Unable to choose a specific Hardware MIDI Synth to use

[Infomaniac95]

Background

Version of Crispy Doom: 5.10.3

Operating System and version: Windows 10, Version 21H1

Game: Doom

Any loaded WADs and mods (please include full command line): DOOM.WAD (though this affects any WAD)

Bug description

Observed behavior: There seems to be no way in the config tool for Crispy Doom, or in the CFG file, to set which Hardware MIDI Synth you want to use.

Expected behavior: An option or variable would be available in the config tool or CFG, to set your Hardware MIDI Synth, enabling the usage of modules like a real Roland SC-55 MKII, connected to a PC via a Roland UM-ONE MK2

[rfomin]

Crispy Doom uses SDL_mixer which does not allow a choice of MIDI output on Windows. You can use VirtualMIDISynth witch can switch default MIDI mapper.

However, we are working on better Windows MIDI support and are interested in testers with MIDI hardware.

[Infomaniac95]

Oh, alright. Ill try that out, in the mean time. I do have actual MIDI hardware, so if you need someone to test things out, just let me know.

[ceski-1]

I added a PR related to this for Chocolate Doom: https://github.com/chocolate-doom/chocolate-doom/pull/1506

What do you think?

[fabiangreffrath]

This is great, thank you!

[ceski-1]

:thumbsup: https://github.com/chocolate-doom/chocolate-doom/commit/88fe15083f4d55936c6d7708e35d65facd601a5c