Apologies, for the catchy title. I just wanted to grab you attention because I am very excited about this project :). I am showing how to build a MIDI box for your Retro Gaming PC that will substitute Roland MT-32, CM-32L and General MIDI.
Instead of having to buy this:
You can build something like this:
Please note that a space notebook or desktop is required, but it doesn't have to be very fast. I'm using a 1.7 GHz Celeron notebook.
The main ingredient of this MIDI Box is the Roland UM-ONE mk2 USB MIDI adapter, which you have to purchase for around $50. I've tried a cheap one from eBay, but sometimes instruments sound wrong. So here it pays to invest a little bit more. Other branded products should also work, but I have only tested it with the Roland UM-ONE mk2.
The video shows step-by-step instructions of how to build your MIDI Box, and how to set it up for MT-32, CM-32L and General MIDI operation. Recordings of Monkey Island 2, Space Quest III, Ultima Underworld,
Parts needed:
ISA soundcard with MPU401 MIDI interface (UART mode, use SoftMPU for intelligent mode) and line-in
MIDI cable for you soundcard
MIDI joiner if necessary (female on both ends)
Roland UM-ONE mk2 USB MIDI interface
Spare desktop PC or notebook
Audio cable (headphone jack to headphone jack)
Software needed:
SoftMPU
Munt
MT-32 and CM-32L ROM files
BASSMIDI
Soundfonts
MIDI-OX
Specifications of Retro Gaming PC used in the video:
Gigabyte GA-5AX
AMD K6-III+ running at 133 MHz
64 MB PC100 SDRAM
3dfx Voodoo3 3500
2 GB CF card
GOTEK floppy emulator
CD-ROM drive
MS-DOS 6.22
Creative AWE64
Specifications of notebook used in the video:
Intel Celeron B820
8 GB RAM
120 GB SSD
Links:
Link to SoftMPU: http://bjt42.github.io/softmpu/
Link to Munt: http://sourceforge.net/projects/munt/
Link to BASSMIDI: https://kode54.net/bassmididrv/bassmididrv.exe
Link to soundfonts: http://www.philscomputerlab.com/general ... fonts.html
Link to more soundfonts: http://coolsoft.altervista.org/en/virtu ... soundfonts
