Build a Roland MT-32 emulator on a Pi for retro gaming and recording!

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In here we're going to show how to build a Raspberry Pi based Roland MT-32 emulator using MT-32 Pi and build a Pi hat for it. We'll cover the software, hardware as well as how to configure it on Windows and MacOS to use it for retro gaming using DOSBox as well as for recording and playing MIDI using Cakewalk and Reaper.
MT-32 Proect
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Main Project: github.com/dwhinham/mt32-pi
Pi hat: github.com/chris-jh/mt32-pi-m...
PCBWay: www.pcbway.com/project/sharep...
Main Components
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PCM5102 DAC: www.amazon.com/dp/B07W97D2YC
OLED: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
MIDI Interfaces
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Windows: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08...
MAC: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
Software Used
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www.bandlab.com/products/cake...
www.snoize.com/MIDIMonitor/
www.dosbox.com/
www.reaper.fm/
00:00 - Intro
02:43 - Project & Hardware
08:54 - Install & Configure
14:32 - Windows MIDI Audio
16:46 - Windows MIDI Retro Gaming
20:52 - Mac MIDI
26:25 - Mac DAW MIDI (rtp_midi)
29:57 - Mac MIDI Controller (rtp_midi)
31:08 - Wrap up!
31:42 - Game Demos

Пікірлер: 4

@AppliedCryogenics 4 ай бұрын

Very nice project. I wonder if with enough effort, a Pi Pico could pull it off.

@technicallyworking5084 4 ай бұрын

I’d think maybe, especially via USB, and not using a standard MIDI jack. Much of the PCB deals with the 5-pin DIN MIDI interface, the remainder are basically pass-thru for the DAC and OLED. The only part I’d wonder about is if the base image handles the architecture of the Pico. I might give that a try and see, think I have some left around and a USB hat for them.

@johnnyolsen8019 3 ай бұрын

RtpMIDI exsist for windows PCs as well...! It works fine. :-) Cool project by the way and I might make it myself. :-)

@technicallyworking5084 3 ай бұрын

Ah, good to know, I thought I saw it somewhere at one point but I’ve never used it, good to know it works. It’s a great little project, I recently came in possession of the MT-32 Librarian/Editor software for the C64, on floppy, and really want to see if it’ll work against this.