DataDragons wrote on 2024-07-25, 13:11:

im interest in buying Roland MT-32 for play old game like monkey island but i heard there's MT-32 Pi with lower price than […]
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im interest in buying Roland MT-32 for play old game like monkey island
but i heard there's MT-32 Pi with lower price than real mt-32

but how was the quality Does mt-32 pi sound like the real thing?
anyone here have this both for compare

thx

MT-32 Pi runs MUNT, so if you install MUNT and try it yourself you will find that it is 99.99% the same.

appiah4 wrote on 2024-07-25, 13:35:

DataDragons wrote on 2024-07-25, 13:11:

im interest in buying Roland MT-32 for play old game like monkey island but i heard there's MT-32 Pi with lower price than […]
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im interest in buying Roland MT-32 for play old game like monkey island
but i heard there's MT-32 Pi with lower price than real mt-32

but how was the quality Does mt-32 pi sound like the real thing?
anyone here have this both for compare

thx

MT-32 Pi runs MUNT, so if you install MUNT and try it yourself you will find that it is 99.99% the same.

I'm curious does the MT-32 Pi (or MUNT for that matter) suffer from buffer overflows?

appiah4 wrote on 2024-07-25, 13:35:

DataDragons wrote on 2024-07-25, 13:11:

im interest in buying Roland MT-32 for play old game like monkey island but i heard there's MT-32 Pi with lower price than […]
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im interest in buying Roland MT-32 for play old game like monkey island
but i heard there's MT-32 Pi with lower price than real mt-32

but how was the quality Does mt-32 pi sound like the real thing?
anyone here have this both for compare

thx

MT-32 Pi runs MUNT, so if you install MUNT and try it yourself you will find that it is 99.99% the same.

r u sure it 99.99%?
because it will buy it

Shagittarius wrote on 2024-07-25, 13:37:

appiah4 wrote on 2024-07-25, 13:35:

DataDragons wrote on 2024-07-25, 13:11:

im interest in buying Roland MT-32 for play old game like monkey island but i heard there's MT-32 Pi with lower price than […]
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im interest in buying Roland MT-32 for play old game like monkey island
but i heard there's MT-32 Pi with lower price than real mt-32

but how was the quality Does mt-32 pi sound like the real thing?
anyone here have this both for compare

thx

MT-32 Pi runs MUNT, so if you install MUNT and try it yourself you will find that it is 99.99% the same.

I'm curious does the MT-32 Pi (or MUNT for that matter) suffer from buffer overflows?

Not on modern hardware as far as I am aware; I have not had this issue in my use at the very least.

DataDragons wrote on 2024-07-25, 14:26:

appiah4 wrote on 2024-07-25, 13:35:

DataDragons wrote on 2024-07-25, 13:11:

im interest in buying Roland MT-32 for play old game like monkey island but i heard there's MT-32 Pi with lower price than […]
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im interest in buying Roland MT-32 for play old game like monkey island
but i heard there's MT-32 Pi with lower price than real mt-32

but how was the quality Does mt-32 pi sound like the real thing?
anyone here have this both for compare

thx

MT-32 Pi runs MUNT, so if you install MUNT and try it yourself you will find that it is 99.99% the same.

r u sure it 99.99%?
because it will buy it

My experience has been flawless, feel free to ask in the main MT32-pi thread.

I don't have a real MT-32 to compare with. But I have a WP32 McCake (MT32-Pi) daughterboard.
Monkey Island and all games that have native support for MT-32 sound absolutely fantastic.
In all games I've tested so far MT-32 sounds even better than General Midi.

Besides the price MT32-Pi has one big bonus advantage. You can use it in Soundfont (General Midi) mode and load different .sf2 files. That way you can vary the sound.
So, with MT32-Pi you get MT-32 and General Midi functionality.

appiah4 wrote on 2024-07-26, 05:51:

DataDragons wrote on 2024-07-25, 14:26:

appiah4 wrote on 2024-07-25, 13:35:

MT-32 Pi runs MUNT, so if you install MUNT and try it yourself you will find that it is 99.99% the same.

r u sure it 99.99%?
because it will buy it

My experience has been flawless, feel free to ask in the main MT32-pi thread.

im decide to buy mt-32 pi but im pretty newbie i have some question to ask
do i need to buy all this for make mt-32 pi work?
1.raspberry pi
2.MisTer fpga
3.MiSTer MT32-Pi Hat v2.1

thx for answer

DataDragons wrote on 2024-07-26, 08:52:

im decide to buy mt-32 pi but im pretty newbie i have some question to ask do i need to buy all this for make mt-32 pi work? […]
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appiah4 wrote on 2024-07-26, 05:51:

DataDragons wrote on 2024-07-25, 14:26:

r u sure it 99.99%?
because it will buy it

My experience has been flawless, feel free to ask in the main MT32-pi thread.

im decide to buy mt-32 pi but im pretty newbie i have some question to ask
do i need to buy all this for make mt-32 pi work?
1.raspberry pi
2.MisTer fpga
3.MiSTer MT32-Pi Hat v2.1

thx for answer

Aren't you from Japan though , id imagine you could get a real MT32 and most Roland gear for pretty cheap since its abundant over there?

AppleSauce wrote on 2024-07-26, 09:08:

DataDragons wrote on 2024-07-26, 08:52:

im decide to buy mt-32 pi but im pretty newbie i have some question to ask do i need to buy all this for make mt-32 pi work? […]
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appiah4 wrote on 2024-07-26, 05:51:

My experience has been flawless, feel free to ask in the main MT32-pi thread.

im decide to buy mt-32 pi but im pretty newbie i have some question to ask
do i need to buy all this for make mt-32 pi work?
1.raspberry pi
2.MisTer fpga
3.MiSTer MT32-Pi Hat v2.1

thx for answer

Aren't you from Japan though , id imagine you could get a real MT32 and most Roland gear for pretty cheap since its abundant over there?

Yeah actually I watch yt vids and really want to try mt-32 pi I heard u can download sounfront and many features

You have several main options to get a MT32-pi system:

1. Raspberry Pi (a 3 or 4) + a supported USB<->MIDI interface OR MIDI hat + a supported audio hat

OR

2. Raspberry Pi (a 3 or 4) + a supported USB<->MIDI interface OR MIDI hat, but just use the inbuilt 3.5mm audio jack for output

OR

3. WP32 McCake + Pi CM4 module

The 'normal' way is option (1) or option (2). This gives you an entirely standalone MT-32 / GM playback device. The recommendation is to use a dedicated hifi audio hat with the Pi, as the 3.5mm stereo jack does not have the best audio quality (it doesn't have a dedicated dac output), but these two options are functionally the same. For both of these options you need some way of getting MIDI data into to the Pi - that usually means a MIDI output from your PC (dedicated MIDI card, a USB<->MIDI dongle or a DB15/Joystick to MIDI adapter). There are various enclosure options available to make things look nicer (including PC drive-bay mounts, dedicated stand alone boxes, boxes which look like miniature MT32 cases etc - it's entirely up to you).

With option (3) you need a PC soundcard which has a waveblaster header. Then you attach the WP32 McCake and the Pi CM4 module. The emulated MT-32 / GM module is then directly attached to your soundcard and no additional hardware is needed. This is definitely one of the cleanest and simplest options to use, though it does mean you can't easily share the device if you have multiple PC's you want to use it with.

I have heard some people talking about using a Mister FPGA to run the MT32-Pi, but it seems like quite an expensive way to implement it, considering the relative cost of a Pi.