--On Monday, August 12, 2002 2:35 PM +0100 Pedro Quaresma
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> If I'm hooking up a MT32 to a SB sound card does this mean I won't be
> needing the midi interface card anymore?
No, you won't need that. You would only need that if you didn't have a
sound card, but wanted to use the MT-32.
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> How do I distinguish the "mono" adapter from any "stereo" adapter? I have
> an adaptor pretty much like that one in the picture, but I don't know if
> it's a stereo or mono one...
Here's a link to the stereo adapter
<http://www.cablesnmor.com/stereo-adapter.html>. It isn't the best
picture, but if you look closely you'll notice _two_ black rings. Those
rings separate the plug connection so that you can send two channels
(stereo) signals through it. The mono plug has one ring which means only
one channel of sound.
Using a stereo plug means that the signals don't get combined properly in
the Y adapter cable. I don't know exactly where things go wrong in the
stereo adapters, but I know the mono adapters work correctly. :)
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> What do you mean by "enable the line in"?
Make sure the line-in isn't muted or the volume for it isn't set to zero.
I can't give you more precise instructions without knowing which particular
sound card/DOS drivers/Windows version/etc.. You'll have to check your
documentation for more details.
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> The D was only need for a matter of distance between the Roland and the
> computer, I assume?
Exactly. I have my computers on the floor (they are towers) and the
Roland units on the desktop. A 1 to 2 meter cable should be more than
enough length for you, but you'll have to measure things to make sure.
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> I'll most probably use the SB16, since the SBPro is currently in use. For
> the games I'm wanting to play (U6, U7, BaK) I think it'll be enough.
I agree. Most games seem to be quite happy with an SB Pro, so the SB16
should be just fine.
>> I can give you a complete listing of what I did with
>> that PC if you are interested.
>
> If possible, that would be great :)
I'll answer this part in another email. I don't want to hold this one up
any longer.
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> At least the music must sound a bit better than with simply a SBPro!
Oh yes. :-D The Roland sound samples are just superb to my non-musician
ears.
>
>> They most definitely did
>> on Ultima VII and the AWE64 does _not_ emulate the SysEx commands.
>
> Please explain a bit further. Are there SysEx messages too on MT32 when
> playing U7?
SysEx messages are System Exclusive commands that set the MT-32 up to play
the following MIDI sounds a certain way. When you load Ultima 7 you should
see something like "Origin Sound System!" on the MT-32 while the game loads
some SysEx commands for the opening intro. After the Guardian's speech is
done you'll see it again just before you get the menu screen. And once
more when you Journey Onward. :)
So, while some sound cards say they emulate an MT-32, they only emulate
the default sounds of an MT-32. Unfortunately that is only part of what a
real MT-32 (or compatible Roland sound card) can do. Without the SysEx
commands you still won't get the full music/sound you would with the
genuine stuff.
--
Edward Franks
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