Re: Project: Turning ICS WaveFront sound cards into MIDI Powerhouses for DOS games [Turtle Beach Maui, Tropez & Tropez+]

Posted on 2016-10-12, 20:44

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I will have to setup a whole "new" system for this project (in order wo load the WavePatch program and comare the SF2 banks properly. At the moment I'm checking out the best specs. I think I will go with a P1 / PPro or P2 with Windows 95.

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Re: Mozart ISA Sound Card

Posted on 2016-10-12, 14:08

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how does the wavetable sound? is it any good? As elianda mentioned, there are two Mozart models, one without (the card from the thread) and one with onboard wavetable. If you are interested in the sound of the wavetable, go to my recordings site and listen: http://www.amoretro.de/soundkarten-und- …

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Re: Project: Turning ICS WaveFront sound cards into MIDI Powerhouses for DOS games [Turtle Beach Maui, Tropez & Tropez+]

Posted on 2016-10-08, 22:34

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I will do that tomorrow. Are you OK if I take the FF7 bank? If you want I will analyse DOOM E1M1 and a Starwars or Warcraft Midi.

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Re: Project: Turning ICS WaveFront sound cards into MIDI Powerhouses for DOS games [Turtle Beach Maui, Tropez & Tropez+]

Posted on 2016-10-08, 21:05

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I will test the SF2 on a SB32 tomorrow but I fear it will sound alright. Ok. Here's another (now it's Advent GM): http://geryon.ru/advhack1.wfb And I thought Advent is still to come :lol: //edit: Loads fine, but many instruments are sounding corrupted. Looks like the converter doesn't do its job …

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Re: Project: Turning ICS WaveFront sound cards into MIDI Powerhouses for DOS games [Turtle Beach Maui, Tropez & Tropez+]

Posted on 2016-10-08, 20:45

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I will test the SF2 on a SB32 tomorrow but I fear it will sound alright.

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Re: Project: Turning ICS WaveFront sound cards into MIDI Powerhouses for DOS games [Turtle Beach Maui, Tropez & Tropez+]

Posted on 2016-10-08, 20:20

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OK, Bristlehog. Thanks! Will try the FF7 soundbank. Let's see or hear where it will take us. //edit: The bank actually loads fine, but many instruments are missing or mute. Another observation is that the drumkits seems to have too little volume, regardless which bank I load.

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Re: sbpnp32 vs sbawe32

Posted on 2016-10-08, 16:01

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Thx for clarification. So the only SB32 model which have rvb&chro is CT3670 and the most of AWE models? Is "effects processor" seperate chip that has a codename ex. CTxxxx? The effects processor is integrated into the EMU8000 chip. All EMU8000 cards have Reverb & Chorus. The difference is the …

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Re: Project: Turning ICS WaveFront sound cards into MIDI Powerhouses for DOS games [Turtle Beach Maui, Tropez & Tropez+]

Posted on 2016-10-08, 12:46

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The 3rd conversion of the Fanta soundbank loads without any error but sounds odd. In GSPLAY it seems some instruments are missing (Slow strings, Synth strings1, Cello) or sounding like the samples have noise / cracking. I will test the Fanta 8MB bank with a SoundBlaster 32 later today to compare the …

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Re: Project: Turning ICS WaveFront sound cards into MIDI Powerhouses for DOS games [Turtle Beach Maui, Tropez & Tropez+]

Posted on 2016-10-07, 23:13

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Just a quick feedback from testing: The Fanta 8MB bank failed with this error: IMG_1207[1].JPG The GUS 6MB bank loads fine: IMG_1208[1].JPG The bank is fully usable in games and Midi players, but the quality of some samples is really bad (drumkit), the volume alignment of the samples is also bad. …

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Re: Project: Turning ICS WaveFront sound cards into MIDI Powerhouses for DOS games

Posted on 2016-10-07, 16:34

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Thanks for your trememdous effort, bristlehog! Thanks also to rawit and stamasd for contributing! Looks like we get closer and closer to achieve our main goal. It is great to learn how these WFB banks work in detail. Can't wait to test the new conversions! Unfortunately I'm a bit sick at the moment …

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Re: Comparison of MIDI sound modules (Roland vs Korg vs Yamaha)

Posted on 2016-10-04, 20:15

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Hi, Thank you! I always appreciate recordings which compare the big three!

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Re: Project: Turning ICS WaveFront sound cards into MIDI Powerhouses for DOS games

Posted on 2016-09-30, 23:29

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That indicates that your first guess is more likely than the second. However, I'm out for this weekend. At least now we know the whole thing is possible. And that's good to know.

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Re: Project: Turning ICS WaveFront sound cards into MIDI Powerhouses for DOS games

Posted on 2016-09-30, 22:40

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It would have been so easy, too easy as it seems.. 😒 I edited the FANTA 8MB bank to 424 samples and it loads but some instruments are missing and making strange noises, like the Synth Strings. Other instruments play well. Still a lot of work to do I guess..

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Re: Project: Turning ICS WaveFront sound cards into MIDI Powerhouses for DOS games

Posted on 2016-09-30, 22:17

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OK I understand. In the trial version of AWAVE one can count the actual samples with "view ---> item count". GUSDIRTY.WFB reports 129 instruments and 321 waveforms. Thats 450 in total. I think that SETWF and SETMAUI just count both together as SAMPLES. So these together are 450 and the drumkit make …

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Re: Project: Turning ICS WaveFront sound cards into MIDI Powerhouses for DOS games

Posted on 2016-09-30, 21:42

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Thanks! I will. just waiting for the result of the 512KB bank.. still loading.. ;) //edit: 512KB bank still failed after loading all the samples.. still couldn't find sample #101. //edit2: Well bristlehog: YES MAN! Thanks a lot! Loading completed! Midis soundend all right in GSPLAY! (did skip …

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Re: Project: Turning ICS WaveFront sound cards into MIDI Powerhouses for DOS games

Posted on 2016-09-30, 21:30

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I think the sticks are ok but I will try other sticks. //edit: Now testing with 2x 1MB sticks instead of the 2 x 4MB sticks I had in the cards before. Result: Unfortunatlely nothing changes. The small banks still refuse to load, the error remains the same. Another observation: Loading WFB files …

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Re: Project: Turning ICS WaveFront sound cards into MIDI Powerhouses for DOS games

Posted on 2016-09-30, 20:48

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Thanks for your work, bristlehog! I tested the FANTA 8GM.WFB on the Troplus with both SETWF and SETMAUI and both result in the same error as described before, but this time it stops loading at sample # 425. Very strange! To rule out the possibility that anything is running out the cards sample RAM I …

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Re: Project: Turning ICS WaveFront sound cards into MIDI Powerhouses for DOS games

Posted on 2016-09-30, 19:18

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Can't wait for your participation! Well I use the same version as I uploaded in Posting #1, I just checked, it is version 1.43.

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Re: Project: Turning ICS WaveFront sound cards into MIDI Powerhouses for DOS games

Posted on 2016-09-30, 18:24

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Let me recheck again. //edit: No, the file I tried loading to the MAUI is the same as it should be. 6.481.276 Bytes big. Although the WFSET detects a different size for some reason (The size is diplayed in the picture above, maybe the difference is a overhead of information and SETWF just reports …

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Re: Sound Blaster Pro 2 CT1600 Revisions

Posted on 2016-09-30, 18:23

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I don't worry about it. Just wanted to point out that revisions with the 1336 instead of the 1336A should be earlier.

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