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Founder of 🌐 https://www.pixelrefresh.com Love of Retro Gaming & Modern Tech - articles, podcasts & videos 🎙️ Host of Game & Gadget #Podcast 🎵 Creator of #ScummVM Music Enhancement Project My post topics: #retrogaming #retrocomputing #retroconsoles
My PXR MIDI Player for macOS has just been updated to version 0.94.2 with a few enhancements and bug fixes.
If you love MIDI files and use macOS 14+, give it a go! It's free!
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#midi #yamaha #roland #korg
Pong
First review is in...
I need BETA testers for my PXR MIDI Player application for macOS...
It has not been out in the wild at all yet, but I have enjoyed working on it and playing MIDI files I have collected over many years within it.
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Claude Code Opus 4.5/4.6, in Swift.
I have now built a mini player mode inspired by classic MIDI tone modules like the Roland Sound Canvas SC-55 and Yamaha MU80...
Very cool!
I've been experimenting with AI coding recently. I've wanted to build a MIDI playback app with features I want to use that take advantage of my Yamaha & Roland devices.
The macOS app has been a fun journey & very informative of what's possible and indeed the pitfalls, but I have a nice usable app.
It's handy to see SysEx commands on my Yamaha MU2000 menu options so I can trigger them through an app or music composition easily.
XG MIDI files can be played in a Native mode or BASIC, backwards compatible which is spot on. Fumbling through menus isn't fun, but triggering using an app is great
It's been a rather fun Xbox system link gaming day today.
Also had a chance to check the clock capacitors on these two, which is THE capacitor that will itself decide to ruin your original Xbox at some point if left unchecked.
#retrogaming #retroconsoles
I'm green with envy
Welcome to my MIDI family...
The Roland Sound Canvas SC-88 Pro. I'm surprised how many vocal samples it has. Very distinct instrumentations really enjoying it.
Sadly the SC-55 mode isn't 100%, so I'll certainly keep that around but for what it is, I'm really happy with it.
Yamaha MU2000 with DX, VL, and SG Expansion
MIDI was huge in the 90s. The MIDI file used here is a 64-channel demonstration provided by Yamaha, to show the sounds of the MU2000 and the optional plugin boards when combined together. Amazingly, the file is just 61KB!
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It's amazing how many tech news titles feature the word "Finally", even if it never needed the word!
This is a resolution we can support.
Happy New Year from the Volunteer Team at RCM 🥰
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Merry Christmas retro fans and to your excellent museum and volunteers! 🎄
I'll have to give that a go!
Here is my Dell XPS 710 from around 2007 (with a 720 motherboard), 8GB RAM, upgraded to GeForce Titan and Q6600 CPU.
It's just had its first clean and oh my the heatsink! So much dust!!! You couldn't tell until you took it apart. All sorted now though.
Experience the DOS floppy disk version introduction of Simon the Sorcerer on real Roland MT-32 hardware. Simon the Sorcerer is a classic point and click adventure game by Adventure Soft.
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#retrogaming #mt32 #simonthesorcerer
Experience the DOS floppy disk version introduction of Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge on real Roland MT-32 hardware. Monkey Island Two is a classic point and click adventure game by Lucas Arts.
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#retrogaming #retrocomputing #scummvm
Experience the DOS floppy disk version introduction of Monkey Island 1 on real Roland MT-32 hardware. The Secret of Monkey Island is a classic point and click adventure game by Lucas Arts.
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#monkeyisland #mt32 #retrogaming
Victoria Coach Station in London UK still using the Microsoft Windows XP operating system in 2025 🫠
I spotted on my way back home...
#windowsxp
Oh yeah, #BlackFriday ... how about no discount but a couple of signed Rev art cards thrown in for FREE with every book! 😁 👉 ko-fi.com/A6714MSW/shop
Wait till she hears about ripping CDs!
Ha ha I'm sure many of us around that time did!
This needs quite a bit of work doing to it and a really good clean, but I've already had a great deal of fun with the FM synthesis features on this excellent Yamaha PSS-780 keyboard released in 1989.
#yamaha #fm #synth
My very first music keyboard was the Yamaha PSS-270 powered by FM synthesis released in 1986.
I had a little look around online to relive that childhood nostalgia and found this example in original box and after collecting it and giving it a very light clean it's in absolutely amazing condition!
Yeah don't think he's posted anything there for some time sadly
