Re: Roland score! Now for a few questions

Posted on 2011-04-14, 00:25

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All right, Ensoniq Soundscape it is. I just need to find a diagram I could use to put together the joystick to MIDI cable and find a cable to run the audio outputs of the CM-64 and CM-300 into the Line In of a sound card.

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OPTi 82C929A in need of serious help with its YMF262 audio amp

Posted on 2011-04-14, 00:19

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So the quad op-amp on my OPTi 82C929A to amplify the sound on its YMF262 has finally bit the dust, and I've looked through boxes upon boxes of broken game consoles and motherboards to try and find the same op-amp. I haven't found the exact same op-amp, an LF347, but I did find two equivalent quad op …

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Roland score! Now for a few questions

Posted on 2011-04-13, 02:04

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Yesterday, I bought two Roland MIDI boxes, the CM-64 and CM-300, for pretty damn cheap on the local classifieds(paid $70 for both). I've really been looking forward to using those two boxes for some proper Sound Canvas/MT-32 sound(even though I'm not the biggest fan of the MT-32), but before I do so …

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Re: AWE64 PCI

Posted on 2011-04-07, 00:20

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Oh I know. We chatted about this stuff months ago somewhere in the forum here. ;) And I recorded the goofy Soundscape "FM" for you. I remember that very well. Then I got to hear it first-hand on my Soundscape. Horrible, it's even worse than improperly software-emulated or cloned YMF262s. Doom does …

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Re: AWE64 PCI

Posted on 2011-04-06, 21:48

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Additionally, the AudioPCI's software FM synthesis may be the worst out there. Just ask forumgoer Ace what he thinks. ;) The AudioPCI doesn't even use FM Synthesis at all. What is uses to replace FM Synthesis is pure garbage. As Ensoniq did with the earlier Soundscape, which also lack FM Synthesis, …

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Re: SoundBlaster 32 with RAM problems

Posted on 2011-04-04, 21:08

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I sure can. You'll have to wait a little while while I recharge the batteries for my digital camera, then I'll have shots of the SIMMs for you.

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Re: SoundBlaster 32 with RAM problems

Posted on 2011-04-04, 01:52

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I have a Macintosh Quadra 700 I could probably steal the RAM from. I will first check to see how much RAM is in the computer as all 4 30-pin SIMM slots on the computer's motherboard are taken, but I don't know how much RAM is in the computer.

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Re: SoundBlaster 32 with RAM problems

Posted on 2011-04-03, 14:22

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No wonder the SoundBlaster 32 has problems with my two 2MB SIMMs. I think I'll purchase a 4MB 30-pin SIMM to stick into the SoundBlaster 32. Or if there's some way to use 72-pin SIMMs on 30-pin SIMM slots, I have a 16MB 72-pin SIMM I can use.

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SoundBlaster 32 with RAM problems

Posted on 2011-04-03, 00:46

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I picked up a CT3600 SoundBlaster 32 today without any RAM in the SIMM slots. I want to load a better soundfont into the SoundBlaster 32 because, let's face it, the default soundfont is crap, so I pulled out the two 2MB RAM sticks in my Packard Bell Legend 316SX(it's the only thing I have here with …

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Re: MIDI on SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 + Windows XP = missing percussion. What gives?

Posted on 2011-03-29, 22:24

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Son of a *****. I had a feeling Doom had something to do with it because Doom always had good sound no matter what I used. Well, I used a hex editor to remove the "GM Mode OFF" sysex command from Doom's executable(I actually set it to "GM Mode ON," problem solved. I don't get why "GM Mode OFF" …

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MIDI on SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 + Windows XP = missing percussion. What gives?

Posted on 2011-03-29, 03:17

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It's been 3 days I've tried to figure out what's causing my SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 to be missing percussion notes in the MIDI. I recently installed my SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 model CT4780 into the computer I've got for everyday use, which is running Windows XP Service Pack 3. Installation of the …

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Re: Need an instrument sampled from the Roland Sound Canvas

Posted on 2011-03-27, 13:02

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I actually saw the MT-32 in action on a Japanese Sharp X68000 computer and man, it can sound really damn good. But my priority is the Sound Canvas. There are 3 people selling MT-32s and equivalent boxes, so I can take my time with the MT-32. However, for the Sound Canvas, there's just that one …

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Re: Are any of the really old Sound Blasters any good?

Posted on 2011-03-27, 00:59

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They are less capable. They've only got OPL2 FM Synthesis from a YM3812(two YM3812s on the CT1330 SoundBlaster Pro) and Mono digital sound. One thing I would use those old SoundBlasters for is for an emulator box running old versions of MAME for MS-DOS with support for OPL2/OPL3 FM Synthesis from a …

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Re: Need an instrument sampled from the Roland Sound Canvas

Posted on 2011-03-26, 15:42

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Yes! CM-300 = SC-55 in an ugly box LOL Grab it! I'm not gonna let a golden opportunity to get a real Roland Sound Canvas slip by. I've already contacted the seller of the CM-300 and will meet up with him/her whenever we decide on a good place to meet so I can pick up the CM-300(he/she put it up for …

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Re: Need an instrument sampled from the Roland Sound Canvas

Posted on 2011-03-25, 18:04

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Crap, this is becoming really tedious. Even with the samples DonutKing provided, I can't match the sound of the distortion guitar to At Doom's Gate from Doom(E1M1). It matches for a little bit, then it doesn't match at all. If someone else would like to take a stab at it, take a listen to the SC-55 …

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Re: Need an instrument sampled from the Roland Sound Canvas

Posted on 2011-03-25, 01:32

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Thank you for the samples, DonutKing. Now to add them to the soundfont. And by the way, even if GM.DLS is just a ROM dump of Roland's sample ROM, it still isn't correct. It seems some instruments are actually misplaced, as I've noticed in the sample DonutKing provided, the Distortion Guitar has two …

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Re: Need an instrument sampled from the Roland Sound Canvas

Posted on 2011-03-23, 23:00

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Sure thing. As I test the soundfont, if I find some messed up instruments, I'll let you know which ones to sample.

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Re: Need an instrument sampled from the Roland Sound Canvas

Posted on 2011-03-23, 22:36

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Well I just downloaded a program called Anvil Studio, and it has a nice musical stave and keyboard interface, so I just picked the distortion guitar, set time to 4/4 and played a whole note for each key on the keyboard. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9151127/distortionguitar.mid Does this sound like what …

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Re: Need an instrument sampled from the Roland Sound Canvas

Posted on 2011-03-23, 21:42

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Is there some kind of software you can use to play the MIDI instruments without having to craft a MIDI file? I know you can do that in AWE Control under Windows 95 with SoundBlaster AWE32/64 sound cards where the program gives you a virtual keyboard and you can play the instruments one by one. Would …

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Re: Need an instrument sampled from the Roland Sound Canvas

Posted on 2011-03-23, 20:56

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I'm not actually sure how you can control the SC-55 Mk. II to sample the Distortion Guitar. But when you sample the instrument, I think it'd be best if you sample everything for the Distortion Guitar from the lowest sound pitch up to the highest sound pitch in one long WAV file(play the samples for …

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