Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.75e

Posted on 2020-11-06, 09:28

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by JazeFox

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I tried latest version (v0.75e) with the following hardware: 486-class PC, ES1868 sound card + MIDI daughterboard Under UNISOUND, some applications do not recognize presence of daughterboard. For example, in Descent setup test of Music Card=General Midi results in "System Failed to find hardware". …

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Re: Orpheus Soundcard: a new DOS soundcard with SPDIF/OPL3/MPU support

Posted on 2020-11-01, 19:48

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by JazeFox

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@darry Well, mystery solved!! that is good news after all 😀

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Re: Orpheus Soundcard: a new DOS soundcard with SPDIF/OPL3/MPU support

Posted on 2020-11-01, 19:38

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by JazeFox

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Ok, I think I could reproduce something similar to your issue... If you select "None" for the FX card in Duke setup BUT before doing it , sound blaster base address in FX setup was set to anything different to 220 (in your case, Orpheus), (I set it to 280 to test, where my AWE is), then select "None …

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Re: Orpheus Soundcard: a new DOS soundcard with SPDIF/OPL3/MPU support

Posted on 2020-11-01, 19:31

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by JazeFox

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Well, I tested adding an AWE64 to my test setup AWE64 configured with: A280 I5 D3 H3 P330 E680 And the settings for the Crystal: A220 I7 D1 H0 P300 (and /XOS1 /XOFi) Still can't reproduce your issue. FM is working OK . (didn't even have to remap the FM address) Duke3D setup version 1.4 There must be …

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Re: Orpheus Soundcard: a new DOS soundcard with SPDIF/OPL3/MPU support

Posted on 2020-11-01, 19:03

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by JazeFox

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It's easy to initialize full AWE64 with Unisound (zero creative files needed) and remap the adlib port. Instead of 388h you can remap it to 398h using "Fxxx" BLASTER option in Unisound: SET BLASTER=A280 I5 D3 H3 P330 E680 F398 UNISOUND /Cx (x your card number in PnP list, checked with UNISOUND /CL) …

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Re: Orpheus Soundcard: a new DOS soundcard with SPDIF/OPL3/MPU support

Posted on 2020-11-01, 15:39

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by JazeFox

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@darry Thanks again for reporting. Some of the issues are currently being addressed (noise issues, wavetable, etc..). But as Marmes said, some things don't work the same way as in Windows (different codec modes and WSS/SB differences). Also, Crystal chips do have an internal auto-switching mechanism …

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Re: Orpheus Soundcard: a new DOS soundcard with SPDIF/OPL3/MPU support

Posted on 2020-10-31, 17:42

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by JazeFox

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The only remaining (minor) issue that I have is non working mixer level output control using UniSound under DOS only when using S/PDIF output . Though it has been recommended to avoid it, I may end up experimenting with CWDMIX.EXE . Hi! Thank you for reporting!! I'm working on a new version with …

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.75e

Posted on 2020-10-21, 15:33

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by JazeFox

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@Grue Thank you for pointing that. I'll check with my Vibra16s card and I hope to have it fixed for the next release. -- Also, I don't think the OPL3 port can be changed on ANY Sound Blaster card. Yes, it can be changed on PnP SB cards and it works. In fact, I added a new "Fxxx" setting recognition …

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.75e

Posted on 2020-10-20, 10:13

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by JazeFox

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Hey, just wanted to thank you for this driver! I was having issues with my ESS 1869 and it was part me being stupid, and part your driver is way better than the ESS config, thanks! I'm glad it worked for you :) Could you tell me how you initialize the IDE Port on an AWE32? Or do you have some hints …

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.75e

Posted on 2020-10-15, 11:34

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by JazeFox

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TechieDude wrote on 2020-10-15, 10:55: Actually, that gave me a bit of an idea. Could UNISOUND support PCI sound cards that are also connected via SB-Link, like YMF7x4 cards or the very rare AWE64D? Sorry if it's a stupid question. No, I'm sorry. That has nothing to do with ISA/ISA PnP

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.75e

Posted on 2020-10-15, 09:52

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by JazeFox

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MJay99 wrote on 2020-10-15, 09:49: would it be possible to support the Sound Blaster Live! - e.g. CT4870 in Unisound? Nope, the Live! is a PCI sound card. Unisound is a tool for ISA sound cards.

