Is there a way to use a midi device with the Dosbox core?

Libretro Cores
#1

Hello. I have set up a small chain using LoopMidi which is in turn connected to [Falcosoft Midiplayer](http://Falcosoft Midiplayer), which can then load soundfonts, my MT-32 roms, or the official version of the Roland Sound Canvas.

In the stand-alone version of Dosbox, I just have to type MIXER /listmidi to get the list of the MIDI devices, and then I can type midiconfig 2 to use Loopmidi (or just set it up in Dosbox.conf)

In the Retroarch core, it doesn’t seem to work. I have tried both typing midiconfig 2 and adding it in the default dosbox configuration, but it doesn’t seem to do anything, Loopmidi isn’t registering any traffic and games don’t have music.

Is there a way to solve this problem ? Am I doing anything wrong ? I would love to have both the features of Retroarch and the great music of my Roland SC-55 :slight_smile:

I am using the latest stable version of Retroarch on Windows x64.

#2

We don’t have midi support right now, but there’s a bounty for it. I think someone has expressed some interest in working on it but nothing has been committed.

#3

Ah, thank you, I did not know that ! :slight_smile:

#4

That’s my bounty here: https://www.bountysource.com/issues/44558481-bounty-to-add-midi-support-to-libretro-retroarch

Apparently someone started working on it, but they haven’t contacted me or posted anything, so, yeah. Hopefully something nice happens.

HDG, you have the same setup as me. :slight_smile: Really cool. X68000 is another system that has a ton of games with MIDI support. Makaimura and Twin Bee for instance have great GS soundtracks. I would love to hear them in-game in RetroArch.