MT32pi - There are no stupid people...

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MT32pi - There are no stupid people...

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...just me.

Hi all,

I am hoping for a little help here please as I am completely stuck after an afternoon of searching and no luck.

I got myself an MT32pi, second hand.

It seems to be configured ok, but I am having all kinds of trouble trying to get Midi to work.

I am using the excellent 300 image from Flynn with the latest update as of today from GitHub ( in terms of updated today ).

The MT32pi is detected and can be seen as I've set the audio to be showing on the virtual LCD.
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My setup is running from the USER I/O port to the MT32pi and the LCD on the screen shows audio - yet I hear nothing.
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When running Doom, I hear the sound effects of picking up ammo etc but it seems the audio from the MT32pi is not being passed back to teh MiSTer.

Can anyone advice please ?

Thank you.
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Re: MT32pi - There are no stupid people...

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Most common issue is the USB cable, the digital audio feed is very very length sensitive. You need a very short USB3 cable, everything over 12 inch screwup the I2S audio connection. This is the one I use: https://www.amazon.ca/-/fr/gp/product/B07QMPJ9V1/
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Re: MT32pi - There are no stupid people...

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BigMac2 wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 4:58 pm Most common issue is the USB cable, the audio feed is very very length sensitive. You need a very short USB3 cable, everything over 12 inch screwup the I2S audio connection. This is the one I use: https://www.amazon.ca/-/fr/gp/product/B07QMPJ9V1/
Thank you - it did come with a USB3 cable, but I will replace that one just to be sure.
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Re: MT32pi - There are no stupid people...

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Reg wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 5:00 pm
BigMac2 wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 4:58 pm Most common issue is the USB cable, the audio feed is very very length sensitive. You need a very short USB3 cable, everything over 12 inch screwup the I2S audio connection. This is the one I use: https://www.amazon.ca/-/fr/gp/product/B07QMPJ9V1/
Thank you - it did come with a USB3 cable, but I will replace that one just to be sure.
Strange, make sure you have this following line in your mt32-pi.cfg:

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output_device = i2s
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Perfect - that fixed it - the change to the config file.

Thank you VERY MUCH.
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