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.75e

Posted on 2020-10-15, 09:12

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by JazeFox

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@Boohyaka I'm glad it finally worked on your mobo :) Yes, sometimes there are motherboards with different default clock settings for the ISA bus, and some ISA cards don't like them. 99% of the times issue is solved just picking the corrrect value. As we talked by PM last 2 days when testing, I had …

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.75e

Posted on 2020-10-13, 11:18

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by JazeFox

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Hello JazeFox, I have problems using unisound 0.75e with the Orpheus card on my 486DX2 build. Here's hopefully relevant info: - unisound hangs when I launch it - unisound /cl shows it partially detects the card but hangs there (screenshot at the end) - I'm using SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 T4 and …

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Re: [DOS6.22][AWE64] Crazy Drake's sounds cut off after 2 seconds

Posted on 2020-10-09, 15:46

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by JazeFox

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Crazy Drake remains, the sound plays for 2 secs and cuts off. :\ I checked that game and sound cuts off when there is an IRQ problem (usually bad game config). If my card is configured with IRQ 5 but I select IRQ 7 in SETUP.EXE , I can reproduce that exact behavior. If I select IRQ 5, it works …

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.75e

Posted on 2020-10-08, 20:27

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by JazeFox

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Is it possible to activate the Sony CD-Rom Interface on a CT2670V3? CTCU/CTCM/Intel ICU/Diagnose.exe did not work for me and UNISOUNDs Readme only mentions IDE... Hmmm... AFAIK, CT2670v1 have jumpers to activate Sony/Panasonic/Mitsumi interfaces, but CT2670v3 doesn't... Is it not working directly …

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Re: [DOS6.22][AWE64] Crazy Drake's sounds cut off after 2 seconds

Posted on 2020-10-08, 20:22

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by JazeFox

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john_popani wrote: You may try with Unisound to see if your card is being detected and initialized correctly: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.75e (With Unisound, these entries from creative are not needed: C:\SB16\DIAGNOSE /S , C:\SB16\MIXERSET /P /Q , C:\CTCM\CTCU /S , …

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Re: VIASBCFG - VIA SBPro configuration tool for VIA VT8231 & VT82C686/A/B chipsets (v0.12d)

Posted on 2020-09-29, 08:13

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by JazeFox

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Tool updated to v0.12d Changelog: Added detection of HP T5710 thin client. When this system is detected, default IRQ value if BLASTER variable is missing, is set to 7 instead of 5 to avoid conflicts with USB controller. Added codec volume controls for Wave/PCM (/VWnn), CD (/VCnn), Line (/VLnn), Mic …

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Re: VIASBCFG - VIA SBPro configuration tool for VIA VT8231 & VT82C686/A/B chipsets (v0.10a)

Posted on 2020-09-28, 16:17

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by JazeFox

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Is there any possibility to add volume control for CD-in and other inputs? I am trying to chain two sound cards; an YMF744 for FM, and the integrated VT8231 for SB PCM only. My motherboard has a CD-in header so i want to internally connect the YMF744 Line-out to the CD-In on the motherboard, but it …

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.75e

Posted on 2020-09-27, 21:19

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by JazeFox

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Any plans to support the Terratec EWS 64 cards? The S uses a AD1816 and the L and XL use a Crystal 4236. All of them have the Dream SAM9407. I think Unisound should already activate the card, but minus the 9407 synth. Yes, It's planned for a future release, no ETA though. If you have those cards …

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.75e

Posted on 2020-09-09, 08:22

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by JazeFox

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Is there an easy to access and comprehensive list of chipsets the program can initialize? A table with chipsets and degree of support for them would be great, something like what DosBox page has for games.. You can find the supported chips in the UNISOUND.TXT file present in every ZIP release ( …

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