Re: Aureal 3D emulation on a modern system

Posted on 2023-02-02, 20:01

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Filename A3D.JPG File size 77.45 KiB Views 393 views The chart in the A3D 2.0 product brief shows what it does. A2D was their offering for ISA soundcards only to get some A3D 1.0 features, but doesn't sound good at all.

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Re: ASP403 - The Neverending Project

Posted on 2022-08-14, 19:28

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by ZanQuance

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Sorry, this thread is simply an old hodgepodge of info and I really don't feel like correcting it all. Check this thread for the details you're after.

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Re: Aureal Vortex 2 (Montego II) S/PDIF connection and digital output drivers?

Posted on 2022-06-02, 18:29

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If the windows drivers aren't already routing the line-in to the S/PDIF output, I don't think this can be done easily. There are issues with the drivers not mixing the A3D channels correctly that I was able to fix with the 2041 S/PDIF fix tool, but input routing is more complicated. The windows …

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Re: Aureal Vortex 2 (Montego II) S/PDIF connection and digital output drivers?

Posted on 2022-05-26, 21:04

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by ZanQuance

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For a passive coaxial SPDIF bracket like this would it be possible to take Ground from the AUX header? Assuming it uses the standard RGGL pinout? Also, does the SPDIF out on Pin 6 use a 0.5V peak to peak signal? You can use ground from pin8, and I'm not sure if it uses a 0.5v p2p signal, I've never …

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Re: Aureal Vortex 2 (Montego II) S/PDIF connections for a S/PDIF bracket.

Posted on 2022-05-06, 20:38

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by ZanQuance

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That looks correct. Extra voltage depends on the S/PDIF bracket being used, if you have a pinout for it then you can wire it up for whats needed.

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Re: Aureal Vortex 2 (Montego II) S/PDIF connections for a S/PDIF bracket.

Posted on 2022-05-06, 05:49

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by ZanQuance

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Hold the card facing you so you can read the AU8830 chip, then rotate it 90 degrees so your looking at the top of the card. spdif pins are 2,4,6,8 Top row 1,3,5,7 Bottom row Your spdif output is on pin 6. Ignore connecting any of the rest.

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Re: Can the Aureal DOS drivers be modified to not use FM synthesis?

Posted on 2022-03-15, 05:15

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by ZanQuance

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This issue came up in the past and the post here has the solution to your problem. I hope it helps!

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Re: Release -New Aureal DOS Mixer Util-

Posted on 2022-03-15, 05:06

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Sorry, but It only works on Vortex 2's. I know it wasn't asked but I would like to clarify that error message a bit. ASP403 was the original chip name before Aureal renamed them to the AU8830. This was due to china treating 8 as a lucky number and 4 as unlucky. Their Chinese market partners were …

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Re: Aureal Vortex 2 and DirectX 8

Posted on 2022-02-22, 02:18

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by ZanQuance

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Since I've never encountered any issues with the Vortex 2 and DX9c on my Win98 machine, is there a replicatable test I can perform on my system regarding the lockups? I would like to take a look and see if this is something that can be fixed or worked around.

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Re: Advent AV390PL speakers

Posted on 2022-02-17, 03:17

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by ZanQuance

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Really cool! I looked for a pair but when they showed up here and there they were always out of my price range.

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Re: [PS2] Frequency hidden songs patch file

Posted on 2021-12-14, 13:00

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Awe yeah! you're in for some fun times. FreQs Forever!

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Re: Aureal Vortex 2 (Diamond MX300) enabled SPDIF out in 2048 drivers but no sound in Win98, but OK in WinXP

Posted on 2021-10-22, 12:21

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by ZanQuance

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The tool writes a new VDB route into the card itself and hardwires the audio out the S/PDIF bypassing windows entirely. If you're not getting any audio after using the tool then we should look into other things being the issue.

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Re: Aureal Vortex 2 (Diamond MX300) enabled SPDIF out in 2048 drivers but no sound in Win98, but OK in WinXP

Posted on 2021-10-21, 20:23

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by ZanQuance

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Ah! Thanks for that cyclone3d, I didn't see that it also held the drivers as well. I'll also leave my attachment for driver install brevity reasons if one doesn't wish to deal with a 300mb iso image.

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Re: Aureal Vortex 2 (Diamond MX300) enabled SPDIF out in 2048 drivers but no sound in Win98, but OK in WinXP

Posted on 2021-10-21, 19:55

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by ZanQuance

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If you want proper S/PDIF support use the 2041 drivers with my 2041 S/PDIF tool , or the Montego II Quadzilla 2046 drivers. For the 2046's you will need to mute the S/PDIF and then unmute it in the windows mixer control panel to get it outputting properly. note: The fix tool will not work properly …

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Re: [PS2] Frequency hidden songs patch file

Posted on 2021-07-26, 02:27

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PM sent

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Re: Release -New Aureal DOS Mixer Util-

Posted on 2021-07-03, 23:02

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Okay the new version is up and posted. Let me know if there are any outstanding issues present. I've only tested the Line-in to make sure it was working properly, but cannot test the MPU-401/midi/Wavetable to see if those work.

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Re: Aureal Vortex 2 SQ2500

Posted on 2021-07-02, 17:16

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Princeton's proprietary cross-cancellation tech This must be what you were talking about, they are using XTC with head tracking so it's going to sound much better than the static listener setup you get from Aureal and Sensaura. A3D and the other 3D audio products like Sensaura are in the "good …

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Re: Aureal Vortex 2 SQ2500

Posted on 2021-07-01, 21:48

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The card you got is called the SuperQuad, it's the OEM varient of the SQ2500 and typically is found using the older AU8830 A2 rev of the chip. All Aureal SQ2500's used the AU8830 B0 chip revision. Aside from some hardware layout changes and part selection they both operate near identically. Yes, it …

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Re: Release -New Aureal DOS Mixer Util-

Posted on 2021-06-27, 20:40

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Thank you everyone, my health is improving and I've been trying to find time to get back to these projects of mine, I have some other projects which aren't PC related which have much higher priority at the moment, but once those are done I can give these 100% of my focus again. I seem to have …

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Re: Release -New Aureal DOS Mixer Util-

Posted on 2021-05-26, 05:22

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I see, if it's the line input you want to adjust then a couple things have to be set in the codec. This gets muted by default in this mixer tool to minimize card playback noise. I can make an update to this tool to setup line in as the default recording input and then expose an adjustment setting …

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