Re: The Yamaha FB-01/IBM Music Feature Card support thread!!

Posted on 2015-08-18, 17:02

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by Cloudschatze

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QfG VGA doesn't seem to work for me with ripsaw8080's driver - should it? No, that driver isn't compatible with the later, non-SCI0 releases. Also, unless the music resources were lifted straight from the EGA version for the VGA release, the necessary FB-01/IMFC MIDI track data would be missing …

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Re: Silpheed PS/1 version files (from Queststudios)

Posted on 2015-08-18, 16:48

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by Cloudschatze

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http://www.symphoniae.com/misc/SILPHEED/sil32sb.zip This package was created by NewRisingSun, and also includes a stereo Ad Lib driver, UART-only MT-32 driver, and joystick driver compatible with the PS/1 game version. If you find these useful, please drop him a note of thanks.

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Re: FB01 / IMFC Music

Posted on 2015-08-17, 04:39

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by Cloudschatze

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A number of the Sierra's SCI0 releases for the Atari ST list support for the CZ-101, but this is in the most generic sense possible, and should be entirely disregarded, in my opinion. No custom voices are provided, nor even use of program change messages, thus requiring manual voice selection for …

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Re: FB01 / IMFC Music

Posted on 2015-08-16, 02:25

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by Cloudschatze

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Having checked out King's Quest I can't say it is brilliant music, but hey at least it's working! The FB-01 support in King's Quest I is unreasonably poor, and very-much incomplete. Do try Hero's Quest, Codename: ICEMAN, The Colonel's Bequest, or Leisure Suit Larry 3 though, if you haven't already, …

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Re: Logitech Soundman Wave

Posted on 2015-08-16, 02:13

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by Cloudschatze

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Stiletto wrote: Logitech SoundMan Wave Technical Reference (March 1994) Great find, Stiletto!

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Re: FB01 / IMFC Music

Posted on 2015-08-15, 01:39

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So to use the ripsaw8080 driver with king's quest I would do what? Download fb01.drv and put it somewhere? Do I then have to run a command or change a configuration file? It really isn't clear to me. Ah, that's right, King's Quest I SCI does indeed support the FB-01/IMFC... Yes, just drop FB01.DRV …

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Re: FB01 / IMFC Music

Posted on 2015-08-14, 17:28

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by Cloudschatze

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I think you'll have a difficult time finding any public-domain, SMF-format sequences for the FB-01. Despite its multitimbrality, the FB-01 seems to have mostly just been used as a supporting device in larger synthesizer setups, perhaps making the unremarkable arrangements that Sierra produced the …

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Re: SoftMPU 1.9 - Software Intelligent MPU-401 Emulator

Posted on 2015-08-10, 17:14

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by Cloudschatze

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Figured I'd mention that SoftMPU's "/RA50" switch should also be useful if happen to own an Aztech Sound Galaxy Wave Power DB, which likewise ignores the All Notes Off MIDI message (thanks, Ensoniq!).

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Re: Best Sound Blaster Live! Setup

Posted on 2015-07-16, 18:35

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by Cloudschatze

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The "best" configuration usually depends on specific requirements. You've mentioned wanting the "maximum out of a Sound Blaster Live!." Is this in an academic sense, or something truly usable? Are third-party accessories being considered? There are a number of limitations that come into play when …

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Re: AWE vs Ultrasound MT-32 emulation shootout

Posted on 2015-07-11, 16:25

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by Cloudschatze

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This archive concurs that it was treated as high-end regardless of build quality. It isn't just a sense, but a stated feature of the card as per Creative marketing. There isn't any disagreement on this point, just in case it appears otherwise. All of Creative's marketing descriptions of the AWE64 …

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Re: AWE vs Ultrasound MT-32 emulation shootout

Posted on 2015-07-10, 11:13

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by Cloudschatze

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To be fair, the AWE64 Gold at least approaches its marketing hype if the S/PDIF output is utilized. What hype? Because gold-plating does absolutely nothing for digital signals. That wasn't in reference to the gold plating at all; just the applicable bit about the Gold being marketed as a "high-end …

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Re: MT-32 Syx2Ins Converter (MT-32 specs help!)

Posted on 2015-07-10, 04:37

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Remember that with SysEx, each data byte has its own address. Per Roland's implementation, an individual SysEx string can explicitly address something as small as a single data byte, or as large as 256 consecutively-addressed data bytes. Each of the 128 patch memory locations in the MT-32 is …

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Re: AWE vs Ultrasound MT-32 emulation shootout

Posted on 2015-07-09, 23:21

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...it's quite noisy, which is especially bad considering the price and the fact that the AWE64 Gold was marketed as a high-end audiophile card with gold-plated connectors and all that. To be fair, the AWE64 Gold at least approaches its marketing hype if the S/PDIF output is utilized. Endlessly …

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Re: Interview with composer Henri Chalifour, what would you like to ask?

Posted on 2015-07-06, 03:52

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by Cloudschatze

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Glad to hear that Mr. Chalifour is still around. I'd corresponded with him briefly several years ago. In the last e-mail, he'd mentioned that he still had the Visual Composer II software, which he offered to provide in a few days time, after he'd had a chance to locate the box it was stored in. ( …

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Re: SB16 PnP DOS7 setup CTCM error

Posted on 2015-07-05, 17:54

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by Cloudschatze

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keropi wrote: SB16 CT2270 This is not a PnP card; the use of CTCU/CTCM isn't necessary.

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Re: MPU-IPC-T Problem

Posted on 2015-07-04, 21:44

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by Cloudschatze

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I have no experience with the Acer 915P, I'm afraid. Does it use IRQ 2/9 for the hard-drive, or some other system device? Can you try setting the MPU to a different IRQ than its 2/9 default, and then configure Cakewalk's MPU401 driver to use that IRQ instead ("cakepro -s"). Sorry for the tediousness …

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Re: MPU-IPC-T Problem

Posted on 2015-07-04, 04:40

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by Cloudschatze

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Before going through the trouble of replacing the hex inverter: Does your system allow for adding wait states to the bus, and through that increase, is there any change in the MPU IRQ behavior? Is there any change in behavior through use of a "stacks=0,0" entry in the CONFIG.SYS file? What about " …

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Re: Tandy 1000 series compatible EMS boards

Posted on 2015-07-03, 02:37

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by Cloudschatze

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Here are the few that I'm aware of: Acculogic's, "RAMpAT! Plus" Invisible Software's, "Invisible EMS" Micro Mainframe's, "EMS-5150(T)" PC Enterprises', "XTRA-K" I own and use both the Acculogic and Micro Mainframe boards in Tandy 1000 TL/2 and SL systems, respectively. The Acculogic board is the …

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Re: MPU-IPC-T Problem

Posted on 2015-07-03, 01:27

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by Cloudschatze

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Please see the image. I opened the breakout box and saw this. Should this cable be connected? That wire is the ground between the breakout box and interface card, and very-much should be connected. If you disconnect the entire connector, you should be able to get the pin back in beside the gray …

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Re: SC-55 Problems

Posted on 2015-07-02, 21:15

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by Cloudschatze

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P.S. Cloudschatze, is the official Roland SCB-55 only 2MB? I would assume so if the SC-55's own soundbank is only 2MB. 3MB Waveform ROM CM-300/500 - 3 x 1MB GPPC-N(A) - 3 x 1MB SC-55 - 3 x 1MB SC-55mkII - 1 x 2MB, 1 x 1MB SCB-55 - 1 x 2MB, 1 x 1MB SCC-1(A) - 3 x 1MB 2MB Waveform ROM SC-50 - 1 x 2MB …

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