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   vga256 (vga256@dialup.cafe)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 10:29:08 JST vga256

   okay so this is badass

   one of my most cherished and irreplaceable retrocomputing devices is my peerless Roland SC-55.

   while the MT-32 has been emulated quite well, the SC-55 always lagged behind in emulation - most attempts at it sounded pretty terrible, even using good soundfonts.

   (and hauling around my SC-55 + midi & 3.5mm & usb cables just to play games in dosbox was painful)

   in comes Nuked-SC55: it is a chip-level emulation project that just *nails* it.

   it took about 30 seconds to build with cmake. i'm now going to try integrating it with dosbox, so i can finally play 90s DOS general midi games! (ultima viii pagan, here i come)

   demo songs with the LCD screen (which is also accurately emulated!)
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4Z5y2otJqY

   nuked-sc55 source:
   https://github.com/nukeykt/Nuked-SC55

   fwiw to compile (requires cmake):
   mkdir build
   cd build
   cmake ..
   make

   #RetroGaming #retrocomputing #midi #roland

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     Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙 (polpo@bitbang.social)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 10:49:18 JST Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs @vga256 I’ve found that the SC-88Pro’s SC-55 mode is just not quite right, so I keep an SC-55mkII.