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First post, by tikoellner

Posted on 2016-04-18, 08:56

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I found a potentially cheap daughterboard - Opti 82c941 - on my local auction site. It seems I could get this card for about 15-25 USD, if everything goes according to plan.

It's a gerenric Opti card sold by "Trust" company as "16 bit wave upgrade module", including box, manual, etc.

Here are some photos of the card:

https://retrosoundcards.files.wordpress.com/2 … 1/obraz-083.jpg

Unfortunatelly, I found no review.

And here's the link to the auction:
http://allegro.pl/16-bit-wave-upgrade-module- … 6122417120.html

Do you think this module would be any improvement to my AWE32 CT2760 wavetable? Or should I get some better daughterboard?

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Reply 1 of 8, by PhilsComputerLab

Posted on 2016-04-18, 08:57

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For that price absolutely.

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Reply 2 of 8, by Rawit

Posted on 2016-04-18, 12:33

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Here some more info, I think:

http://wavetable.web.fc2.com/opti.htm

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Reply 3 of 8, by dogchainx

Posted on 2016-04-18, 17:58

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Yes, awesome collectors item. I'd get it...

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Reply 4 of 8, by tikoellner

Posted on 2016-04-18, 20:10

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I will surely get it.

But do you think it offers anything comparable to Yamaha daughterboards, or will it at least make any improvement to the way AWE32 sounds?

I'm not a typical collector really (or at least I'm really trying not to be 😀. I'm just trying to get the best out of my 486 experience, and this is my perspective. I just want some good daughterboard.

Reply 5 of 8, by FGB

Posted on 2016-04-18, 21:58

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The EMU8000 on your AWE is a much much more advanced synthesizer. The OPTi board is one of the lowest possible quality boards one can get for General Midi music. Only get it, if you are into collecting these boards. But it is no match for the AWE. Yamaha, Roland or Korg boards sound just like from another world compared to this OPTi board 😒

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Reply 6 of 8, by keropi

Posted on 2016-04-18, 22:13

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^ yep, that's what I think of the daughterboard as well, a collector's item and nothing more

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Reply 7 of 8, by CHiLL72

Posted on 2016-04-19, 11:05

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Nice, that's one I do not have for my collection yet. Buy it if you can, especially at that price.

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Reply 8 of 8, by tikoellner

Posted on 2016-04-19, 11:36

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I am so sad that I missed Yamaha module last week... it sold for 50USD equiv. on my local auction site. I was far too greedy.

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