MT32 Emulation

[ecstaticax]

I downloaded from AppStore the latest update which contains MT32 emulation (great!!!), but honestly I don’t know how to test it. How does it work?

Addendum: can someone explain me how to configure midi under Windows 3.1 using MT32 emulation?

[firecrafts]

you need 3 things :-

• A game that have Roland MT-32 support : here a link that sort all Dos games that support it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_MT-32-compatible_computer_games
• you need to have 2 MT32 roms [ MT32_CONTROL.ROM + MT32_PCM.ROM ] you put them inside config folder of your .iDos package that have ur game
• last thing is edit your dospad.cfg inside config folder and type at start

[midi]

mpu401=intelligent
mididevice=mt32
midiconfig=
mt32.romdir=config
mt32.reverse.stereo=false
mt32.verbose=false
mt32.thread=true
mt32.chunk=16
mt32.prebuffer=32
mt32.partials=32
mt32.dac=0
mt32.analog=2
mt32.reverb.mode=auto
mt32.reverb.time=5
mt32.reverb.level=3

and now you are ready to setup your game to use roland mt-32 sound card :D

here example of the diffrent between mt32 and adlib : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-uAf_xMQSQ

hope i helped you ^_^

[xanthiacoder]

Great guide and tips! Would it be correct to say that now with this support, it would make sense to have those lines in the default cfg? at the most, maybe commented out so default state remains but is easy for a user to uncomment to activate, like GUS support.

[firecrafts]

its can mess up i think if you make it default for games that not supporting mt32 but maybe setting UI like pick sound card for idos and automatic saving it inside .iDos package will be userfriendly idea

[xanthiacoder]

I am thinking it will probably be an easy add-on to include a batch file that can help users with switching configurations. worth being a feature request?

[xanthiacoder]

I am actually working on some simplified process to switch between Gravis Ultrasound (GUS) and SB16. perhaps now with MT-32, worth looking into a user-friendly sound support switcher.

[firecrafts]

for feature request yeah but i think there is other more important stuff need to work on right now like they are working i think on direct touch support ( good for point and click / rts games ) and make mouse more useable and i wish add 3dfx voodoo support one day :P

[xanthiacoder]

no worries. I can take on this functionality. I will work on it and submit for deployment inclusion if it is working well.

[firecrafts]

eXo had done it this way

:menu
@echo off
cls
echo.
echo Press 1 for X-COM: UFO Defense w/ SoundBlaster
echo Press 2 for X-COM: UFO Defense w/ MT32
echo Press 3 for X-COM: UFO Defense w/ Sound Canvas
echo Press 4 to Quit
echo.
choice /C:1234 /N Please Choose:

if errorlevel = 4 goto quit
if errorlevel = 3 goto SC55
if errorlevel = 2 goto MT32
if errorlevel = 1 goto SB

:SB
CONFIG -set "mididevice=default"
@cd sound
cls
copy .\sb\*.* .\
cd..
cls
@call RUNXCOM
goto quit

:MT32
CONFIG -set "mididevice=mt32"
@cd sound
cls
copy .\mt32\*.* .\
cd..
cls
@call RUNXCOM
goto quit

:SC55
CONFIG -set "mididevice=fluidsynth"
@cd sound
cls
copy .\sc55\*.* .\
cd..
cls
@call RUNXCOM
goto quit

:quit
exit

[firecrafts]

i wonder if sound Canvas is supported in iDos2

[litchie]

Great guide and tips! Would it be correct to say that now with this support, it would make sense to have those lines in the default cfg? at the most, maybe commented out so default state remains but is easy for a user to uncomment to activate, like GUS support.

Good idea!

[litchie]

i wonder if sound Canvas is supported in iDos2

What is this? Please educate me:) Feel free to open a separate issue for your feature requests.

[xanthiacoder]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_SC-55

Sound Canvas SC-55

was around during DOS era. I actually had the hardware. Quite good for music.

[xanthiacoder]

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/204-classic-gaming/73333812

more SC-55 info

[ecstaticax]

you need 3 things :-

• A game that have Roland MT-32 support : here a link that sort all Dos games that support it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_MT-32-compatible_computer_games
• you need to have 2 MT32 roms [ MT32_CONTROL.ROM + MT32_PCM.ROM ] you put them inside config folder of your .iDos package that have ur game
• last thing is edit your dospad.cfg inside config folder and type at start

[midi]

mpu401=intelligent
mididevice=mt32
midiconfig=
mt32.romdir=config
mt32.reverse.stereo=false
mt32.verbose=false
mt32.thread=true
mt32.chunk=16
mt32.prebuffer=32
mt32.partials=32
mt32.dac=0
mt32.analog=2
mt32.reverb.mode=auto
mt32.reverb.time=5
mt32.reverb.level=3

and now you are ready to setup your game to use roland mt-32 sound card :D

here example of the diffrent between mt32 and adlib : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-uAf_xMQSQ

hope i helped you ^_^

Thanks a lot for replying. I use iDos using a simulated hd, where I have a lot of directories with games, apps, and even windows 3.1 installed. Honestly I don’t know what a idos package is. I presume I need to copy the mt32 roms inside the /config directory? How can I have different .idos packages? On windows 3.1can I also emulate a midi external interface using MT32 emulation?

[ecstaticax]

I configure it for games, and works like a charm! Great. I would like to output Cakewalk midi on Windows 3.1....

[DominusExult]

i wonder if sound Canvas is supported in iDos2

There used to be Roland's Virtual Sound Canvas which connects to coremidi and in theory iDOS could connect to, but the app is gone from the AppStore :(

[xanthiacoder]

i wonder if sound Canvas is supported in iDos2

There used to be Roland's Virtual Sound Canvas which connects to coremidi and in theory iDOS could connect to, but the app is gone from the AppStore :(

https://apps.apple.com/sg/app/midi-sweet-module-unit-au/id1496123942

There are options. not free though. still searching around.

[ecstaticax]

i wonder if sound Canvas is supported in iDos2

There used to be Roland's Virtual Sound Canvas which connects to coremidi and in theory iDOS could connect to, but the app is gone from the AppStore :(

I have a lot of midi apps. I also have Roland sound canvas installed. How can I configure idos to support core midi?

[DominusExult]

You might need to wait for Litchie to use current SVN of Dosbox as that has more options for Coremidi

[ecstaticax]

You might need to wait for Litchie to use current SVN of Dosbox as that has more options for Coremidi

Litchie do you think you will update to latest svn?

[litchie]

Will look into it.

[cyberluke]

any news?

[litchie]

dospad has merged in the latest dosbox svn. Sound fonts are also supported (midi=coreaudio).