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may be sound like stupid i own a turbo-r fs-a1gt with: moonsound msx audio novaxis scsi hd 2gb 4 mb mapper is it posible to send midi data to my pc? with meridian3.0? i never used the program before. i mean if i play on my nms keyboard would it be posible to send that data to my pc with midi? it would be a nice feature becouse u could use a msx as a multi fuctional wave table synth with sampler and fm synthesis this stil sounds cool. greetz poisonic please mail me if you now more to oisonic@hotmail.com'>poisonic@hotmail.com

Ehhm... no, that's not possible (yet), because the MIDI-THRU emulator receives only data from MIDI-IN, that means only from MIDI keyboards. As far as I know, the NMS keyboard that belongs to the Music Module is not a MIDI keyboard, but it has its own key system that can be compared with the keyboard of the msx computer (matrix system). I think it shouldn't be a big problem to suppport this keyboard as well; I've got some documentation about it.
In that way the key data comes from the NMS keyboard, will be translated to MIDI data and sent via MIDI-OUT.
Problem is, I don't have such a keyboard to test it.

Progress update....

The pitchbending on Opl4 has been implemented. The RPN controller #0 is included in the pitchbend calculation as well. That means that you can set the range in which the pitchbend should operate (from 0 to 12 semitones).

The pan on Opl4 has been implemented as a direct MIDI-controller. That means that the pan change can already be heard on a note that is still being played. In the previous situation the pan change was established only when a new note was played after the pan change.

But... there is a problem with the modulation: when a note is being played and the modulation is changed a few steps later, the Opl4 doesn't respond to any change of LFO/VIB or AM. Resetting the LFO doesn't make any difference either. According to this experience, I do understand a bit way Remco didn't use hardware modulation: it just doesn't work.
...or does it?

Anyway, I'll just work on it further, maybe it's just a classical problem that I don't see now.

Michiel, all these controllers work for both the PCM- and the FM/AM part of the OPL4?

GREAT work by the way......again

Indeed. Great work.... I hope you will put a new version online soon

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Indeed. Great work.... I hope you will put a new version online soon

That's an understatement. But very cool and behaved reaction, snout.

I would say: 'PUT THE THING ONLINE RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!'

He michiel,

I used these hardware LFO,VIB,AM in Mbwave( with the X command). It does respond to
it immediately. I can look the code up for you.

Greetz Marcel

Hello again,

I checked my own code.. First you deactive the lfo then change the settings and then reactivate the lfo. Then it does work

Greetings Marcel

Now, let's hope this is the problem Michiel encountered!

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Hello again, I checked my own code.. First you deactive the lfo then change the settings and then reactivate the lfo. Then it does work Greetings Marcel

Thx, I'm going back to work immediately...

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>>Indeed. Great work.... I hope you will put a new version online soon << That's an understatement. But very cool and behaved reaction, snout. I would say: 'PUT THE THING ONLINE RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!'

...as soon as the modulation works.

Oke?

GREAT!

FANTASTIC even

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>>Hello again, I checked my own code.. First you deactive the lfo then change the settings and then reactivate the lfo. Then it does work Greetings Marcel<< Thx, I'm going back to work immediately...

I can't get it fixed. What I do is:
1) set the LFOR bit: LFO stops and resets
2) write the new LFO freq to the corresponding reg: for maximum LFO freq and vibrato depth the value &B00111111 should be used
3 reset the LFOR bit: LFO restarts

but... no effect: I can't hear any change.

I don't know what I'm doing wrong in this case. Maybe I should use some delays?

Anyway, Marcel can you send me the part of the moonblaster code for modulation change, please?

Modulation problem fixed too. Stupid bug

I think this new version is very very usable. Yesterday, I experimented quite a lot and I am creating some MER-files which I will add to the Downloads section of msx.org soon. Of course I'm focussing on OPL4 now.

What I like very much is the fact that you can alter a lot of settings during playback of the song. It really gives a new dimension to MSX tracking.......Not to forget the COOOOOOOOOOOL layout of the tracker which gives it a nice Windows feeling...

What are your experiences with Meridian until now? Please share!