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The music of Lords of the Realm, as played by the game running in DOSBox connected to a Roland MT-32 via a USB MIDI interface.
The MT-32, like the CM-32L, CM-64, and LAPC-I, is one of Roland's "Linear Arithmetic" synthesizers, which produce musical tones by combining PCM samples with synthesized waveforms. These devices, marketed to amateur musicians and players of computer games, were less expensive, less powerful relatives of Roland's D-50 Linear Arithmetic synthesizer which was used by professional musicians in the late 80s and 90s.
These videos include a photo of my MT-32, which produced the sound recorded in the videos. It's one of the first-generation "Old" MT-32s.
Lords of the Realm uses the Audio Interface Library (AKA Miles Sound System) to play music, recorded as MIDI, through various sound devices. This game does not take advantage of AIL/XMIDI's sequence-branch feature; each track basically contains a lead-in followed by a single section that is looped indefinitely.
I modified the control messages in the *.XM2 files to have the main loop of each track play twice, then ran the game in DOSBox and had it play each track in turn.
I've named each track after the filename of its XMIDI file.
This playlist (Lords of the Realm - MT-32 music):
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNXHw_ipV81ioLyMM85H_Lwi6DusYVqcg
from Lords of the Realm (1994)
Sound and Music: Jason Rinaldi
Game Developer: Impressions Games
The music of Lords of the Realm, as played by the game running in DOSBox connected to a Roland MT-32 via a USB MIDI interface.
The MT-32, like the CM-32L, CM-64, and LAPC-I, is one of Roland's "Linear Arithmetic" synthesizers, which produce musical tones by combining PCM samples with synthesized waveforms. These devices, marketed to amateur musicians and players of computer games, were less expensive, less powerful relatives of Roland's D-50 Linear Arithmetic synthesizer which was used by professional musicians in the late 80s and 90s.
These videos include a photo of my MT-32, which produced the sound recorded in the videos. It's one of the first-generation "Old" MT-32s.
Lords of the Realm uses the Audio Interface Library (AKA Miles Sound System) to play music, recorded as MIDI, through various sound devices. This game does not take advantage of AIL/XMIDI's sequence-branch feature; each track basically contains a lead-in followed by a single section that is looped indefinitely.
I modified the control messages in the *.XM2 files to have the main loop of each track play twice, then ran the game in DOSBox and had it play each track in turn.
I've named each track after the filename of its XMIDI file.
This playlist (Lords of the Realm - MT-32 music):
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNXHw_ipV81ioLyMM85H_Lwi6DusYVqcg
from Lords of the Realm (1994)
Sound and Music: Jason Rinaldi
Game Developer: Impressions Games
