A few years ago I decided that I needed a Roland MT-32 in my life, but with prices the way they are I wasn't able to get very far. So I started building a set of PCBs for MT32-PI instead, and these eventually became the BulkyMIDI-32. The next step was connecting it up to all of my favourite computers, most of them not having any dedicated MIDI-ports though in the case of the PCs we just need a common MPU-401 compatible soundcard (think Creative Soundblaster 16 and newer). These had the MIDI-signals available on the gameport, so we just need to add a little adapter so that we can plug a MIDI-cable into it.

While the adapter carries the BulkyMIDI-32 name, the adapter can be used with real MIDI-devices such as the Roland MT-32 or any other MT32-PI builds for that matter. There are two variants of this board, this one connects to the gameport on your soundcard via an IDC to DB15 ribbon cable. Adding the cable in between the two ensures that the device fits with all PC-cases, but if you want something that connects directly instead - check out the other variant instead.