Re: List of SC-55 clones/compatibles?

Posted on Yesterday, 15:59

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by CrossBow777

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Great job. Sounds like SC-55 compatibility mode to me, but I'll listen more closely later (a thunderstorm overhead right now, lol). Yeah, I should have mentioned that it's like a SC-33 because it lacks the MT-32 variation tones. It has the exact same basic set of 226 instruments. The additional …

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Re: List of SC-55 clones/compatibles?

Posted on 2021-11-30, 02:03

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by CrossBow777

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From what I can tell, the MT-300 is a SC-33 (same 226 tones) with an extra 143 tones (128 extra GM tones with 5 extra variations that are hard to identify, 9 drums and 1 that I can't figure out). Or at least, it's using that "GM2" style patch list, the SC-55 mk II patches minus the MT-32 tones. No …

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Re: Have you opened your SC-55 to check the battery inside?

Posted on 2021-11-29, 21:20

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by CrossBow777

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glue eating traces? never seen that... maybe the cap leaked and caused this... No, there is indeed a glue that'll turn corrosive. I'm not sure exactly what sort of substance it is, but I've seen it a couple times myself in some '80s stereo equipment. And I know it wasn't a leaky cap, because it …

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Re: List of SC-55 clones/compatibles?

Posted on 2021-11-29, 17:27

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by CrossBow777

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Sorry for necro bumping this but I actually just got an MT-300 to add to the stack this weekend. It is a very curious MT device as I can't quite place what it uses for samples? It came out in 98 if the copyright on the manual is to be believed. It is definitely upgraded from the MT-200 I also have, …

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Re: MIDI Thru box

Posted on 2021-11-22, 21:08

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by CrossBow777

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Well a midi switch won't help you much with what you describe... if games send some data to modules or setup in a certain way and you switch modules then the new module will miss that data and you will get wrong playback. What you need IMHO is a sound mixer where you can select which module to hear …

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Re: MIDI Thru box

Posted on 2021-11-22, 16:31

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by CrossBow777

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I would buy one, but I want one that allows me to select with output is actually receiving the data. I also prefer to not have any cabling on the front of the unit. In my case I have 3 separate modules I like to switch between when playing games. But currently I'm using the midi thru on two of them …

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Re: What games do actually run on a 80286 with 16Mhz?

Posted on 2021-10-22, 16:20

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by CrossBow777

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Well my first PC was my Memorex/Telex 7045D 286-16mhz. I actually upped the ram in it to 5MB total. It only has a 20MB HDD in it so that was more limiting to me at the time. But these are the games I played on it and it played them quite well actually: All of the Sierra adventures up to King's Quest …

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Re: wolfmidi+wolfdosmpu - Wolf3D/SoD music in General MIDI (fully-automatic converter) + WOLF3D.EXE with MPU-401 support

Posted on 2021-09-23, 20:08

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by CrossBow777

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Was playing Wolf3d last night through Dosbox with this added in. I might actually prefer the MT-32 (with the MT2GM patch applied) vs the SC-55 in this case. Very cool!

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Re: Why was the Kenwood TrueX so unreliable

Posted on 2021-08-30, 21:28

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by CrossBow777

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I used to own one the Kenwood 72x true-x drives. It worked for just under a year and then the drive stopped detecting anything in it one day. Never did find a rhyme or reason and by then it was cheaper to purchase a replacement. I do remember that it ripped my CDs at the time like no other drive …

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Re: What music are you listening to?

Posted on 2021-08-16, 15:21

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by CrossBow777

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Been listening to INSOC's newest release ODDfellows along with my discography of track from Jamphibious. https://jamphibious.bandcamp.com/ https://informationsociety.bandcamp.com/

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Re: What game made you upgrade to Windows 95 back in the day?

Posted on 2021-07-23, 20:07

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by CrossBow777

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I didn't transition to using Win95 much until KQ7 was released and I didn't have a choice if I wanted to play it fully.

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Re: Roland SC-88 no audio output?

Posted on 2021-05-10, 15:37

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by CrossBow777

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I've mentioned this in other places here, but even my 2003 Edirol SD-20 had evidence of SMD cap leakage. I only found this when trying to figure out why I wasn't getting any audio from the analog outputs off the module. When I saw the dull grey and crumbly look of the solder at the base of the caps, …

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Re: Synthesizers that came with video game music

Posted on 2021-04-22, 04:13

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by CrossBow777

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I suspect the video that was posted with the SD-20 for Duke3D didn't have the SD-20 set to GS mode. I noticed that the test music option in the setup, but seem to generate a GS reset because the SD-20 will show what mode it is using on the front of it. When it gets the correct reset message, it will …

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Re: Synthesizers that came with video game music

Posted on 2021-04-21, 21:55

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by CrossBow777

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I have an MT-90s and I personally think it is much worse than my SD-20 is on the quality of the samples it contains. Also, I'm pretty sure Duke 3D doesn't sound like that on my SD-20. It is possible that they had that thing configured to some crazy levels before recording it. But yeah, I was NOT …

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Re: Synthesizers that came with video game music

Posted on 2021-04-19, 17:03

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by CrossBow777

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I have an Edirol SD-20 and it does not have any demo songs on it. I got my SD-20 directly from Japan as they are cheaper and more plentiful over seas than here in the States.

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Re: Have you opened your SC-55 to check the battery inside?

Posted on 2021-03-31, 16:37

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by CrossBow777

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Not a SC55 and not a battery... but there are other things that can leak too :/ The Korg AG-10 I got wasn't working, it receives MIDI data but doesn't output any audio, luckily the seller was honest enough and refunded me the money, I poked around a bit to see if I can find anything and well... …

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Re: Record cutscene in xwing (GOG version)

Posted on 2021-03-30, 15:51

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by CrossBow777

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I just use OSB to record stuff from Dosbox. If I need to see it all, I just keep dosbox in a window and record from that window.

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Re: MOD Players working on a 286 ?

Posted on 2021-03-26, 17:17

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by CrossBow777

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One of the first MOD players I know I used on my 286-16 was the WOW player as it supported my SB Pro back in the day that I had? I'm sure there were a few others I messed with but I do remember using that one quite a bit although I recall it wasn't a very accurate player.

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Re: How is Simon the Sorcerer supposed to sound like on a Roland MT-32?

Posted on 2021-03-18, 23:02

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by CrossBow777

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I just installed my copy of Simon (CD Talk version) and on my old MT-32, I get the organ sound that is more full and rich like the other examples.

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Re: Have you desolder things from trash boards to fix things

Posted on 2021-03-02, 22:53

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by CrossBow777

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All the time! I mainly work on older retro game consoles and so I use the parts from non-repairable donors to fix others. As an example, I might use parts from a damaged Atari 5200 to replace a broken component on an Atari 7800. I've removed IC sockets and things as well to keep on hand as one never …

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