polynektar wrote on Yesterday, 20:03:

I've been listening to the "Free Rein" midi non-stop on loop, for days....it's so cool and relaxing. Love hearing new sounds coming out of the old mt-32. Programming new sounds is where the magic happens.

Glad you like it!

polynektar wrote on Yesterday, 20:03:

Do you plan on doing a lo-fi replacement for all the available instrument banks, like the MT-32-GM SysEx? I think that replaced 64, the max. That'd be so cool, i'd love to try old midis with those new lo-fi sounds.

Might be fun to do something like that. However, to work well with existing old General MIDI files it'd have to be reasonably tonally-compatible with the expected GM instrument maps... and even just creating custom drum sounds quickly eats into those limited memory timbre slots. One thing I do keep meaning to get around to working on is a set of somewhat GM-targeted patches that rely wholly on LA synthesis without using any of the device's PCM samples, to give a more analogue synth or 8-bit chiptune feel to old MIDI files. All of the above could also be achieved using soundfonts on a more modern MIDI device, but I prefer making old hardware do interesting things 😀

polynektar wrote on Yesterday, 20:03:

Also wanted to ask: is there a repository or some collection of MT-32 midis? I've seen old ones from Sierra games and such, but do any more modern midis exist for mt-32? Free Rein is the newest I've seen. I know it probably doesn't exist but I can dream 😀

There are a few examples online of modern music made using the MT-32, but I've not come across any downloadable contemporary MT-32 MIDI files. Even older MT-32 specific MIDIs aren't that easy to find. Other than the Sierra repository, there's a few at one site (including the awesome Dune II soundtrack in its entirety), and others can be found by searching for 'MT-32' on the MIDI Music Collection website.

EDIT- urls removed from my post; it just occurred to me that they might be construed as hosting copyrighted material without the original authors' consent.