First post, by davidhs
Hi,
Does anybody know if the MT-32's PCM list is documented or not? If so, is there any info on where the document is?
Regards,
David
Hi,
Does anybody know if the MT-32's PCM list is documented or not? If so, is there any info on where the document is?
Regards,
David
Cloudschatze wrote on 2020-08-23, 17:45:
Hi Cloudschatze!
Thanks for the spreadsheet. It really helps a lot!
Anyway, just for the sake of curiosity, do you have any information on where the list is compiled from which document?
Regards,
David
davidhs wrote on 2020-08-25, 17:57:Anyway, just for the sake of curiosity, do you have any information on where the list is compiled from which document?
The information from Roland Japan was provided as a typed list in response to an e-mail inquiry I'd made back in 2005. I imagine it came from some internal documentation of theirs.
I didn't discover this until several years later, but Roland did provide an "official" source listing of the MT-32 waveforms in a supplemental manual that they published back in 1988:
Interesting. Until now I assumed that since the CM-32L was basically an MT-32 with additional built-in sound effects, the original MT-32 wouldn't have a lot of those.
digger wrote on 2020-08-26, 21:19:Interesting. Until now I assumed that since the CM-32L was basically an MT-32 with additional built-in sound effects, the original MT-32 wouldn't have a lot of those.
Hope I'm not misunderstanding the comment, but just to clarify, the "Bank 2" waveforms in the spreadsheet do not apply to the MT-32.
Cloudschatze wrote on 2020-08-26, 21:26:digger wrote on 2020-08-26, 21:19:Interesting. Until now I assumed that since the CM-32L was basically an MT-32 with additional built-in sound effects, the original MT-32 wouldn't have a lot of those.
Hope I'm not misunderstanding the comment, but just to clarify, the "Bank 2" waveforms in the spreadsheet do not apply to the MT-32.
Ah, yes. I missed it at first, but now I see it. Timbres R31 through R64 are indeed labelled as being available only on the CM-32L, LAPC-1, etc.
Cloudschatze wrote on 2020-08-26, 21:07:The information from Roland Japan was provided as a typed list in response to an e-mail inquiry I'd made back in 2005. I imagine […]
davidhs wrote on 2020-08-25, 17:57:Anyway, just for the sake of curiosity, do you have any information on where the list is compiled from which document?
The information from Roland Japan was provided as a typed list in response to an e-mail inquiry I'd made back in 2005. I imagine it came from some internal documentation of theirs.
I didn't discover this until several years later, but Roland did provide an "official" source listing of the MT-32 waveforms in a supplemental manual that they published back in 1988:
Amazing. That manual is really useful, it contains many information for using the MT-32. Thanks, Cloudschatze!
Hope the PDF will help someone on programming the MT-32.
At least it has already helped a lot in creating the emulator 😉