On Tue, Aug 26, 2025 at 09:16:36AM -0400, Thomas Frohwein wrote: > On Mon, 11 Aug 2025 10:54:25 -0400 > Thomas Frohwein <tfrohw...@fastmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello ports@, > > > > This is a new port for munt which provides a library mt32emu that can > > emulate high-quality synthesizers like Roland MT-32, CM-32L, LAPC-I. > > This library can be enabled by dosbox-staging with the attached diff > > (it's actually enabled by default; had to disable it without the munt > > port) to use this emulated audio device. It's also picked up by > > games/exult, which is why I'm including a diff here. > > > > For audio to work, ROMs from the synthesizers are needed to produce > > the sounds. dosbox-staging has some detailed info about those [1] and > > how to enable MT-32 MIDI. The address for the device has been 330 when > > software asks for it. I tested this successfully with a few games in > > dosbox-staging (Tie Fighter, Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny, and > > Jagged Alliance). The instructions for Ultima VII via games/exult are > > here [2]. > > > > The port also includes (GUI) applications to work more with these > > emulated synthesizers for those with an interest in making MIDI music. > > > > I've checked several other games/emulators that cover that era of MIDI > > music to see if they pick up libmt32emu (dosbox, dosbox-x, scummvm, > > sdlpop, shockolate), but that's not the case. We might need to be on > > the lookout if anything else from that era picks it up.
A more general way would be to use the sndio midi interface like fluidsynth does. Then you could use scummvm's support for sndio midi. Which is the same way you'd connect to a real MT-32. > > > > ok for munt? (the diffs are for testing it with dosbox-staging or > > exult) > > *ping* > > Re-attached the port and the dosbox-staging diff > > > > > [1] https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/wiki/MIDI#mt32emu > > [2] https://exult.info/docs.php#midi_music > > Index: Makefile > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/ports/emulators/dosbox-staging/Makefile,v > diff -u -p -r1.1.1.1 Makefile > --- Makefile 5 Aug 2025 17:41:32 -0000 1.1.1.1 > +++ Makefile 11 Aug 2025 14:30:05 -0000 > @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ COMMENT = modern continuation of DOSBox > V = 0.82.2 > PKGNAME = dosbox-staging-${V} > DIST_TUPLE += github dosbox-staging dosbox-staging v${V} . > +REVISION = 0 > > CATEGORIES = emulators > HOMEPAGE = https://www.dosbox-staging.org/ > @@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ MAINTAINER = Thomas Frohwein <thfr@openb > PERMIT_PACKAGE = Yes > > WANTLIB += ${COMPILER_LIBCXX} GL SDL2 SDL2_net c fluidsynth iir > -WANTLIB += m opusfile png slirp speexdsp z > +WANTLIB += m mt32emu opusfile png slirp speexdsp z > > COMPILER = base-clang ports-gcc > > @@ -30,14 +31,12 @@ RUN_DEPENDS = devel/desktop-file-utils \ > x11/gtk+4,-guic > LIB_DEPENDS = audio/fluidsynth \ > audio/iir1 \ > + audio/munt \ > audio/opusfile \ > audio/speexdsp \ > devel/sdl2-net \ > graphics/png \ > net/libslirp > - > -# use_mt32emu requires https://github.com/munt/munt > -CONFIGURE_ARGS = -Duse_mt32emu=false > > # avoid conflict with games/dosbox > post-install:
