[vcf-midatlantic] Roland MT-32 equivalent?

[Jonathan Gevaryahu]

On 11/16/2015 3:59 PM, Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Nov 2015, John Heritage john.heritage at gmail.com 
> [midatlanticretro] wrote:
>
>> I have a few Atari ST's (including a Mega STE) and I'd like to get
>> something like a Roland MT-32 for it to decode MIDI from games/demos 
>> that
>> support it to my stereo receiver..    They're a little hard to find 
>> these
>> days, or at least seem to be for a reasonable price.   Does anyone 
>> have any
>> alternative classic MIDI synthesizers they'd recommend?
>>
>> I also have a MIDI port box for Amiga I have not tried yet so hoping 
>> I can
>> use this synth for that too.
>>
>> Thanks so much!
>> John H
>
>    If you want an FM synth module rather than a LA module, you might 
> look for a Yamaha FB-01.  Similar vintage to the MT-32, and a lot 
> cheaper.
>
>
> Mike Loewen                mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us
> Old Technology                http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
>
MT-32s are not so expensive, look on ebay. I've also got 2 or 3 here I 
don't need anymore...

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