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Re: FM synth - native/direct vs. through MIDI?

Posted on 2023-09-20, 20:34

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

a) use AdLib's base address (FM default: 388h/389h, probably the result of 380h+8h/380h+9h; other base addresses selectable) AdLib port, 388h, is pretty much always fixed in games unless the game allows you to tell that for a specific card. I’ve disassembled various games for the CMS and Tandy …

Re: FM synth - native/direct vs. through MIDI?

Posted on 2023-09-19, 20:44

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

That being said, Sound Blaster and AdLib aren't exactly same when it comes to FM programming. The Sound Blasters have a separate set of FM i/o port addreses at 220h/221h (OPL2; OPL3 has extra i/o ports for left/right). Of course, they also listen to the old AdLib ports at 388h/389h. So well written …

Re: AdLib GOLD clone is now a reality

Posted on 2023-09-09, 18:35

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I don't have the Ultimate Talkie version, just the original floppy edition. FWIW, I tested the floppy version on two different setups: 386 DX-40 with a real Adlib Gold and 486 DX-33 with a GoldLib. Didn't have a crash or other issues in either case. Does it only do this with the Ultimate Talkie …

Re: AdLib GOLD clone is now a reality

Posted on 2023-09-09, 16:07

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Hi there! I was playing a bit of Monkey Island "Ultimate Talkie" and i was running into crashes everytime i tried opening a door on the game. Being completely puzzled, and thinking it could be an oddity of my setup, i removed the GoldLib card, because i simply never had any issues with this game …

Re: Planet X3 by 8-Bit Guy nearing completion! New teaser & music

Posted on 2023-09-09, 15:53

in Milliways

in Milliways

Since this thread has apparently been reactivated, let's use this opportunity to link to Planet X3's updated source code: https://github.com/planet-x3/px3_ose Hi Benedikt, where can i get the latest binaries with the newest features you implemented? New video modes and that CMS sound stuff you …

Re: Monkey Island 1 & 2 Ultimate Talkie

Posted on 2023-09-07, 10:57

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

nizce wrote on 2023-09-06, 15:16: Can only set picoGUS to either DMA 1 or 3 so I’ll try changing it to 3. Well, yeah, the PI is sitting on a 8 bit bus interface so no access to high IRQ and DMA. That sucks.

Re: Monkey Island 1 & 2 Ultimate Talkie

Posted on 2023-09-05, 22:42

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

The ultimate talkie might be hardcoded to use DMA 1 for speech. Sound Blaster should be using DMA 1, GUS can use High DMA 7 and it will be fine 99.9% of the time.

Re: AdLib GOLD clone is now a reality

Posted on 2023-08-20, 22:04

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Success! Thank you for suggesting this, it did the trick! Happy to help! Remember that it's important to keep the AdLib Gold on a range that nothing else writes to it. In my case a PAS and the Gold at 388h was immediate disaster with the MVSOUND.SYS driver writing on that range screwing up the …

Re: Looking for IBM Music Feature Card owners

Posted on 2023-08-18, 21:51

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Too bad there was never an AIL driver for this card, I really like the OPP sound chip. The only thing that sucks about this card design is that the Yamaha 2164 registers aren’t exposed directly on the ISA BUS so everything has through MIDI

Re: AdLib GOLD clone is now a reality

Posted on 2023-08-17, 05:46

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Unfortunately my GoldLib appears to have died. :( I was testing it in a 486 DX-33 build. Initially it worked and I was able to detect and configure it just fine. I'd been adding and testing other sound cards. At the time I was mainly working with the AWE64 and Yamaha Audician 32. Then went back to …

Re: Covox Sound Master Reverse Engineering / Replica

Posted on 2023-08-08, 23:11

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

You’re a good guy Fagear, happy you’re ok.

Re: Sound card ideas for a multi-sound card 486 setup?

Posted on 2023-08-08, 23:07

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

The issues with the GUS Extreme might come from the ES1688 chipset, it might be trying to write something into the AdLib Gold range, which most obvious symptom might be a completely fucked up mixer. Yeah I believe it is the ESS chip. Unfortunately the Ultrasound initializer doesn't allow for much …

Re: Sound card ideas for a multi-sound card 486 setup?

Posted on 2023-08-06, 22:21

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

The issues with the GUS Extreme might come from the ES1688 chipset, it might be trying to write something into the AdLib Gold range, which most obvious symptom might be a completely fucked up mixer. The AdLib Gold really needs the 388 -> 38Dh range just to itself. Of course you can try to change to …

Re: How about a MR-BIOS ROM file repository?

Posted on 2023-08-06, 12:30

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Are there any Mr. Bios Bioses for my build? https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=95290 https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/sunlogix-80386-33-40-micro-express-computer#downloads https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=90596 It uses a Forex chipset, so try a version that for that …

Re: Sound card ideas for a multi-sound card 486 setup?

Posted on 2023-08-06, 10:20

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

BTW something else I remembered: My main DOS PC is a Pentium MMX which most of the time is underclocked to 100, so that would guarantee timing issues with the Gold card. My board also has a long ISA bus since I have 6 slots for ISA, so i noticed something interesting. Despite configuring all the …

Re: Sound card ideas for a multi-sound card 486 setup?

Posted on 2023-08-06, 10:10

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Keep this in mind: AdLib Gold takes the range BASE ADDR + 5 more consecutive addresses. So if 388 is selected it will take 388/389 for OPL2, 38A is CTRL ADDR, 38B is CTRL DATA, 38C is DSP ADDR and 38D is DSP DATA. Any other card that will write to 38A to 38D range will fuck up and confuse the hell …

Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread * LT board now available *

Posted on 2023-08-02, 12:10

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I wonder if the effect is similar to the Sound Blaster Pro with its dual OPL chips synthesizers that could play in stereo. No. AFAIK, SB Pro 1 plays only the left OPL2 when in AdLib compatibility mode. Same as with the Dual OPL2 Pro Audio Spectrum. To play in stereo games need to specifically send …

Re: AdLib GOLD clone is now a reality

Posted on 2023-07-28, 19:41

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Having the GoldLib / AdLib Gold work with a YMF / Crystal / ESS card is rather simple since the latter cards are flexible in their configurations. These being PnP usually don't hog resources like other cards do. With PAS cards it's a different story though, because the Gold cards grab the resources …

Re: AdLib GOLD clone is now a reality

Posted on 2023-07-27, 22:27

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I was trying to get the GoldLib working along side a GUS Extreme and Orpheus II LT, and in both cases encountered various issues when the latter cards were enabled. For example, trying to run the Gold setup program would cause lock-ups. Never had any issues with the setup locking up, only the …

Re: AdLib GOLD clone is now a reality

Posted on 2023-07-27, 20:35

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I’m wondering how feasible, would be to improve this design, taking only 3 things in mind: 1- Making the card more tolerable of faster systems; 2- Somehow the card sometimes seems to lose its configuration, needing to reset the CTRL chip, improve that; 3- Add the 16bit part connector with one …

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