Tag Archives: MIDI

MIDI is a protocol for communications between musical instruments and devices that understand the language. Some older games use MIDI for sound. Our current MIDI articles generally focus on troubleshooting MIDI sound issues in older games on Linux.

March 5, 2023

Mar 2023

MIDI sound for games on Arch-based distro

Nicholas A. Ferrell

All it took was properly configuring and running Fluidsynth and loading three ALSA kernel modules.

December 24, 2022

Dec 2022

io [Christmas Eve] – Visual Novel Review

Nicholas A. Ferrell

A Christmas Eve review of io [Christmas Eve].

November 29, 2022

Nov 2022

Visions from the Other Side Review

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Don’t step on fish man (visual novel review).

November 27, 2022

Nov 2022

Wanderers in the Sky – Visual Novel Review

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Reviewing the freeware visual novel about seeking the sky.

September 7, 2022

Sep 2022

Old Games, MIDI, and EndeavourOS

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Figuring out how to re-configure my MIDI-Fluidsynth set-up on EndeavourOS.

May 27, 2022

May 2022

Instant Death! Panda Samurai – VN Review

Nicholas A. Ferrell

“And thus our mighty hero turns a new leaf in his divine passion play of unemployment” – visual novel review.

October 29, 2021

Oct 2021

Night of the Forget-Me-Nots: VN Review

Nicholas A. Ferrell

I review Night of the Forget-Me-Nots, a 2006 translation of a freeware 2003 Japanese horror visual novel that is a bit scarier without music.