The Roland D-05 of our past
A SHORT DESCRIPTION
Roland MT-32 is a box of sounds from 1987. It contains 128 sounds and a drum set. It was designed to be used as a sound machine for several games of that era.
Those archaic computers didn't have advanced sound cards. Mostly a blip-blip would accompany your video gaming experience. So Roland gave a solution for everyone who wanted more "realistic" soundtrack. It's a hybrid module utilizing Linear Arithmetic Synthesis a system used at the company's flagship synth of the time, the mighty D-50. This system uses samples of attacks and at the sustain part of the sound a digital waveform takes over.
User cannot edit sounds from the module. You have to use SysEx commands or an editor.
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If you are interested more about the history of the gaming sound The 8-bit guy created an amazing and very informative video.
