Re: Windows 3.11 driver for ESS Audiodrive
Posted on 2023-02-19, 21:23
It might try to set the MPU to IRQ 2/9.
Re: Windows 3.11 driver for ESS Audiodrive
Posted on 2023-02-16, 08:54
Does your mainboard support PnP? I don't have an 1868 around unfortunately. It might try to check available resources and runs into a conflict, not sure. Hopefully somebody with an 1868 can chime in.
Re: Windows 3.11 driver for ESS Audiodrive
Posted on 2023-02-15, 10:24
I think the first action the installer does is copying files instead of config. Might be disk io related?
Re: Windows 3.11 driver for ESS Audiodrive
Posted on 2023-02-14, 13:26
Does the 1868 have the MPU port enabled under DOS? If not, it might be Windows trying to activate it and running into a conflict. Check the ouput of ESSCFG.
Re: PC "waits" for 15 seconds on boot
Posted on 2023-02-09, 19:10
Check your CMOS battery.
Re: Very low volume output with the DreamBlaster X2GS Waveblaster card
Posted on 2023-02-09, 19:07
Uhmm no idea. I would suspect the voltages because it would affect both cards, but you checked those already. The chance of having two cards with two problematic wavetable headers is rather low...? Can a grounding issue cause this?
Re: Very low volume output with the DreamBlaster X2GS Waveblaster card
Posted on 2023-02-09, 15:09
Is the volume different when you connect the X2GS to USB and run the line-out to the line-in of your cards?
Re: Very low volume output with the DreamBlaster X2GS Waveblaster card
Posted on 2023-02-09, 12:10
What kind of software do you have running? There is nothing that is setting MIDI volume through sysex? ESS cards might need more volume, not sure. My ESS + DB50XG combo was perfect, ESS + Yucatan FX a bit on the lower side, same with the X2GS. I have the X2GS with amp on max on the line-out of an …
Re: ARGUS Project thread - Now with gerbers and documentation in initial post!
Posted on 2023-01-23, 11:41
I'm now also the happy owner of an Interwave clone. Installation-wise this feels like a totally different beast than a GF1. I did some initial testing without any memory installed and there are some things I want to verify: - It installed with a SB compatible device showing on boot. I could play …
Re: Dream 97PNP2 - Interesting SAM9707 prototype\sample ISA MIDI card from 2001!
Posted on 2023-01-23, 10:11
Awesome discovery. Neat to see a mention of the Roland/Dream conflict in the PDF of the soundbanks. Is there any hint of audio coming out of the card or only "computer thinking noises"? Edit: This manual shows jumper positions: https://archive.org/details/manualzilla-id-5727655/page/n13/mode/2up …
Re: Advice for Getting Midi to Play in Sierra Games?
Posted on 2023-01-15, 23:13
I've noticed the following with my ESS 1688/X2GS combo and Gabriel Knight. Sound Blaster for FX and music: works. Sound Blaster and the X2GS: silence. If I connect something directly to the X2GS I hear the music. So I checked ESSVOL afterwards and master volume is low, aux and line are off. I can't …
Re: Fasttracker 2.12 for MS-DOS
Posted on 2023-01-09, 13:48
Awesome, thank you!
Re: Fasttracker 2.12 for MS-DOS
Posted on 2023-01-09, 11:08
Thanks for the update. Do you happen to know what graphics mode FT2 exactly sets (dot clock etc)? I've noticed that display timing is being used by FT2 when using a GUS. Modern display options that force 60Hz are causing gaps in the patterns.
Re: X2GS : Waveblaster board with dual soundbank support, official Dream/Roland licensed GS bank
Posted on 2023-01-08, 13:26
Great to know! Just loaded the CleanWave bank after testing the Buran bank yesterday. I'm having a blast re-listening to games and MIDs
Re: X2GS : Waveblaster board with dual soundbank support, official Dream/Roland licensed GS bank
Posted on 2023-01-07, 19:48
Received my X2GS today (superfast!) and it's awesome. Default preset is great and doesn't suffer from the boomy-ness that the Yucatan FX has. Samples are in some cases clearly better as well, like the effects in Lost Vikings. Two questions though: - Can I hook it up to USB while it's connected to …
Re: Sertek S521 - midi daughterboard not working? How to set up?
Posted on 2023-01-03, 08:13
I had the card set to SB-MIDI, was confused by this myself. Under DOS I had to change the config of the driver to enable the MPU but the Windows 98 driver should take care of that. Wavetable audio is on the AUX input so make sure that is unmuted.
Re: Why doesn't MPXPLAY work?
Posted on 2022-07-19, 17:43
If it is an Opti card it's Sound Blaster Pro and WSS compatible. What does your SET BLASTER look like?
Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread
Posted on 2022-07-19, 14:43
How many resources (IRQs, DMAs etc.) would be needed for a configuration for games, that maximizes available devices (so that I don't have to switch them), but minimizes resources they use (I don't need full duplex for games, which AFAIK should allow sharing some resources). I assume: - 1 IRQ and 1 …
Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread
Posted on 2022-07-19, 14:27
Awesome that it is working! Having both means you can playback/record with the Crystal part and use the Synth of the Gravis part. The SoundBlaster/Adlib values in the properties are ignored I assume when disabled in the EEPROM?
Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread
Posted on 2022-07-19, 07:50
I think this was discussed in the ARGUS thread: I have hardly ever used a S/PDIF-enabled device, much less designed anything involving one, but I question the feasibility of this endeavour. Looking through the datasheet and programmer's guide, it quickly becomes clear that it would be far more …
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