DOS Gaming MIDI: Roland MT-32 / SoundCanvas SC-55 / SC-88, mt32-pi & SoundBlaster Hanging Note Fix

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Wherein I explore some MIDI options for DOS gaming on my 486, have a look into the SoundBlaster "hanging note" bug and a few solutions to fix it, and compare and demo a few different Roland devices (the MT-32, SC-55, SC-88) as well as mt32-pi, a modern MT-32 emulator. Big thanks to Johnny of Re:Enthused for your excellent voice acting contribution to this episode! If you like my channel you'll more than likely enjoy his as well, check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/reenthused Relevant Links: PC-MIDI ISA MPU Card: https://www.serdashop.com/ISA-MPU-Card HardMPU: https://github.com/ab0tj/HardMPU/ MUNT: https://sourceforge.net/projects/munt/ mt32-pi: https://github.com/dwhinham/mt32-pi SoftMPU: http://bjt42.github.io/softmpu/ Retro Box Room SC-88 Votage Mod: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jIBWbfu_VQ Phil's Computer Lab Ultimate MT-32 Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLvsaJ4h-VY Orpheus Sound Card [RetroRGB]: https://www.retrorgb.com/orpheus-the-ultimate-classic-dos-gaming-pc-sound-card.html Socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ctrl_alt_rees Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ctrl.alt.rees Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ctrlaltrees Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/ctrlaltrees Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:10 What is MIDI? 01:41 Introduction to MIDI Modules 02:20 The Roland MT-32 02:42 MT-32 Demo: Monkey Island Intro vs AdLib 04:38 MT-32 Versions & MUNT 05:00 mt32-pi: Raspberry Pi MT-32 Emulator 05:32 MT-32 vs mt32-pi Comparison: Simon The Sorcerer Intro 07:18 MT-32 vs mt32-pi Comparison: Conclusion 07:27 MT-32 Intelligent Mode & Roland MPU-401 / PC-MIDI 08:53 The Roland SoundCanvas SC-55 09:17 SC-55 MT-32 Emulation Demo: Monkey Island Intro 09:44 SC-55 MT-32 Emulation Demo: Simon The Sorcerer (Intelligent Mode) 10:25 SC-55 & DOOM 10:56 SC-55 Demo: DOOM E1M1 11:52 The Roland SoundCanvas SC-88 12:26 SC-88 Demo: Star Wars: Dark Forces Intro 13:23 SC-88 UK Voltage Modification 13:44 SoundBlaster 16 Hanging Note Bug & PC-MIDI Card 14:58 Conclusions & Outro Music Credit: Royalty-Free Music From Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com #dos #midi #mt32