Re: Are Yamaha YMF724s supposed to be this unreliable?

Posted on 2011-09-30, 22:52

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That's a glitch with the floppy disk edition which only seems to happen on real DOS and Windows 9x PCs, but cannot be reproduced under DOSBox(at least, I've never managed to reproduce the glitch). Just ignore it; the INSTALL program does this with every single sound card I've used with the floppy …

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Re: Are Yamaha YMF724s supposed to be this unreliable?

Posted on 2011-09-30, 22:29

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I got X-Wing working no problem on my YMF724 under Windows 98(both the floppy disk edition and the Collector's CD-ROM edition). MaxWar, if you have the floppy disk edition of X-Wing, you might want to install Dvwjr's patched ADLIB_W.IMS driver as it fixes numerous bugs with the existing driver …

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Re: Hanging note problems with SB16 and DBs

Posted on 2011-09-28, 23:05

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Sure thing. Though I'd need to set up my primary MS-DOS gaming PC for this as my Ensoniq Soundscape is in that computer. I don't know if its MPU-401 interface is better than my other cards(it's better than any SoundBlaster I have, that's for sure), but I've had much less trouble setting up my Roland …

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Re: Hanging note problems with SB16 and DBs

Posted on 2011-09-28, 15:08

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I'll get some samples from all my SoundBlaster 16s and my SoundBlaster 32 which are supposed to be prone to the hanging notes bug over the next week or so. Hang tight.

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Re: Hanging note problems with SB16 and DBs

Posted on 2011-09-26, 22:43

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Well it looks like I spoke too soon about the SoundBlaster 16 CT2230. I can hear a fair bit of hissing in the audio signal just by passing the audio straight into my laptop's microphone input(it doubles as a Line In, so there's no distortion except at high volume). My capture equipment seems to …

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Re: Hanging note problems with SB16 and DBs

Posted on 2011-09-26, 17:48

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Huh... if the signal-to-noise ratio is so poor, how come I got clean and practically unfiltered audio with barely any hiss on my SoundBlaster 16 CT2230? What DSP version does your SoundBlaster 16 CT2230 have? It could be different from mine.

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Re: Hanging note problems with SB16 and DBs

Posted on 2011-09-26, 02:43

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I just picked up a SoundBlaster 16 CT2230 today and would like to know how serious the hanging notes bug is on this SoundBlaster 16 variant(it uses DSP version 4.13). If nobody's tested this sound card to see how severe the hanging notes bug is, I'll add it to my list of SoundBlaster 16s to test …

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Re: Swap meet (and craigs list) finds...

Posted on 2011-09-25, 00:50

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I'll tell you one thing: leave the OPL3 stuff on any OPTi sound card with true OPL3 to me. I have an 82C930 which I modified with a socket so I can test different quad op-amps on the YMF262 as my damaged 82C929A had an LF347 quad op-amp on it, which produced a different sound than my 82C930, which …

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Re: Swap meet finds...

Posted on 2011-09-25, 00:15

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I had to go rummage through my box of sound card to find it and yes, it's The 82C931 XD . When i do my grand opl3 comparison run with all the sound blaster clones i have, ill be sure to include this horror! Have drivers for it ? I sure do! For both DOS and Windows, which are attached to this …

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Re: Swap meet finds...

Posted on 2011-09-24, 13:53

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https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Rwxr9C9AcCg/TlqGODoJOnI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/NMr--TXbg2E/s1024/swapfind2.JPG That OPTi card is actually a SoundBlaster Pro clone, and a pretty bad one, too. That's an 82C931, right? The 82C931 is probably one of OPTi's worst sound cards. Its SoundBlaster Pro support is …

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Re: Hanging note problems with SB16 and DBs

Posted on 2011-09-22, 04:57

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Just what I thought. Gotta love the huge clunky sound card the older Soundscape is. Though, Swaaye, do you have an idea what version of the Soundscape this is: http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/3455/ensoniqsoundscape.th.jpg It looks like an original-model Soundscape, but the ROM is a surface-mount …

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Re: Hanging note problems with SB16 and DBs

Posted on 2011-09-22, 01:09

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The card looks simple enough I guess. If what you see looks interesting then I can pull it out and take a photo without the stickers. Might not happen instantly as my poor 386 is kind of buried at the moment :( my computer room is a mess... It most certainly does look interesting. Looks like …

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Re: Hanging note problems with SB16 and DBs

Posted on 2011-09-22, 00:45

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I've already got a Music Quest MPU401 in my 386 to drive my MT32. Pretty much everything that's composed for MT32 runs fine on my 386. I'm not worried about intelligent MPU401 on my 486. Do these MPU-401 cards use off-the-shelf parts or do they have some proprietary chips on them? I'd like to buy …

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Re: Hanging note problems with SB16 and DBs

Posted on 2011-09-21, 22:52

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My YouTube page mainly specializes in retro gaming systems and modern-day hardware clones of those systems as well as retro games(and a few modern ones thrown in, not to mention the music from those games), but I do have "The Many Sounds of:", which features direct capture of my various DOS/Windows …

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Re: Hanging note problems with SB16 and DBs

Posted on 2011-09-21, 16:22

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I have had great success with an ESS 1868 card. FM synth sounds just like a real Yamaha OPL, as far as I can tell. Don't be fooled. ESFM does NOT sound 100% identical to OPL3. Wait until I feature my ESS AudioDrive ES1868F, AudioDrive ES1869F or Solo-1 in my "The Many Sounds of:" series of videos …

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Re: Hanging note problems with SB16 and DBs

Posted on 2011-09-21, 01:55

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I had expected the Vibra16C Prelude to have DSP version 4.16 as there's the SoundBlaster Vibra16C CT4180 which seems like it was released around the same time as the SoundBlaster 16 WavEffects CT4170, but much to my dismay, it had DSP version 4.13, which really surprised me. Wonder if the …

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Re: An ESS AudioDrive with... a real Yamaha YMF262? Since when did this happen?

Posted on 2011-09-20, 23:34

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I'd rather just use a dual sound card setup under DOS. All-in-1 sound cards don't really seem to exist for DOS. I personally would use a SoundBlaster 16 with OPL3 and an MPU-401 intelligent mode-compatible card or at the very least, an Ensoniq Soundscape. Or even an OPTi sound card with a YMF262 or …

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Re: Hanging note problems with SB16 and DBs

Posted on 2011-09-20, 21:30

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Have there been any reports of how soon hanging notes appear on any of these SoundBlasters: -SoundBlaster Vibra16 CT2260 -SoundBlaster 16 Value CT2770 -SoundBlaster 16 CT2840 -SoundBlaster Vibra16C Prelude CT2960 -SoundBlaster 32 PnP CT3600 -SoundBlaster 16 WavEffects CT4170(don't think there will …

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Re: An ESS AudioDrive with... a real Yamaha YMF262? Since when did this happen?

Posted on 2011-09-20, 21:25

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If the chip is an ES1868F or ES1869F, I could provide a configuration tool I use on my two ESS AudioDrives. How's the sound on that AudioDrive, by the way? I'm thinking of purchasing an AudioDrive with true OPL3 for use on my Packard Bell Legend 316SX as my Audio Excel AV300, which I wanted to use …

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Re: Are Yamaha YMF724s supposed to be this unreliable?

Posted on 2011-09-11, 12:48

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Yeah, I just downloaded Power YMF and will give it a go on the YMF724 later today.

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