On Mon, 11 Aug 2025 10:54:25 -0400
Thomas Frohwein <tfrohwein@fastmail.com> wrote:

> Hello ports@,
> 
> This is a new port for munt which provides a library mt32emu that can
> emulate high-quality synthesizers like Roland MT-32, CM-32L, LAPC-I.
> This library can be enabled by dosbox-staging with the attached diff
> (it's actually enabled by default; had to disable it without the munt
> port) to use this emulated audio device. It's also picked up by
> games/exult, which is why I'm including a diff here.
> 
> For audio to work, ROMs from the synthesizers are needed to produce
> the sounds. dosbox-staging has some detailed info about those [1] and
> how to enable MT-32 MIDI. The address for the device has been 330 when
> software asks for it. I tested this successfully with a few games in
> dosbox-staging (Tie Fighter, Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny, and
> Jagged Alliance). The instructions for Ultima VII via games/exult are
> here [2].
> 
> The port also includes (GUI) applications to work more with these
> emulated synthesizers for those with an interest in making MIDI music.
> 
> I've checked several other games/emulators that cover that era of MIDI
> music to see if they pick up libmt32emu (dosbox, dosbox-x, scummvm,
> sdlpop, shockolate), but that's not the case. We might need to be on
> the lookout if anything else from that era picks it up.
> 
> ok for munt? (the diffs are for testing it with dosbox-staging or
> exult)

*ping*

Re-attached the port and the dosbox-staging diff

> 
> [1] https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/wiki/MIDI#mt32emu
> [2] https://exult.info/docs.php#midi_music

Index: Makefile
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/ports/emulators/dosbox-staging/Makefile,v
diff -u -p -r1.1.1.1 Makefile
--- Makefile	5 Aug 2025 17:41:32 -0000	1.1.1.1
+++ Makefile	11 Aug 2025 14:30:05 -0000
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ COMMENT =	modern continuation of DOSBox
 V =		0.82.2
 PKGNAME =	dosbox-staging-${V}
 DIST_TUPLE +=	github dosbox-staging dosbox-staging v${V} .
+REVISION =	0
 
 CATEGORIES =	emulators
 HOMEPAGE =	https://www.dosbox-staging.org/
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ MAINTAINER =	Thomas Frohwein <thfr@openb
 PERMIT_PACKAGE = Yes
 
 WANTLIB += ${COMPILER_LIBCXX} GL SDL2 SDL2_net c fluidsynth iir
-WANTLIB += m opusfile png slirp speexdsp z
+WANTLIB += m mt32emu opusfile png slirp speexdsp z
 
 COMPILER =	base-clang ports-gcc
 
@@ -30,14 +31,12 @@ RUN_DEPENDS =	devel/desktop-file-utils \
 		x11/gtk+4,-guic
 LIB_DEPENDS =	audio/fluidsynth \
 		audio/iir1 \
+		audio/munt \
 		audio/opusfile \
 		audio/speexdsp \
 		devel/sdl2-net \
 		graphics/png \
 		net/libslirp
-
-# use_mt32emu requires https://github.com/munt/munt
-CONFIGURE_ARGS = -Duse_mt32emu=false
 
 # avoid conflict with games/dosbox
 post-install:

• munt.tgz (3K)
• dosbox-staging-mt32emu.diff (1K)