Bad Gear - Roland MT-32 - The OG Retro Gamers Synth

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Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Roland MT-32. Is it every DOS gamer's dream?

[@AudioPilz]

Please forgive me: Monkey Island 2 is OF COURSE a Lucasarts game (how could I)😞

[@j-ltekbrain2177]

Apologies accepted.

[@danthreepwood2760]

Right now it would've been a lot better if MI was actually a Sierra game, because the evil ghost pirate Micky Mouse will never ever give Ron back his game :(. Ps: have you seen Peter Jackson's ''Avengers'' yet? ;) ;) ;)

[@infi84]

Monkey Island 2 couldn't be a Sierra game if it wanted to, there are no softlocks.

[@JoergWessels]

Ach so. Zuerst hab ich gedacht, die Zuordnung zu einer falschen Firma wäre einer von deinen besonders ausgefeilten Witzen, die regelmäßig right over my head gehen.

[@bkpc]

It's doubly funny because Lucasarts even made a jab at Sierra games in said Monkey Island 2

[@gelatinous6915]

The sheer number of obscure, hellishly complex sound boxes Roland made never fails to amaze me.

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, it's mindboggling

[@talideon]

That's basically Roland's thing. They're the Pinhead of... well... everything that produces a noise.

[@75hilmar]

The more boxes the better

[@feelingevaporated2912]

That’s not even counting their many, many worthless gimmicky video products! Such a weird company at this stage lol

[@mycosys]

@@feelingevaporated2912 at this stage? which stage wasnt weird?

[@MrAstroboyjj]

The production value on these videos is absolutely insane. Quick editing, hilarious memes, and original music throughout! Can't wait for the next one already.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@nielsverhaegh6744]

I agree, very good. I bet it's still vey entertaining if you're not in to synthesizers

[@matthewgaines10]

Yeah, this dude is good at this.

[@SphericEl]

So true- that digital marble machine Tron thingy was absolute knockout ❤

[@illford]

I hate the fact you used meme. Mainly because Meme and Joke are actually pretty different in definition. I'm being a bit of a Karen right now aren't I?

[@ScapezMusic]

This show is literally the highlight of my Fridays

[@DjZiggy2]

Empty-32 🤣

[@sheepkillindog]

Agreed. It’s either nostalgia or g.a.s. with this series.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@nathannichols1015]

The Bad Gear Friday's + Ricky Tinez Saturday's combo keeps me happy every weekend.

[@eddievanheinous666]

I always have a meeting Friday mornings at work and towards the end i'm sitting there like "HURRY THIS ALREADY NEW BAD GEAR VID IS UP"

[@mootbooxle]

I want a whole album of your Monkey Quest Space Commander in the Prehistorik Land of LeChuck’s Steel Sky Digital Marble Machine mockups!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks, Mr. Booxle!!!

[@mootbooxle]

fantastic tunes in this one...as usual! I just like the cheese that drips from the Mt-32 😂

[@lookapi]

👌🏼+1💥🎯

[@SphericEl]

+ me too ❤

[@romwell]

Dammit! You have my favorite gear, you've played my favorite video games, and currently you're making my favorite music! That title alone though brings back sooooo many memories

[@fisk0]

Ooh, that Wing Commander communications screen rendition of your face hit me right in the nostalgia center.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! That one had many floppies!

[@fisk0]

The original release was only on three floppies, I still have that. But I can imagine that the later versions with the speech pack and extra missions may have used up more floppies, the original version had no speech.

[@mrz80]

@@fisk0 I've still got it in the box, and I even have a 1.2mb 5-1/4" floppy drive on hand, but I seriously doubt I have a computer with a floppy controller any more. :|

[@thingeeeeeee]

the amount of Monkey Island 2 references in this episode went out of the roof and straight to my heart, oh.

[@AudioPilz]

You fight like a dairy farmer!!!

[@thingeeeeeee]

@@AudioPilz how appropiate, you fight like a cow!

[@coffeematt]

You'd better stop waving that synth around like a feather duster!

[@rememberthisnameslut]

People fall at my feet when they see me coming... Even BEFORE they see your synth?!

[@palyndrumatix7790]

Imagine the Fairy Tale Adventure on that.

[@foxholeartist]

When you sequenced this ancient honorable brick from elektron I just died laughing. This show is something special

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Digitakt is a great sequencer for that kind of gear!

[@EdwardFist]

My Kawai GMega is sitting here saying ‘aren’t I shitty enough to be shown some love?’

