so if you have a game like monkey island which doesnt need it then you could use sound blaster mode with the MPU support.
but if you have a game like wing commander it has to be in the MPU mode.
i don think there are games that use intelligent mode that also support gus. I think by then most games were support GM / SC-88 or MT32 with default samples.
an alternative might be to use softmpu with one of the combo modes, but ive never tried it.

Thanks for the reply. I guess most of the games that require intelligent mode are older and probably don't use a separate device for sound and rely on the MT-32 for all the sound effects.

Anyone tried the card in gus mode with Mortal Kombat 2? I seem to get frequent momentary pauses in that game only, I think it's related to when certain sfx would play or different music would start.

Sly_Botts wrote on Yesterday, 19:28:

Thanks for the reply. I guess most of the games that require intelligent mode are older and probably don't use a separate device for sound and rely on the MT-32 for all the sound effects.

To be more precise, PicoGUS supports MPU-401 intelligent mode at all times. The only difference is that the dedicated MPU mode supports interrupts. There are a lot of games that require intelligent mode but don't need interrupts: anything not marked with a 1 on this list: https://github.com/bjt42/softmpu/wiki/Compati … gent-Mode-Games