MIDI?

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No support for polymode, no recording, no pitchwheel or modwheel function, no 
assingable parameters, does not play unless an instrument is already playing in 
a certain track. It's less than/about as effective as MSSIAH's midi features on 
the C64. And who uses percussion mode?
That's my most blunt and honest report of this feature.
It's honestly better using the computer keyboard.
Good intentions though!

Original issue reported on code.google.com by Napalmt...@gmail.com on 14 Nov 2013 at 4:31

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I'm going after that. Unfortunately I don't have DOS PC and MIDI keyboard, so I 
will just try to guess something out from the code. Even small improvement is 
better than nothing :-)

Original comment by subz3ro....@gmail.com on 12 Feb 2014 at 10:46

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Definitely agree. Me and some other fans of your work are going to pool 
together to make an Adlib Tracker 2 album and put proceeds toward sending you a 
DOS PC, MPU-401 cable, and MIDI keyboard if that's alright. :)

Original comment by Napalmt...@gmail.com on 13 Feb 2014 at 12:21

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Ever wonder why it's called "Synth!" mode? The mode is supposed to provide you 
with an option to use Adlib Tracker 2 as a monosynth, controlled from a DAW (by 
MIDI) with sound sent back to the DAW, making use of AT2's versatile synth 
editing.

As a consequence, it makes the tracking feature of AT2 quite useless as it is, 
as you've observed since you're expecting MIDI to act as a master controller.

You could consider this an entirely new feature, not a bad one at that.

Original comment by ijsf@gmx-topmail.de on 14 Mar 2014 at 10:03

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Sounds pretty arbitrary to me. Not sure why you'd want it to just be a 
monosynth. There's 100's of more complex interesting sounding monosynths out 
there. Anyhow yea, MIDI control could definitely be improved. I just tried 
using my MIDI controller through the MPU-401 and reported the results.

Original comment by Napalmt...@gmail.com on 14 Mar 2014 at 3:41

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Frankly, a RTFM on your behalf could've prevented a lot of disappointment :)

This is not really the place for opening up a post-mortem discussion why AT2 
would or would not be suitable as a monosynth, especially since the feature is 
already there. Fact is, this was (and still is) an actual practical use case of 
AT2, so this feature was added to the software.

To give you an example: YMF262's distinctive sound characteristics combined 
with AT2's instrument programming can easily create very atypical FM sounds 
that are difficult to recreate with other FM synthesizers. An equivalent chip 
such as the YMF744 can be used for low noise SPD/IF recording for use in a 
studio environment, and at low cost.

The "Synth!" feature is distinct from a MPU-401 master controller feature, 
which would have required a substantial amount of changes.

P.S. Anyone is welcome to submit a patch that improves MPU-401 master 
controller support, I think it would be a pretty good addition to the software.

Original comment by ijsf@gmx-topmail.de on 16 Mar 2014 at 7:21

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Doesn't work with my DAW either. WAFM and I'll RTFM.

Original comment by Napalmt...@gmail.com on 16 Mar 2014 at 10:17

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Open up a new issue and give us some more information to work with. Issue 
closed.

Original comment by ijsf@gmx-topmail.de on 17 Mar 2014 at 2:22

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