[@AudioPilz]

There's an acute shortage of vintage Kawai gear around here but no worries, will happen

[@AntonNidhoggr]

@@AudioPilz I’ve got an R50 a couple of days ago. The snare is EPIC ) Tbh it sounds suspiciously similar to the one on early Ministry albums. Now I wonder...

[@zifudis339]

got 2 kawai XD 5 i could send you one...

[@6pin66]

@@AntonNidhoggr I second that wondering

[@coolelectronics1759]

@@AudioPilz not really a shitty gear but could you do a video on the kawai q80 I just bought one and want to learn how to use it to sequence my synths

[@panskibinski]

And so I watched this video around 2022. I got so into dungeon synth scene that... I was featured on HDK tape this year (Goblinth ) ! Thanks mr. AudioPilz for bad gear inspiration :D

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!! Always a pleasure!!!

[@brianjams9150]

This was perfect timing. Just asked in the synth subreddit about gear for recreating that late 80s PC game sound. Between this and your D-110 video, I feel better prepared for the horrors that await me. Awesome video and so much nostalgia!

[@brianjams9150]

OMG I missed that you had a sc-55 video too?!

[@AudioPilz]

Cool! Don't forget about the U110!

[@brianjams9150]

@@AudioPilz Awesome! It's like you checked all the boxes!

[@UliAfroman]

Came home from work, sat down with my dogs and now the weekend begins again with the new bad gear ❤️❤️❤️

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you! Weekend!!!

[@wraggal]

Lol'd at the 'Doom sounds weird on it' comment

[@AudioPilz]

That had me rofling too!

[@turtleCalledCalmie]

that mk reference

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@RobertKildoo]

It’s amazing that you always make these horror boxes sound so good!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!

[@vapno92]

I fucking love that throwback on the end

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@emmarossignol4445]

I can already tell that you're going to get a lot of unexpected use of that Roland A-01 in this series...

[@AudioPilz]

Yup, the swiss army knife with a banana dispenser

[@LouisSerieusement]

"Semper Malum Apparatus" lmao Always love all the little pics in your video, all your content is so perfect !

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!

[@ditlee6071]

I really enjoyed the pic of you from a bygone era. It's a good look, perhaps due for a reprise

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@avace917]

We used these at my school in 1990. Very nostalgic watching this

[@AudioPilz]

Wow, I wished my school had one of these!

[@avace917]

It was a school in NYC called Center For The Media Arts. They had a video class, audio class and a MIDI class. I chose MIDI.

[@KattKirsch]

Oh jeez the nostalgia is so real. I love this sound so so so much

[@AudioPilz]

Classic 80s sounds❤️❤️❤️

[@2handsomeforlaw]

This was also used for the Indiana Jones and the fate of Atlantis soundtrack. I loved that game and the music.

[@AudioPilz]

Ah, simpler times!!!

[@peterjessop1878]

This thing has not aged well, but then a again I haven’t either😕

[@AudioPilz]

Even the Mona Lisa is decaying 😀

[@thegirlg33k]

I picked up a MT-32 back when I was fixing up my Japanese Sharp X68000 computer. There was a ton of games for that system and the music written for the MT-32 (vs SC-55) was some of the best. Thankfully the X68000 doesn't need an MPU-401.

[@AudioPilz]

Didn't know that machine, interesting!

[@mathmanmrt]

" . . . for having a terrible ui but at least, it has one." :D that is the classic *bad gear* one-liner i keep coming back for, thanks.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@davegraham716]

Blown away that Casio is not even on that list of frequent suspects. If you haven't done an episode on Casio's last 2 synths they made, around 2012-2014 I believe, The Casio- XW-P1 & XW-G1, then you definitely should (the 2 are essentially the same synth, I think 1 might have had slightly better specs for say an extra 100$ new).Super underrated full sized but yet battery powered plastic beasts. They've got a very powerful & unique arp/ sequencer/ phase looping setup going on. + Some rather complex Synthesis engines+ 9 Drawbar Organ style sliders+there "Hex Synth" engine+ an IPad app for controlling/ programming/& playing+ a super neat little nonslip rubber pad on the top of the synth made for setting the iPad on (or if you don't want to use an iPad, any other FX pedals or gear).

[@AudioPilz]

Had the Trackformer on the show, currently searching for the other two. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@blakecasimir]

Probably the best Bad Gear vid yet. Thank you Florian, top work. So much cheese and music / gaming nostalgia in one hilarious video.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@kevintgaudio]

Really enjoying this channel!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@yes0genesis]

Bad Gear video wishlist: Novation Bass Station 2 Novation Circuit Moog Minitaur Moog Sirin Arturia Microfreak Korg Volca Keys Korg Volca FM Korg Volca Modular Love the channel, very informative and hilarious.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you, great input!!!

