Re: AudioPCI MIDI synth quality, VXD vs WDM

Posted on 2020-07-08, 21:12

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I never see this mentioned about the AudioPCI so I thought I would make a thread about it. I've noticed that using an ES1371 with the VXD drivers results in very crisp and clear MIDI, whereas the WDM driver results in a more compressed/filtered sound as if it's downsampled to 22050hz or something. …

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Re: Is there any way to run specific programs at different resolutions/color depths in Windows 98?

Posted on 2020-07-08, 20:40

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Title. I found nircmd at one point, which lets me change res via a batch file, the problem is I'd do something like nircmd setdisplay 800x600x16 mageslay.exe nircmd setdisplay 800x600x32 and it would WORK but it did all three of those things in rapid succession, so it skipped the whining but went …

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Re: How to disable MMX in Quake 3?

Posted on 2020-07-04, 12:53

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Maybe adding more detailed information about your problems might help others to help? That would require a different subject thread. When Quake 3 starts, something Quake's blue screen dialogue box says that it has detected an MMX CPU, so I figured some feature in Quake likely uses MMX to some …

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Re: How to disable MMX in Quake 3?

Posted on 2020-07-03, 09:50

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Allegedly there's MMX in 1.27g (an alternative 'nommx' binary exists) so maybe they've had issues. The released source references MMX only on two memory copy functions, MMX possibly only used for the linux builds. I can confirm this. v1.27g really contains MMX instructions, but only move …

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Re: How to disable MMX in Quake 3?

Posted on 2020-07-03, 08:47

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I am using Quake 3 Arena v1.32, which isn't the demo version. Anyway to disable MMX support entirely in this version of Quake 3? I have just checked v1.32 (exe size: 905 216 bytes) and it does not conatain any MMX code either... So you simply do not have to disable MMX support since no such …

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Re: How to disable MMX in Quake 3?

Posted on 2020-07-03, 06:28

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Does Quake 3 use MMX for CPUs that it detects are MMX-capable? If so, is there anyway I can tell Quake 3 not to use MMX? I'm doing some troubleshooting that I predict may be linked to MMX in some form or another. Thanks. I'm not sure about all Quake3 versions but the original 'Quake 3 Arena Demo' ( …

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Re: Play midi files with munt?

Posted on 2020-06-28, 05:09

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I'm not sure you can do this with Munt's player but you can with my Midi player (FSMP) More info about how it works: Re: Ways to make your MT-32 MIDIs sound right

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Re: OPL3 vs. CQM vs. SBLive emulated FM synth

Posted on 2020-06-25, 13:02

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2020-06-25, 12:49: Live! FM emulation is horrible, but CQM is just different, not necessarily bad. Personally I do not like the weak, hissy, metallic, bass-less sound of CQM. In some situations (e.g. Duke Nukem 3D) I feel even SB Live!'s emulation does a better job ( at …

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Re: How much slower and resource intensive is Windows 98SE vs Windows 95C?

Posted on 2020-06-23, 11:39

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Win98SE has so many improvements, a better memory managment most notabely. And MMX (and SSE ? ) kernals. Just a small clarification: Win95 fully supports both MMX and 3DNow! extensions since MMX registers (also used by 3DNow!) are mapped to FPU stack so any operating systems that can handle (save/ …

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Re: Gabriel Knight 1 - General Midi/MT-32 Not Working.

Posted on 2020-06-22, 15:52

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Ooooook, I changed 1869 for Labway made YMF719 and Gabriel is General MIDI positive now. I don't get it. Every other game works with ESS+S2 great... The problem is GK1 resets the mixer and ESS cards have the unfortunate default that AuxB (the port that WaveBlaster cards connect to) volume after a …

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Re: Merge two sf2 midi soundfonts

Posted on 2020-06-21, 20:37

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Anyway I have merged FluidR3_GM + FluidR3_GS to FluidR3_GM_GS.SF2. You can download it here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1aDjSB … bL9?usp=sharing

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Re: Merge two sf2 midi soundfonts

Posted on 2020-06-21, 15:59

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Th problem is Patch93's SC-55 soundfont contains only the so called capital tones (meaning no variation tones, only bank 0 is implemented). So it's not GS compatible at all, it can only be used by titles using only GM instruments. Thanks for the clarification! Am I correct in assuming that if you …

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Re: Merge two sf2 midi soundfonts

Posted on 2020-06-21, 08:56

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Managed to get it converted and noticed quite a few issues during the dune 2 intro, where the sounds are just wrong compared to a SC-88Pro From what I understand, the SC-88 doesn't quite sound the same as a SC-55. It does have a SC-55 mode, but even so, some minor differences remain. Granted, it …

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Re: Helps Needed from VIA C3 Owners

Posted on 2020-06-18, 20:13

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Why is this being developed given setmul already exists and is good? The reasons are listed in the "Advantage of CPUSPD over older utilities like Throttle and Setmul, and software solution like slowdown:" section in the 1st post: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=860261#p860261 (To name a few: …

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Re: Falcosoft Soundfont Midi Player + Munt VSTi + BassMidi VSTi

Posted on 2020-06-17, 09:13

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EDIT: Small bug report for version 5.7 (32bit): When playing a file, using a VSTi (specifically S-YXG50 in this particular tested case), going to device setup menu and repeatedly (rather quickly) untincking/ticking the "Use BASS" checkbox at least 3 times results in a memory protection fault ( …

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Re: Falcosoft Soundfont Midi Player + Munt VSTi + BassMidi VSTi

Posted on 2020-06-16, 21:44

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I uploaded the entire archive, it's live now at https://archive.org/details/falcosoft-midi-player I packed all of them into yet another archive to contain them all, in hindsight i'm not sure if it's better this way or to upload the all files individually (might change it with the next update, …

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Re: Falcosoft Soundfont Midi Player + Munt VSTi + BassMidi VSTi

Posted on 2020-06-16, 13:38

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@Zoltan Thanks for very swift reply! 1. As for the archiving, i'm glad you kept all these old releases - If you wish to make them available for me (and others) to dowload i think you could put them onto, say, Google Drive (or different cloud drive if you use something else), either as a folder or a …

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Re: Falcosoft Soundfont Midi Player + Munt VSTi + BassMidi VSTi

Posted on 2020-06-16, 12:35

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Hello Zoltan I've been using your program for well over a year already, mostly for general playback of XG and GS MIDI music outside of games, and it quickly earned my approval. At this point, after all the improvements and feature implementations it's gone through over time i don't think there's …

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Re: Voodoo Banshee and 3DNow!

Posted on 2020-06-16, 09:14

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AFAIK 3dfx don't have true OpenGL ICD. What they call "ICD" is just a sophisticated GL-to-Glide wrapper, which works with everything, unlike MiniGL. You are right in that 3dfxOGL.dll depends on glide3x.dll and uses many exports of glide3 library. But many OpenGL functions implemented in 3dfxOGL.dll …

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Re: Gravis Ultrasound - No MIDI synth playback in Win98

Posted on 2020-06-16, 06:24

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Don't bother with Windows Media Player, it uses DirectX to play MIDI files and will not load patches for the GUS (the Gravis Win9x drivers are not 100% DirectX compatible). Instead, look for MPLAYER.EXE in the \WINDOWS folder; that's Media Player from Windows 3.1, updated to work in Windows 98. …

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