While the BulkyMIDI-32 started out as a piece of hardware based on the MT32-PI, an excellent piece of software for emulating the Roland MT-32. Along the way, the project name grew to encompass just about everything that I wanted to try out in the world of MIDI, as well as various audio modules - all of it building towards a rather impressive MIDI-mountain. The ExModule itself came about as I had picked up a few modern Wavetable-daughterboards for installation into one of my vintage PCs, it was just that the sound card that was already in it didn't actually have the required header (once I eventually went to install one). So... instead of simply taking the easy way out by swapping out the soundcard, I built the ExModule so that one could be connected externally to my already MPU-401 compatible sound card.

Check out Gameport MIDI Interface (DB15) / (IDC) if you're wondering about how to plug a MIDI-cable into the gameport that you probably already have. Not that it actually needs to be a PC in the first place, and that's the joys of MIDI - you can use it with a lot of different computers. So if you were looking for an adapter for something else, I may already have made an adapter that you can find as a shared project here - more of them can be found on my github-repository.

Anyway, back to the ExModule. The page you're looking at is for the main module, check out the related shared projects for a listing of all available modules that's related to this specific project. While you can build a functional unit using this PCB by itself, but if you want to build a device as what is shown in the pictures - you'd need of each of the following projects:

• BulkyMIDI-32 ExModule
• BulkyMIDI-32 ExModule (Panel)
• BulkyMIDI-32 ExModule (Faceplate FP1)
• BulkyMIDI-32 FB2

Beyond the BulkyMIDI-32 that was mentioned initially, and in addition to the ExModule there are other standalone devices available with the same styling. You'll find a standalone player for traditional MIDI-files (Play), a sixteen channel monitor that lights up depending on MIDI-channel usage, an Audio Switch - and - probably a few more by the time you're reading this. All of it is shared via github, and depending on whatever time and resources I have available - there may even be a video or two on my channel dedicated to these. If you're wondering how hard this is to put together, then check out the video below in order to get a better impression of what is needed to put one together (only basic soldering tools are needed).

If you've already assembled the ExModule, and you're wondering how to get started using it - check out getting started . This should provide you with plenty of information for how something like this can be used along with several types of vintage computers.