[@MarshalArnold]

Ranzee has an excellent channel, is a great technical resource for sure. Is awesome he had a hand in helping with this Bad Gear 👍😎

[@AudioPilz]

Absolutely, his videos go so deep!

[@ChrisHopkinsBass]

This takes me back to my 486 and tinkering with config and autoexec files

[@AudioPilz]

MS DOS 5.1 FTW!!!

[@gamma_noize]

Again a very nice video! I really like these "history lessons". :D Have a nice weekend!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@0123-v1o]

"Semper Malum Apparatus" :D nicely done!

[@AudioPilz]

Gratias ago!!!

[@Ink_my_WOOMY]

This video is probably the best birthday gift yet lol. And yes I had decent luck with Jsynth and Medit, although I still prefer steinberg synthworks on the atari st.

[@AudioPilz]

Happy birthday!!!

[@synthlord2368]

Didn't the 8-bit Guy do an episode with this unit, on his 8-bit Keys channel?

[@emuplayers5942]

Yes,He did.

[@sheepkillindog]

Sure.

[@synthlord2368]

@@emuplayers5942 I thought so. He was super excited about it too if I remember right. Love his channel too.

[@AudioPilz]

Yup, great video!

[@synthlord2368]

@@AudioPilz I just listened to his after this. I think you may have borrowed a sample there! Lol

[@patricklepoutre]

I remember spending so much time doing my own editor on atari st with gfa basic. I couldn't figure out how to compute the CRC of the sysex blocks. When I found it I was so proud.

[@AudioPilz]

Wow, that's quite an achievement!

[@t3hjnz]

The one thumbs-down is from the president of the MT-32 Fan Club. Brilliant as always, Florian. You're my production hero.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@wellurban]

Somehow I just knew that the Ice Rain preset was going to make an appearance! This brought back lots of memories, including having to make my own SysEx editor in BASIC because as far as I was aware, none was available at the time. I wanted a cheap multitimbral D-50, and while this wasn’t quite that, it came surprisingly close for what I needed at the time.

[@AudioPilz]

It's super powerful but it can be quite a nuissance to operate

[@kylequinn6695]

4:16 They'll bury you in a lunchbox! Never thought I'd see a Civvie11 reference here, but I'm all for it.

[@AudioPilz]

You fight like a dairy farmer😂😂😂

[@CommanderAnus]

Super Arbeit-danke dafür!

[@AudioPilz]

Danke fürs Zuschauen!!!

[@Funkl_Berg]

Thank you, just thank you for this vid 🙌🏻❤️

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for watching!

[@romwell]

General Midi appears again! I love the General!

[@AudioPilz]

A true hero!!!

[@absolutevodkalime9423]

Best Friday show ever!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@FlorianRachor1]

This one does spark joy! Couldn’t afford one though, SoundBlaster was already a luxury...

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, used up a lot of christmas credits for the SoundBlaster back then;)

I never owned a MT-32 but I had (still have) a Roland D5, and the patch data from the games worked on the D5 aswell (and the D10, D20, D110) it was a treasure trove for me, both because I had really good music while playing all the Sierra games, but also gave me so many new sounds to my synth! :) So ofcourse my hopes are the SysX data works for the D-family aswell :)

[@AudioPilz]

It will certainly do something to the D5;) not sure if it's the thing the Sierra guys had in mind😅

[@johnnydekock]

Wow great video. Love the MT32 for games especially Sierra games due to the sysex programming ability as apposed to the standard GM stock sounds.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!

[@Psi34ax]

I love you man, completely unironically saying this

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@Plexyglazz]

Nice one to start my Friday night playlist. Thanks Florian! Steadily getting closer to 100 bad gear videos. With the staggering amount of gear that Roland/Boss has created, I am wondering which Roland product will be 100. 😉

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!! TR-808 maybe ;)

[@Plexyglazz]

​@@AudioPilz Sacrilege!!! 🤣 But that would be awesome! Aaaaand of course there is also that little hard to program synth thingy from the same line… 😉

[@martinlund4510]

Nice to see the A-01 back for a cameo. Was that the MT-32's filter you controlled or the TB-03 in that clip? AFAIR none of the LA Rolands had self-oscillating filters, but I could be wrong?

