5 System Exclusive utilities

Dave Wongillies edited this page 2025-04-22 15:37:32 -07:00

Table of Contents

• Dedicated mt32-pi control utilities
• Generic SysEx utilities

On this page you can find some useful utilities for controlling mt32-pi by sending custom System Exclusive messages from your favorite host platform.

Dedicated mt32-pi control utilities

These utilities have been written with mt32-pi in mind and offer specific commands/options to control mt32-pi's features.

Name	Platform(s)	Comments
mpuctl	MS-DOS	Included with the MiSTer FPGA project, aimed at AO486 users.
mt32-pi-control	Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, Linux, Windows	Has some nice features for sending SC-55 graphics from .BMP files.
RaspMIDI	Amiga	Graphical tool for Workbench built with MUI.

Generic SysEx utilities

These utilities can be used for either sending binary .SYX files, or ASCII hex strings of bytes to any MIDI device.

Name	Platform(s)	.SYX files	Byte strings
amidi	Linux	✔	✔
DUMP	MS-DOS	✔	❌
MIDI Data Filer	MS-DOS	✔	❌
MIDI-OX	Windows	✔	✔
Pocket MIDI	Windows	✔	✔
SendSX	Windows	✔	✔

🏠 Home

📝 Configuration file

💾 SD card preparation

🔧 Updating mt32-pi

🎹 MIDI connectivity

• USB MIDI interfaces
• GPIO MIDI interface
• MIDI via RS 232 or USB to serial
• MIDI via the network

🔊 I²S DACs

• CJMCU-5102 DAC module
• GY-PCM5102 DAC module

📺 LCD and OLED displays

• Hardware hacks

🖧 Networking

• RTP-MIDI (AppleMIDI)
• UDP MIDI
• Embedded FTP server

🔩 Custom hardware

• Control surface

🕹️ MiSTer FPGA

• Setup and usage
• Tested USB cables
• Interface pinout

🎶 MT-32 synthesis

• MIDI channel assignment

🎺 SoundFont synthesis

• Recommended SoundFonts
• Effects profiles

💬 Custom SysEx messages

• System Exclusive utilities

🎬 Showcase

❓ Help

• FAQ
• Troubleshooting

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