Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2023-05-16, 06:06

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by ChrisTOTG

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I have put a fair amount of effort into the setup of this machine after receiving my Orpheus card, so I figured I'd document my settings here.. Windows 98SE and DOS 7.10 on 440BX with Pentium-III 550MHz This machine has a CD drive for CDDA/Redbook audio, and an Orpheus II for MIDI, Soundblaster, …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2023-05-15, 17:11

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That's a cool solution and it really helps! But I was frustrated once too often, so I bought a mixer (MouKey MAXM3) from Amazon for $40. It pretty much made all of my problems go away immediately. I now have a pretty sweet setup with four mixer inputs: Orpheus 2 output SC-88Pro output MT-32 output …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2023-05-14, 04:33

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ChrisTOTG wrote on 2023-05-13, 22:14: microphone jack Oops, I mean headphone jack.

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2023-05-13, 22:14

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Kahenraz wrote on 2023-05-13, 22:04: a second card that manages your CD audio exclusively. 🤣 retro PCs are full of this stuff 😀 At least my CD drive does have a microphone jack - it doesn't take any slots or IRQs either!

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2023-05-13, 21:27

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I would also try removing all other non-essential expansion cards during testing, in case there is a resource conflict. I can't even begin to try you how much trouble I have with USB 2.0 cards gobbling up resources on old boards like it's at a buffet. I worked around that problem by swapping to a …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2023-05-10, 00:17

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Hey everyone, I'm having some difficulty getting one of my primary target games to work: Might and Magic 4/5. I can get xeen to produce a variety of different failure modes, but not much in the way of success... Have any of you got Xeen working with MIDI, SB voice, and CD audio? While in DOS and in …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2023-04-24, 22:15

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I had back in the days only GF1 GUS. So Interwave world is new to me. So out of all DOS trackers/players only Impulse Tracker 2.14 and XTC-Player 0.97c have stable IW support? OCP 2.x as well but its beta... Also in order to avoid asking questions already answered elsewhere - is everything …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2023-04-24, 17:33

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stuff This wasn't detailed in the INI file, but the valid range for PC speaker volume is from 0 to 15, with 0 being maximum volume. As keropi mentioned, polarity is important, so it may help to reverse the connections at one end of the cable. Since you were one of the first to mention trying this, …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2023-04-23, 02:29

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I just tried to use the PC Speaker on my orpheus ii but the audio is super quiet. Here's what I know: I have software that definitely wants to beep (e.g. Wasteland, echo ^G) The speaker connector on my motherboard (abit bx6 2.0) is connected to the speaker input on my orpheus ii I set the speaker …

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Re: Still seeing XMS under DOS 7.10 when DOS=NOAUTO is loaded.

Posted on 2023-04-08, 22:39

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Try: mem/d/p Normally, you should see "XMSXXXX0 Installed Device=HIMEM". With DOS=NOAUTO, it shouldn't be there. Edit: also, with DOS=NOAUTO, entering "win" should fail - "HIMEM.SYS is missing." Correct on both. So what's the deal with this output from mem? Memory Type Total Used Free …

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Re: Still seeing XMS under DOS 7.10 when DOS=NOAUTO is loaded.

Posted on 2023-04-08, 21:13

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You're using BootGUI=0, right? And what's the program that reports XMS? Are you sure it's really XMS, and not raw Extended memory? Bootgui=0 is in the MSDOS.SYS file, yes. If I use mem.exe I get a response including Extended (XMS) , and if I load a program that is incompatible with XMS drivers it …

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Re: Still seeing XMS under DOS 7.10 when DOS=NOAUTO is loaded.

Posted on 2023-04-08, 20:52

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Are you loading HIMEM.SYS? In my experience, Win98 seems to automatically load HIMEM.SYS at startup if no memory manager is loaded in CONFIG.SYS. Try "DOS=NOAUTO,NOHI,NOUMB." I'm sorry that I was not all that helpful. :( Well that's the problem: It configures the system to use XMS even if I use DOS …

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Still seeing XMS under DOS 7.10 when DOS=NOAUTO is loaded.

Posted on 2023-04-08, 19:02

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Hi everyone, I am trying to boot my 98SE machine into DOS without any XMS. I have DOS=NOAUTO in my config.sys, and XMS still shows up. Even if I create a blank config.sys with only one line: CONFIG.SYS DOS=NOAUTO ...when I boot to DOS, I still have XMS. I've doublechecked by using step-by-step …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2023-03-23, 02:40

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I’m going through the setup for my awesome new Orpheus II and I wanted to make sure that I was configuring the hardware properly. Default SB16 settings are: SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 Default GUS settings are: SET ULTRASND=240,7,7,7,7 And default MPU-401 settings are: I/O 330-331, IRQ 2 Am I getting …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2023-03-05, 16:55

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Have people started to receive them yet? Looking forward to mine in a big way! I just took received some RAM and some audio cables, so I think I’m ready to rock when it lands at my door 😀

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2023-02-11, 22:45

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If I don't add a SIMM (because I still have to find one at some point) will the card with fine other than the GUS? Will the GUS just not function? (It's been a long time since I had a GUS so I don't even remember RAM issues)

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2023-02-05, 21:52

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My order is in too! Time to get my pc demos transferred to the DOS pc!

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Re: How are you guys mixing audio? I have multiple devices with outputs and I'm considering hardware mixer options

Posted on 2022-12-18, 17:49

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I wound up finding a pair of Bose Mediamate desktop speakers that have two inputs on the back and a Mix knob on the front. $30 covered my speakers and 2-channel mixer with a period-appropriate look. Heck of a good find. It's missing the knob on the Mix potentiometer, but I can spin it with a …

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How are you guys mixing audio? I have multiple devices with outputs and I'm considering hardware mixer options

Posted on 2022-11-25, 01:53

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I currently have a modern desktop with good speakers, and I have my main retro PC sound card connected to its line-in. ...but I also have an MT-32 and an SC-88Pro, which is a total of three devices with audio output. I could fiddle around with the Windows mixer, but it's a headache. I can use the …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2022-11-25, 01:01

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Does the LT have Gravis Ultrasound support? Or is that what the Interwave chip does?

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