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Yeah, MT32s filter all the way

[@jpm9628]

Another good episode! I have a suggestion - How about Casio? I would love to see an episode diving into one of the so called "serious" synths that Casio put out when Yamaha was changing everybody's taste with digital. The CZ line was also super weird: they used an ALMOST FM style of synthesis which would be interesting to hear about. Weird supernerd stuff. Besides, EVERYBODY knows about Casio keyboards (many people's first set of keys). I liked the episode about the Trackman, but what about these "pro" machines? Cheers!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! I had the "Millenium Falcon" on the show. Constantly searching for Casio gear but it's mostly overpriced by now

[@dyecaster9341]

Dude I just love your channel. Really enjoyed this. Was that really you in the picture from back in the day? BTW, do you remember the arcade game Ghosts n Goblins?

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! No, just a classic meme ;) Damn, can't remember if I really played it or just vids years later

[@dyecaster9341]

@@AudioPilz I think they used the same soundscape you refer to 😊

[@ringtangting]

Another great video, I hope you never run out of bad gear to talk about. Do you know the Philips PMC-100? Not even serious enough to be on the show I think, but just wanted to point it out.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! That will most probably never happen. Talked to the Magpie about that thing recently! Gotta get it over here, it seems;)

[@boriscat1999]

I have an MT-32 and an SC-D70 (for the SC-55 and SC88 compatibility, and the convenience of USB and digital recording). I can't believe the price of the MT-32 now, I picked mine up used 10-12 years ago when people treated them like old trash. I think emulators like Munt are more convenient for gaming and sounds pretty close to the real hardware. I think later sound modules like SC-55/88 are more versatile for musicians (and way easier to use) although not as common to find supported in gaming.

[@AudioPilz]

Big fan of the SC-55 here!

[@latexmonkeys]

Civvie reference in Bad Gear? I knew you were a man of taste! 👌

[@AudioPilz]

One of my favorite YT channels!!!

[@NoyaD9]

I really enjoy your videos... Especially when you bring back these great 8 bit memories

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@MegaBadgeman]

I bought my MT32 second hand because I was on a tight budget, I was quite pleased with the sound when I plugged it in at the shop. The MT32 has only one bank of PCM Waves, the D110 has two. To my ears the MT32 had a slightly warmer and better sound, providing you go easy on the reverb.

[@AudioPilz]

The D-110 can be edited using the front panel (although it's not exactly fun;)

[@010203109]

Unless I find one way undervalued in a thrift store...at that price it would be more cost effective to buy Falcon 2 and see if I can get relatively close with some patches on a top quality software synth with far more flexibility. And then when I'm not making music I won't share with anyone, I can use Munt and DosBox to handle those special old games.

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, it has become a collector's item

[@dreibel]

next, find a CM-32L or CM64 - though they looked like a generic beige box with no display, a single knob and a MIDI activity light, they also responded to the MT-32 sysex. I understand that the 64 also included a cut-down U-110 inside. How was the noise level on this MT-32? Mine was pretty hissy on playback when I used it for writing songs with an Alesis MMT-8. I remember there was a kit where it not only cleaned up the output, it added a backup battery which allowed you to save what you were working on when powering down. That unfortunately required one to ship your MT-32 to Australia to do the mod, the kit was not for the faint of heart to solder.

[@AudioPilz]

I was surprised by the relatively bearable noise levels. Not quiet but totally usable

[@noisetv1863]

Love that DOS sort of sound

[@AudioPilz]

If all DOS soundtracks sounded so good

[@rememberthisnameslut]

This sounds amazing! I wouldn't know to do with it myself, but its like you put anything through this and it shits out niche video game music thats way better than that 8bit nonsense!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Maybe combine both?🤔

[@rememberthisnameslut]

@@AudioPilz don't, you will literally blow my mind!

[@vtechk]

Please throw all your MT-32s in my direction. Thank you.

[@AudioPilz]

Throwing them has become quite expensive ;)

[@rdm5190]

Have one downstairs in the studio right now,still works good for what it is.... Keep thinking of selling it but you know,i just haven't tried because it is a classic....lol

[@AudioPilz]

...and prices are still rising;)

[@zosxavius]

I had one. Fantastic little box that could do way more than the presets. I keep wanting to get another one, but lord those prices. For now, Munt works really great. I should look into how programmable munt is. Should be the same if its a good emulation, which it seems to be.

[@AudioPilz]

I haven't heard of anyone using MUNT for music production. Interesting!

