Indy 4 doesn't support General Midi, use MT32 instead.

Xelasarg i don't understand. in the sound config of indy (i play the talkie version) i can choose between roland and midi, so why should it not support midi??

as i wrote via scummvm midi is working if i choose fluidsynth and load a soundfont.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbXT7Vv6A8Q

so i think i should be able to load up a soundfont in dosbox also?

First daum's Dosbox is not supported here. 2nd you probably need to manually edit daum's conf for it to use Fluidsynth and the soundfont instead of the default midi device

Xelasarg wrote:

Indy 4 doesn't support General Midi, use MT32 instead.

+1

The game doesn't support General MIDI at all. Roland MT-32 is what you want, just use the Munt emulator.

hm. okay but if i choose fluidsynth in scummvm and load up soundfont SGM V2.01 for example indy sounds much, much better than using mt32.
is using a soundfont via fluidsynth no midi?

rotaxt wrote:

hm. okay but if i choose fluidsynth in scummvm and load up soundfont SGM V2.01 for example indy sounds much, much better than using mt32.
is using a soundfont via fluidsynth no midi?

I don't know what and how you configured things. This is how a real MT-32 sounds like: https://youtu.be/-3wywTErcyk

rotaxt wrote:

hm. okay but if i choose fluidsynth in scummvm and load up soundfont SGM V2.01 for example indy sounds much, much better than using mt32.
is using a soundfont via fluidsynth no midi?

It's a matter of taste. I use SGM V2.01 whenever it's possible, but as a rule of thumb, MT32 music tends to sound a bit strange when it's played through a GM soundfont. If you like GM midi better, simply stick to it. You need to configure your Daum dosbox.conf like this:
mpu401=intelligent
mididevice=synth
midiconfig=SGM-V2.01.sf2

One additional note: Daum doesn't accept spaces in filenames. If your file is labelled "SGM V2.01.sf2", you have to rename it to something like "SGM-V2.01.sf2" in order to make it work.

*Edit*: OK, I googled a bit and it seems the talkie version does indeed support General Midi. Interesting...
Anyway, make sure to exlude spaces from your soundfont's filename, else it won't work. Apart from that, Daum suffers from another issue: the midi gain is set too high, so midi music can become severely distorted (e.g. in Warcraft 2). You can adjust synth.gain in MagicDosbox (Android port), but I haven't figured out yet how to do so in Daum.

If MT-32 sounds bad with a game that supports MT-32 it is almost certainly because it has been setup wrong, like using MT-32/Munt when you have the game set to use GM. In other words, you are doing it wrong.

Yep, MT32 sounds strange when it's played through GM midi and vice versa. The sound banks are different, so you may experience anything from wrong instruments to weird noises playing. Personally, I like GM midi with SGM V2.01 soundfont better than MT32, so I prefer it whenever there's a General Midi option, like e.g. in DOTT. But I haven't found a single MT32-only game so far that sounds better with GM. Still, you can try, if only for the sake of curiosity. 😉