7 Jan
2003
7 Jan
'03
1:33 p.m.
the MPU-401 and MT-32. Speaking of which. What is an
MT-32 like
compared
to the MPU-401? I've never seen one.
IIRC the MT-32 is a full length card. I'm fairly sure that back in the day I picked
one up. Can't remember how. The music from it was superb, at least for the time --
probably still. I think I played a lot of Wing Commander with it.
Later I got a Sound Canvas, which I on-sold to a musical friend of mine. I think he got
the MT-32 too. He used to have a Gravis which I lusted after somewhat, particularly
because of the Gravis-only demos of the time.
I should see if he still has any of that old stuff. He's a bit of a pack rat simply
because he's always too busy to sort anything out.
Chris J.
7 Jan
7 Jan
2:17 p.m.
At 11:36 AM 1/8/03 +1100, you wrote:
The MT-32 is a external box by Roland, really a fancy drum syth. Since the
smarts were basically a chip, that chip found its way to sound cards. Most
modern motherboards and sound cards still offer MPU-401 and MT-32
emulation, even oddly enough if midi itself isn't supported.
So what am I missing about this?
the MPU-401
and MT-32. Speaking of which. What is an MT-32 like
compared
to the MPU-401? I've never seen one.
IIRC the MT-32 is a full length card. I'm fairly sure that back in the
day I picked one up. Can't remember how. The music from it was superb,
at least for the time -- probably still. I 
2:51 p.m.
On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Mike Ford wrote:
At 11:36 AM 1/8/03 +1100, you wrote:
> > the MPU-401 and MT-32. Speaking of which. What is an MT-32 like
> > compared
> > to the MPU-401? I've never seen one.
>
>IIRC the MT-32 is a full length card. I'm fairly sure that back in the
[snippage]
The MT-32 is a external box by Roland, really a fancy drum syth. Since the
Ummm... the MT-32 I have in my studio is the old MC-20 chipset in a
small (1/2 wide 1 RU) MIDI module w/no keyboard... it is a passable
late-80s vintage synth, albeit the 'drums' are wonderfully crappy, if
you're into musical sarcasm.
It's going up on eBay, BTW, alnong with a bunch of other of my Vintage
Keys... I don't make music that way any more, and I need Da Bux rather
badly right now - so don't bitch me out *too* badly for it.
I did sell Big Moog, but directly (no eBay) to a guy in Nasville who is
loving it to death, so it's happier there than here, and that's what I've
been basically living off of for the last few months. Unfortunately....
Oh well.
And I suppose the MT-32 is sorta on-topic because it's more than 10
years old and defintely has a computer in it...
Cheers
John
8 Jan
8 Jan
8 a.m.
Do you know if there's any difference in performance between the MPU-401
and MT-32? Or is it simply a difference in implementation.
Peace... Sridhar
On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, No Junk Mail wrote:
the MPU-401
and MT-32. Speaking of which. What is an MT-32 like
compared
to the MPU-401? I've never seen one.
IIRC the MT-32 is a full length card. I'm fairly sure that back in the day I picked
one up. Can't remember how. The music from it was superb, at least for the time --
probably still. I think I played a lot of Wing Commander with it.
Later I got a Sound Canvas, which I on-sold to a musical friend of mine. I think he got
the MT-32 too. He used to have a Gravis which I lusted after somewhat, particularly
because of the Gravis-only demos of the time.
I should see if he still has any of that old stuff. He's a bit of a pack rat simply
because he's always too busy to sort anything out.
Chris J.
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