[@WingHouseCup]

I looks like a old cable tv box...but it makes noise. Impressed. LOL

[@AudioPilz]

Perfect for watching old Bob Marley shows ;)

[@zoundsic]

Looking forward to seeing what you do with a sound canvas. 😁 What's your monitoring setup, some of this gear isn't easy to get sounding right but you always managed to get it in the ball park, impressed, thats not easy when working to a timeframe. 👍 Glad you pointed out those balanced sound holes, often overlooked. 😉

[@AudioPilz]

Already had the SC-55 on the show. Nice piece of gear! Thanks, I got two huge old Mackie 8" monitors, Yamaha HS50 and a mono JBL C1 which, at least for me, works pretty nice

[@palyndrumatix7790]

I wished, I had this during those times. ;)

[@AudioPilz]

Same here. It was the bees knees back then

[@Asmuk]

Most of my underfunded retro game and primitive mid programming was made with a Sound Blaster 16. Piano sounds from an AWE32 were my dream and an MT-32, something unthinkable to me then.

[@ToreHansen]

Even more Roland! And I have not even heard the classic Orchestral Hits one time!

[@AudioPilz]

True, the lack of Orch Hits is disturbing

[@1ksweatyrikers455]

I still have one of these. the Dr T synth editor for Atari St was dope

[@AudioPilz]

Nice!

[@maxinecantspeak]

"" Like how my racing stripes add 30 hp to my golf?

[@AudioPilz]

It's science!!!!

[@secretterminal2179]

Vaporwave artists are salivating rn

[@AudioPilz]

As the closeted vaporwave artist that I am I would recommend getting the U-110 ;)

[@secretterminal2179]

@@AudioPilz I know a funky and strange sound when I hear them and this is it

[@5argetech56]

Outstanding production as usual!! So enjoyable! AudioP, could you please tell what game this is at 08:08 . I must play it!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! It's actually a movie: Lensman

[@bentsound]

You pack a lot of info into these short videos, and always leave me wanting more! Your re-watch stats must be higher than most!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!! Yeah, there are some odd peaks in the watching statistics ;)

[@75hilmar]

This went right above my head 😂🤓

[@AudioPilz]

Yup!

[@We.Are.Lockhart]

Check out the Yamaha TG33... Yamaha Rm1x... and the Alesis Micron... ah yes, and the E-MU Shortboard.

[@AudioPilz]

Great input, thanks!

[@texacomann]

Hallo Audio Pilz! I love your Videos! Try out the Yamaha PSS 680. Fat Keyboard!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks, great suggestion!

[@neilelkins2009]

Congratulations on avoiding the 'Soundtrack' preset - something I never managed when I used one of these.

[@AudioPilz]

It's actually a layer in the final bit 😂😂😂

[@timtrek]

got mine in 93, made tons of tracks with it using those unbelievably shitty drums, now keep for sentimental value. never thought I'd live long enough to see it become sought after or prized in anyway although i kinda love it

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, price development is crazy

[@framzoid]

Gotta love "sound holes".

[@AudioPilz]

Another term for the C-suite in a multinational music tech conglomerate

[@matthewgaines10]

Another good one. He even mocks himself by referring to hisself as a amateur. Dude is entertaining. Sysex on my brother.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! May the Sysex be with you!!!

[@AlexBallMusic]

What if Roland secretly wanted to be champions of both good gear _and_ bad gear?

[@AudioPilz]

Secretly? ;)

[@AlexBallMusic]

@@AudioPilz 😂

[@hardwaresecuritymodule]

I *loved* my MT-32 - bought it for some Roland digital strings (probably about 1995), wasn't dissapointed, used to edit from my Amiga once I realised you could sweep the filter etc! Became a staple of my techno. Should never have sold it ... I'd love another one, but not at these crazy prices. Can't believe you never used the Kalimba!!

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, them retro gamers ruined it for everyone!

[@woodch]

I'm the proud owner of a partially broken Kawai K1, and I have read that its programming is overly complicated and frustrating, and I can attest to that. I hope you have the opportunity to look at one of those in the future-- I'd be very interested in learning more about it and finding out if it's worth dusting off and putting into my mix (as a MIDI only module-- the keybed has lived a very rough life and has some non-functioning keys, and at least one with a loose weight in it that falls out and jams the key).

[@AudioPilz]

Great suggestion! These come up quite frequently!

