{"id":15976,"date":"2026-02-02T10:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=15976"},"modified":"2026-02-02T21:37:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T04:37:46","slug":"self-testing-a-roland-mt-32","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=15976","title":{"rendered":"Self testing a Roland MT-32"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To self-test a Roland MT-32, turn the unit on while holding down the 3 button, Volume and turn on the unit to enter test mode. You can check all the keys and play some test tones. To test the midi, you need to have the midi cables plugged in. To play a demo song, just hold just Master Volume. The &#8220;MIDI Message&#8221; light should flicker if it receives data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.philscomputerlab.com\/ultimate-roland-mt-32-tutorial.html\">Here&#8217;s a great guide for setting up an MT-32<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zPBSO02BUhc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07YBGZSF8\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07YBGZSF8\">MOLEX 5 Pin DIN to DB15 MIDI 92604-0001<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07PJTP7DR\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07PJTP7DR\">3.5mm TRS to Dual 6.35mm TS Breakout Cable &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07PJTP7DR\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07PJTP7DR\">3.5mm<\/a> Stereo Cable to 1\/4 Y Splitter Cord<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To self-test a Roland MT-32, turn the unit on while holding down the 3 button, Volume and turn on the unit to enter test mode. You can check all the keys and play some test tones. To test the midi, you need to have the midi cables plugged in. To play a demo song, just hold just Master Volume. The &#8220;MIDI Message&#8221; light should flicker if it receives data. Here&#8217;s a great guide for setting up an MT-32<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cool","category-technicalproblemsolutions","category-technical"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4WECr-49G","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15976"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15982,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15976\/revisions\/15982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}