yes wrote on 2026-09-09, 23:01:

Finally giulio and TUS released 88emu sources at GitHub today.

Cool!

yes wrote on 2026-09-09, 23:01:

I've built binaries for my system (Linux x64) and tested them for a while.

I noticed the cmakelists in the Gearmulator repo references macro's that are only defined in the JUCE repo. Like "juce_add_binary_data".
So is JUCE to be built first, and then somehow cmake can pick up these macro's for building Gearmulator?

yes wrote on 2026-09-09, 23:01:

Finally giulio and TUS released 88emu sources at GitHub today.

Yes, we released the source code, but the software is still in "early access alpha" for now.
You are all of course free to explore the code and build it (it's GPL).
But I kindly ask you to take this version as "unfinished" when it comes to bugs and performance, and wait before doing public "reviews" on blogs/youtube and such (give us time to get it right).
And if you want an already compiled build, or just support us, we accept donations and we have a Discord server where we give updates and progress info: https://theusualsuspects.io/

By the way, if you find problems with 32 channels MIDI feel free to share them! Would love to try them out and fix it 😁

(and of course as soon as the early access alpha is over binaries will be available on our site)

Most 32 channel midis i've seen are composed for sc8 or sc88 pro. running them on the wrong synth may or may not give differences, depending on if they manually request the older maps.

Do report any midis that seem wrong on all three emulations.

yes wrote on 2026-09-09, 23:01:

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Finally giulio and TUS released 88emu sources at GitHub today.

5 devices are emulated: SC-88 - pure one, VL and PRO versions, SC-8850 and old good SC-55mk2 - judging from remarks, they used Nuked SC-55 sources for it.
SC-8820 isn't supported atm, but once TUS have the hardware, they will fix it for sure.
Also you have to provide your own ROM images for any device to start.

I've built binaries for my system (Linux x64) and tested them for a while.
88emu appears to be a standalone version, publishes 3 new MIDI IN ports to the system (A, B, announcements) so it should be directly compatible with DOSBox and such, didn't test it yet.
Incorporates a built-in MIDI file player for testing , GUI is scalable from 50% to 300%.

Generally all synths are working but we need more testing to detect alpha version peculiarities.
For example, 32 channel midis sound kind of weird but LCD graphic demos look all OK.

More teasing screenshots to follow:

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It's fantastic, WOW!
I hope you also add the SC-55 mk1 (ROM version 1.21) for games that require capital tone fallback.

Oh. have to clone gearmulator... understand now.

no, i don't. how does one actually build this in a current Visual Studio Community Edition?

You use CMake to build it? I got it successfully building after doing a shallow recursive submodule clone with VS2022 build tools using CMake.

MSYS2 Clang does not work yet, evidently.