[@woodch]

@@AudioPilz I just found your channel recently and haven't binge-watched all your episodes yet, but I just discovered you teased this very synth almost a year ago! kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYqaZKKQr8d5bbM As I mentioned, mine's in pretty bad nick, but over MIDI it should be quite functional. I shudder to think what it might cost to send it all the way to you on Europa, but if you are interested and have any troubles sourcing one closer, we can talk about it :) I love your channel so far!

[@heinzvoll7798]

JSynthLib is great. Runs perfectly on my 64bit Ubuntu 18.04 (with OpenJDK 11). I use it for my D-110. Couldn't get Edisyn to work properly though (didn't spend much time trying).

[@AudioPilz]

Good to know, thanks for posting!

[@thefoxfamily341]

Danke, besser als heute Zeitung 🗞!

[@AudioPilz]

Bad Gear ist als Toilettenpapier weniger geeignet

[@JorbLovesGear]

This thumbnail goes so hard 😂😭

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@HenritheHorse]

I was googling this synth right before you uploaded... hmmm...

[@AudioPilz]

Mysterious!!!

[@107-c4l]

ive been very curious about this sound module

[@107-c4l]

from what ive read you need the mpu-ipc midi serial interface...

[@AudioPilz]

There are emulators for that

[@theharper1]

I still have an MT32 but I never used it for game audio. I had a RAP10 for that. The RAP10 was the predecessor of the Sound canvas SC1 card. My friend had a sound blaster and the music sounded laughable compared to the RAP10. DOOM and Duke Nukem sounded great but Star Wars was amazing. The music of the Wing Commander series sounded great too. A guy in Melbourne made a mod for the mt32 which fixed the noisy reverb and gave it 4 individual outputs. You didn't quite explain that the sound set in the mt32 evolved into "general midi".

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for the feedback. I'll try to make stuff like this clearer next time

[@theharper1]

@@AudioPilz thanks! Sorry, I should have said; great video! One day I'll take the MT32 out of the box again. I ended up using the D10 instead, because it didn't have the noisy reverb.

[@Cesar-ey7wu]

Did you just spoil me the end of monkey island in the intro ?!

[@AudioPilz]

That was actually the intro;)

[@Cesar-ey7wu]

@@AudioPilz Ow, that's fine then. No 30 years old game have been spoiled. XD

[@randomaztec2208]

Korg electribe II , crying out for an episode..and 90's groove box that went on sale in the 2010's

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for the input, will happen!!!

[@BBfanfun]

Sound Canvas SC-155 has MT-32 mode. and faders

[@AudioPilz]

Oh, the big one. Nice!

[@ILIKESCIFI]

THE REAL Monkey Quest Space Commander here: #KidArcade seems to be an imposter... but he es right: Your videos are the GREATEST! (Esp. those retro dos game chip tune homer screaming ones!)

[@AudioPilz]

❤️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜 🖤

[@crunchylicenseplates9008]

The coolest sounds I thought were from Space Quest, I wanted a D-50 and this was the closest I could get to it with my Atari Mega 4 ST.

[@AudioPilz]

Love the game soundtracks of that time

[@XanarchistBlogspot]

No worries I am missing a few screws too...

[@AudioPilz]

It happens to the best😅

[@SpeedySPCFan]

3:40 I did a video on the MT-32 and had the same issue with JSynthLib -- I ended up using the incompatible editor you showed a picture of (MEdit) and it worked pretty great under DOSBox. It's kinda janky since it's a private dev tool but it let me make a song with some custom instruments ^_^

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for confirming this!

[@FlyApeRally]

Monkey Island meets "Bombay" by El Guincho. Have you ever tried the korg monologue?

[@AudioPilz]

No, haven't laid hands on one. Interesting. Is it bad?

[@FlyApeRally]

@@AudioPilz Actually... i think is kind of good, (but i'm a drummer) so probably you could tell me better jejeje.

[@iLikeTheUDK]

Wonder what it's like to play Monkey Island 1 and 2 with a JV-1080, and playing the MIDI parts of Curse of Monkey Island on an MT-32

[@AudioPilz]

That could end up messy😅

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

Who would win? Roland MT-32 or IBM SPEAKER? :P But seriously, i do like its late 80s charme and you can tell where all these presets came from. Even in later years soooo many sounds in MIDI wavetables of soundcards sounded like the D50 library was the prototype for it. Just heavily reduced in capacity. If i'd get a dedicated MIDI box, i would rather go with one of Roland's SC series.

[@AudioPilz]

I prefer SCs too!

[@EmilyTestAccount]

anything bright and light does seem to go well with the digitakt

[@AudioPilz]

Absolutely, midi control features of the Digitakt are the bomb