Re: Best ISA Soundblaster

Posted on 2015-04-04, 23:46

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you are forgetting ct1750 same as ct1770 but it has ide instead of scsi This is incorrect. None of the initial series of the SB16 card had IDE. The most popular models were CT1740 with a Panasonic CD interface and the CT1750 with Multi-CD Interface which means Panasonic, Mitsumi and Sony interfaces …

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2015-02-20, 19:27

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Now shut your horribly misinformed face. So annoying when ignorant wannabe gamers try to comment on demoscene-related things such as trackers and GUSes. Leave this thread, so the rest of us can continue discussing this InterWave-based GUS clone. Well, well "Scali".. There is NO need to get this …

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Re: sound fonts vs sound canvas

Posted on 2014-10-28, 23:50

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Roland Sound Canvas is also just one soundfont... what makes it so special for us retro gamers is that Roland was sooo popular back in the day that the game developers / music composers composed the sound tracks for Roland Sound Canvas. The result is that the music sounds AS INTENDED by the …

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Re: I need your help: Gallant SC-8000 sound card drivers needed!

Posted on 2014-10-28, 15:09

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It worked out very well, thank you very much! Looks like I was living under a rock 🤣 Greets from Berlin to Hamburg!

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I need your help: Gallant SC-8000 sound card drivers needed!

Posted on 2014-10-28, 09:52

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Hi Guys, I need your help. I've got a a Gallant SC-8000 sound card here, a card with Crystal CS4231 Codec, dream 9233 synth, dream 8905 effects processor, 1MB ROM, and a "CompuMedia" labeled soundchip. While the ROM of this card is small, the effects are quite good and the effects can also be …

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Re: 1gb SDRam detected as 384mb?

Posted on 2014-10-21, 07:32

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Hmm. I remember that I used Infineon PC133 CL3 RAM as well as Micron PC133 CL2 RAM without issues. I think I also tried a Kingston stick but don't remember the exact specs. But all modules were double sided ones. I also didn't go up to 1GB, I usually use 512MB on boards like this and only have one …

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Re: Gigabyte 6BX7+ not powering up.

Posted on 2014-10-21, 07:24

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The owner of this board decided to open a new thread instead of using the original one. Looks like his RAM is the problem here as the board refuses to work with modern single sided SDRAM sticks. Here is a link to the thread: 1gb SDRam detected as 384mb?

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Re: New WaveBlaster Header Compatible Daughterboard, The DreamBlaster Synth S1

Posted on 2014-10-16, 13:32

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Instrument Nr. 29 is the Overdrive Guitar, Nr. 30 is the Distorted Guitar. Actually the overdriven guitar plays first, yes, but both guitars playing together is what is usually meant when one is referring to the "Distorted guitar" in E1M1. @Thank you! I enjoy making recordings and contribute to the …

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Re: New WaveBlaster Header Compatible Daughterboard, The DreamBlaster Synth S1

Posted on 2014-10-16, 11:57

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I totally agree with you. The distorted guitar on the VoiceCrystal soundfont (Lite and Full = Tropez / Tropez Plus) sounds as bad and muffled as on the AWE series ROM or the Gravis UltraSound default patches. Still, the DreamBlasters distorted guitar sounds more like FM than a sampled instrument. I …

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Re: New WaveBlaster Header Compatible Daughterboard, The DreamBlaster Synth S1

Posted on 2014-10-16, 11:07

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Actually the "distorted guitar" on the DreamBlaster sounds like FM. The only distorted guitar that is worth its name sits on Korg modules. E1M1 on a Korg AI2 synth: http://www.AmoRetro.de/wp-content/uploads/03-Doom-E1M13.mp3

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Re: New WaveBlaster Header Compatible Daughterboard, The DreamBlaster Synth S1

Posted on 2014-10-16, 09:55

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Regarding the "DreamBlaster": If you listen carefully to the single instruments you will notice that many of them sound tinny and / or very synthy. There are also little or no variations of many instruments available, so a high or low note sounds way more off than it should. But thanks to the rich …

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Re: New WaveBlaster Header Compatible Daughterboard, The DreamBlaster Synth S1

Posted on 2014-10-16, 08:58

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I did 21 recordings of the module. You can listen to them if you like at: http://www.amoretro.de/2014/07/dreamblaster-s … oard-0-5mb.html Cheers Fabian

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Re: Find information about Orchid SoundWave 32

Posted on 2014-10-14, 14:23

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I'm sorry but I don't have the equipement to dump the chips right now. My breadboard died month ago and I currently have no need to buy a need one. If you have a simple method to read the chips out - let me know.

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Re: Find information about Orchid SoundWave 32

Posted on 2014-10-14, 12:32

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Got my SoundWave32 with the "B" suffix ROMs today. Cleaned the contacts, plugged it into the computer, patched the .LD files (for the DSP update) in the SW32 folder et voila: It sounds totally different from the Pronsonus Roms on my GameWave32 card. I am sure now that 810 / 820 doesn't mean anything …

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Re: Find information about Orchid SoundWave 32

Posted on 2014-10-11, 12:09

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It is more or less an educated guess because all of the default Prosonus ROM chips have the "A" suffix and the only InVision ROMs I listened to had not only the "(C) Orchid/INVSN" label on the chips but also a "B" suffix. May be coincidence but would make sense to me. So maybe A stands for the …

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Re: Find information about Orchid SoundWave 32

Posted on 2014-10-11, 00:17

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Aren't the InVision ROMs labeled with "B" instead of "A" in the first line of the ROM chips like: 810-0004-2/B ? I think 810 / 820 / 821.. isn't really important. I will get one soon, at least I hope so 🤣

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Re: Gigabyte 6BX7+ not powering up.

Posted on 2014-10-02, 21:13

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The selller - this is me - FGB aka AmoRetro ;) I randomly found this thread on Vogons, the buyer didn't inform me about the thread but contacted me via E-Mail for support. So I will share my thoughs on this topic: Please connect just the minimum required components , namely: - CPU and CPU Fan …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-09-20, 18:01

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I second that - The voodoo cards from Generation 1 and 2 (Voodoo Graphics, Voodoo Rush and Voodoo 2) are extremely sensitive to static electricity.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-09-20, 17:43

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Picked up this lot for AUD10 ... All untested, but includes 6 Voodoo 1 cards, 3 Voodoo 2, Matrox m3d, couple of SB 2.0s, an SB16, PAS , Video Blaster RT300, etc. Also a bunch of VESA cards, which I have never owned before. Looking forward to some long weeks of testing :D Congrats, great... but... …

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Re: If you could only have one sound card, what would it be and why?

Posted on 2014-09-19, 22:17

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As a FM fan you should consider buying a PAS 8-bit and / or CT1330A if you have a 386 machine. I think Cloudschatze did some nice recordings from.. .Dragonsphere... don't remember.. But I think a CT1330A is hard to get.. maybe they pop up 2-3 times a year while a PAS 8-Bit is so rare.. it's in the …

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