First post, by stanwebber
first, this works brilliantly with softmpu over a serial interface, but there are some instances where softmpu's (q)emm386 requirement gets in the way. at that point you're stuck with outputting midi the traditional way over a soundcard gameport (or unobtainable hardmpu). i'm trying to evaluate my options for getting the midi to a modernish pc running a softsynth like scva without using softmpu. here's what i've come up with:
- gameport to gameport crossover cable: i know this will work, but the target pc has no gameport plus i have to build the cable.
- gameport to serial port: will this even work? what about the difference in data rates? i presume softmpu gets around this by using a pc serial port compatible data rate. i'd rather build this cable than a gameport crossover cable.
- gameport to parallel port: i know this will work as there were consumer products manufactured for this purpose, but i'd be at the mercy of whatever availability still exists plus which device do i get?
- gameport to usb midi adapter: this sounds great in concept except i don't think any of the non-professional devices support sysex messages.
- midi over tcp/ip: works great in windows; don't think it exists for dos.
- out of favor non-gm/mt32 module that can do the midi to pc serial conversion in hardware: i wouldn't know where to begin looking for this.
what other options am i not considering? my target budget for this is around $0 (which is what softmpu cost me) so we'll see.
