Apple II - Ultima V Midi Music

Apple IIe, Ultima V, Passport midi card and Midi modules.
The sound is real from Apple II & midi modules.
....but this video was edited by the emulator.
I have no video capture board :)

mp3 download link
http://nsm53p.tistory.com/380

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[Akira625]

That sound blows the internal speaker away! I wish I had that for my Apple II.

[Phillip MJ Bacon]

I have heard that from one reliable source that the PASSPORT DESIGNS MX-5 was used in the creation of ULTIMA V and supported. Maybe we should be talking to Lord British aka Richard Garriott himself...

[Phillip MJ Bacon]

It really does sound like this just using Passport Designs Midi Card for the IIe, albeit one channel at a time and layered. HOWEVER by the time this card was introduced in 1985 by PD to support their software and promote new software development, the MOUNTAIN CARDS which date back to the late 70's were getting 'long in the tooth' and discontinued. SO PASSPORT DESIGNS INTRODUCED THEIR OWN COMPLETE SOLUTION. The MX-5 was a wavetable synth, support for their outmoded KB & midi, ALL ON ONE AII CARD.

[Brendan Robert]

The Apple version really did have midi support. You can use the Java Sound midi engine with Jace (Java Apple Computer Emulator) to enjoy Ultima V in its original glory. You can also emulate what would happen if you used a mockingboard at the same time. Kind of strange but it will work too.

[Brendan Robert]

In the midi configuration, it only takes one instrument number per song, but some of the tunes sound like they have multiple instruments in them. Is this specific to the synth you hooked up or did I miss something in the midi configuration part?

[Rob Craig]

Did you record the midi from the Mountain Computer music synthesizer cards? Or is it another type of midi wavetable card?

[Evilmonkey66699]

Someone did make a midi music patch for PC/DOS version of Ultima 5, actually the same guy who did the EGA and Midi music patch for Ultima 3 did the one for Ultima 5. I'll send you a PM with the link to the patches.