Hello. As always I think ScummVM is incredible. Now I'm the sort of jerk who has four different external MIDI modules. A 1st gen. MT-32, a CM-64, an SC-55 and an SD-90. Now they all work with ScummVM via USB->MIDI cables. I have several and they're all different brands so I can actually remember which one is which.
I thought it might greatly simplify working with them if I bought a device that allowed me to switch the path on the fly, particularly because I'm building an DOS time machine. Having a switch with multiple inputs and outputs is a very attractive and neat option. So I tracked down a UM-550.
At first I tested it on DOS Box and it works. Then naturally as I found myself with the urge to play Fate of Atlantis I tried it on ScummVM this evening. It does not work. Tried it with different cables, through different ports. TMIDI also has the same problem and I think I've figured out what it is...
There's no way to connect the MIDI-outs from each device back to the USB cable with this set up. I was just connecting them out of an old habit. Games in real DOS do not need the MIDI out from the modules to be connected. Is there a reason ScummVM does? Am I even correct?
Any help appreciated. But if I am right about this, and there isn't a reason to collect the out signal - is it possible to just deactivate this? So ScummVM just outputs the MIDI signal straight.
As always, I love you guys.
Interesting MIDI dilemmma
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