Super MIDI Pak – Use Your SNES as a MIDI Synthesizer

Re:Super MIDI Pak – Use Your SNES as a MIDI Synthesizer by MontyCarloHall on Sunday July 25, 2021 @12:43AM (#27946787)

This is cool, but we have had cycle-accurate emulation of the SNES S-SMP sound processor for years. Aside from the fun factor, what is the advantage of using Super MIDI Pak to play MIDI on a physical S-SMP versus doing the exact same thing in software?

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Re:Super MIDI Pak – Use Your SNES as a MIDI Synthesizer by inthedesert on Sunday July 25, 2021 @01:08AM (#27946872)

The video seems to indicate the product is intended for live play. I think emulation wouldn’t work in that case since there are often unpredictable latencies when running available emulators on consumer OSes. Sometimes emulators skip as well, which would be terrible in a live setting.

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Re:Super MIDI Pak – Use Your SNES as a MIDI Synthesizer by idonotknowwhy on Sunday July 25, 2021 @03:17AM (#27947411)

Wonder how it'd work with the MiSTer FPGA

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