Ultimate Roland MT-32 Tutorial 

A comprehensive (this video is over 3 hours long) video explaining everything you need to know about the Roland MT-3, CM-32L, CM-64 and CM-500 MIDI units from Roland.

There are little but important differences between each module. Through practical demonstrations we will take a look at all of them.

This is one of my first video and sometimes it is a bit tedious but I assure you that the contents is top notch :)

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  • 1:11 Introduction
  • 7:15 Brief overview
  • 15:09 MT-32 (Old)
  • 27:55 MT-32 (New)
  • 34:41 CM Series
  • 39:24 CM-32L
  • 46:44 LAPC-I
  • 49.33 CM-64
  • 56:11 CM-500
  • 1:08:36 UART vs Intelligent MIDI
  • 1:26:25 Cables and connectors
  • 1:35:33 Power supplies
  • 1:38:30 Using the Sound Card Mixer
  • 1:42:42 Daisy Chaining
  • 1:45:39 ROM Version
  • 1:51:07 MT32 Test Mode
  • 1:54:05 Demo Songs
  • 1:59:18 LCD Display --
  • 2:03:57 LED MIDI vs Audio --
  • 2:06:16 Games that require MT-32 Old --
  • 2:10:55 MT-32 Old Buffer Overflow --
  • 2:17:06 CM series Clipping --
  • 2:19:23 CM series extra sound effects --
  • 2:27:46 CM64/CM500 - Muting the CM32P Part --
  • 2:34:36 Early CM32 CM64 Clicking Issue
  • 2:38:58 CM-500 Faster Vibrato Issue
  • 2:41:42 General MIDI Support
  • 2:52:52 Usage with DOSBox and ScumVM 
  • 3:07:23 What do I recommend?
  • 3:21:59 Summary
  • 3:28:49 Credits, Acknowledgements, The End

Files used in the video

CM64/CM500 - Muting the CM32P Part

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Early CM32 CM64 Clicking Issue

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takego.mid
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General MIDI Support

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mt2gm.exe
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