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So Amiga serial peripherals, including MIDI interfaces, works just like on a classic no matter what software is used. I cannot speak for the others, but Natami has a serial port which is directly bangable by the Amiga custom chipset registers.
#Roland sound canvas 55 how to
The first challenge is still trying to work out how to plug them into a new Amiga though.įor anyone else out there who also likes playing old DOS games as well as playing old Amiga game I highly recommend picking up an old SC-55 or similar for use with DOS box it sounds so much better than software midi emulation and its pretty much plug and play unlike back in the old dos days. Between my MT-32 and my SC-55ST my games now all sound incredible or at lest the music dose a good midi module dose not help with the sound effects.Īnyway as I have a SAM on order I can let people know how I get on trying to connect them to my SAM under OS4.1 as well if people are interested? My testing is only likely to go as far as can I get them working with scummvm under OS4.1, but I expect if they work with scummvm they will also work with other midi software under OS4. I also have a Roland MT-32 as well which I purchased first as you just cant emulate the sound it makes and if you love old Graphics adventures like I do you quickly learn that as good as scummvm is something is missing with the software midi emulation. Sadly I have no talent for creating music so I don't think I would spend very much time trying to get Bar's & Pipes working as I would not know what to do with it if I did :-? but I did have fun playing with MED so I hope I can at least figure out how to make it speak to my SC-55.
#Roland sound canvas 55 Pc
If my memory is correct I am sure I have seen one connected up in the past to a PC's serial port to the other port on the back of the SC-55 I have never used.Īnyway If anyone thinks it can be done it maybe fun to give it a shot as it would also have the added advantage for playing back midi tunes of having no moving parts so I could use the minimig and Roland combo as way of listening to music without the background sound of my PC’s hard disk and other moving parts while am very happy with my SoundCanvas when I was younger most PC games needed one If you wanted to listen to the music as the Musicians intended it be head but as a teenager there was no way I could afford one but today you can pick one for the price of one or two new games so purchasing one was a bit of a no brainer for me. I am not a musician and in fact picked to up cheaply a few years ago to use to with old dos games so I could here the music they way it was intended to be listened to rather than how I heard it at the time with my SoundBlaster 16.īut now I remember MED coming with some sample tunes that required MIDI to playback so dose anyone now if its possible to drive my SC-55 from the serial port of the minimig? My Minimig is currently sitting on top of my Vintage Roland Sound Canvas SC-55ST and now I am wondering is it possible to some how connect the my Sound Canvas to the Minimig's serial port and playback music with it.