Re: Covox in Stereo on one LPT Port - LPTSND X2 (Prototype)

Posted on 2022-04-10, 23:34

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it's great to be able to play stéréo covox without the need of two parallel ports, but i still don't understand which software can make use of this device :p Can this be used with fast tracker for example, since it can drive 2 x covox, or is it only working with certain games?

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Re: Covox in Stereo on one LPT Port - LPTSND X2 (Prototype)

Posted on 2022-04-06, 01:12

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Interesting device. What kind of drivers does it need to play stereo? Does it appear as two separate Covox Speech Thing to the software? I suppose data for left & right are interleaved, so that playing 2x 22050khz signals must require to drive the parallel port @ 44100 for example, which means like …

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Re: Replicas of Covox Speech Thing, FTL Sound Adapter and SiliconSoft SoundJr

Posted on 2022-02-21, 19:42

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As mentioned above, there is no serial port. Assuming that DE9 equals RS232 serial can be dangerous with these old machines. Serial mice and Amiga mice, for instance, both use the same DE9 plugs and sockets, but mixing them up can cause hardware damage. The expansion port on the FTL Sound Adapter ( …

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Re: Roland RA-50, RA-90 and RA-95 doubts about purchase or not

Posted on 2022-02-16, 21:09

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ok; great ! 😀

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Re: successfully works MT-32 sound on the Roland D-110. ( MTD32 )

Posted on 2022-02-15, 01:32

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kdr wrote on 2022-02-13, 04:25: The D-5 is the "budget" version of the D-10 and the D-110 is the rackmount version of the D-10, so I'm hoping that the hardware will be similar enough. D-5 has no effects (reverb...) while MT-32 has some

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Re: Roland RA-50, RA-90 and RA-95 doubts about purchase or not

Posted on 2022-02-14, 21:21

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I am watching the post so as I have understood: 1. The Roland RA-50 is like a second generation MT32. So, The buffer overflow bug is corrected? 2. All games run well like a real MT32 with the same sound quality? 3. As you mentioned there aren't extra sound effects. One good example is Lure of the …

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Re: CVX-2 : covox adapter

Posted on 2022-02-12, 22:35

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- a serial port, like on the FTL sound adapter: https://github.com/roybaer/parallel_port_audio_and_joystick_adapter/raw/master/photo.jpg So that for example we can connect a mouse AND an MPU-232 on the computer 8) this would be more usefull nowadays than the pass-through parallel port of the …

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Re: Replicas of Covox Speech Thing, FTL Sound Adapter and SiliconSoft SoundJr

Posted on 2022-02-12, 17:16

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Hello, By the way: All design files are now online! Speech Thing replica FTL Sound Adapter replica SoundJr replica i've got some questions about the FTL: - if it's a passive DAC, can it just work with the same drivers & softwares as the covox speech thing? Otherwise, which drivers are there & how …

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Re: successfully works MT-32 sound on the Roland D-110. ( MTD32 )

Posted on 2022-02-12, 16:57

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wow, nice project; me want ! <3 i've already got a D-110 & no deep enough pockets to afford a real MT-32... is it available on order already, or is it in only development phase for the moment?

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Re: Questions on getting started with tracker music

Posted on 2022-02-06, 23:45

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BTW: Does anyone know which other tracker than fasttracker could use 2 x covox speech thing for dual output ?

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List of DOS MOD trackers

Posted on 2022-02-06, 21:39

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hello, i found a list of DOS trackers that seems rather comprehensive: ftp://ftp.modland.com/pub/software/trackers/DOS/

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Re: CVX-2 : covox adapter

Posted on 2022-02-06, 14:10

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I'm thinking of making a CVX5, any suggestions for changes/improvements compared to CVX4 ? 1) RCA connector(s) on all of your audio devices instead of minijack: it goes real quick to pull the cable out wrong or just accidentally pull on the cable, resulting in bad contacts with the minijack plug …

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Re: All Sound Tracker - build

Posted on 2022-02-04, 21:07

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for those of you who are familiar with AST: any chance for it to play sound via the covox speech thing?

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Re: CVX-2 : covox adapter

Posted on 2022-02-01, 02:53

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hello, dreamblaster wrote on 2021-07-11, 11:04: If you still need current revision CVX4 or its enclosure, pm me. (I have a few left for the bundle, which is still available at the moment) still available? what price?

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Re: MPU-232 : RS-232 MIDI interface, compatible with SoftMPU

Posted on 2022-01-31, 20:32

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Neat little device. Roland has some Windows drivers for serial MIDI that could be useful: Serial MIDI driver for Windows 95/98/ME. Serial MIDI driver for Windows 2000/XP. here is a message with a link to a roland serial midi driver pack that also contains win 3.x drivers: MPU-401 compatibility is …

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Re: SC-88 vs SC-55 vs SC-50

Posted on 2022-01-31, 20:17

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i was thinking: as much as the softMPU TSR allows to send midi over serial port towards roland device equipied with serial midi fonctionality, as much i expect the roland windows drivers from your link to make windows to work with the "MPU-232" serial-to-midi interface that also works with softMPU, …

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Re: SC-88 vs SC-55 vs SC-50

Posted on 2022-01-28, 21:33

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To use a serial MIDI cable under Windows 3.1, the proper driver is required . The only Windows 3.1 driver package for Roland serial MIDI devices that I have found is this . It contains drivers for both serial MIDI and MPU-401 . You must use the serial MIDI one, not the MPU-401 one . Contrary to …

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Re: Cakewalk Pro 3.0 on XP

Posted on 2021-04-30, 20:41

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Well, do you need the manual, or do you need to run these programs in XP? i need both ! i'm glad to hear that: I myself run Cakewalk Professional v3.01 under Windows XP Pro w/SP3 with no problems. because if i can run cakewalk in XP, that'll give me possibilities to use it on a laptop to play live. …

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Re: Cakewalk Pro 3.0 on XP

Posted on 2021-04-30, 15:13

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Hi guys, i'm happy to have found this thread, because this is exactly what i'd like to do: cakewalk professional 2.0 or 3.0 in windows XP. If any of you still around, i would like to ask: anyone has the user manual for cakewalk professional 1.0, 2.0 or 3.0 please? i could also use a copy of cakewalk …

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Re: SC-88 vs SC-55 vs SC-50

Posted on 2020-12-23, 20:12

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while reading again on the net about cakewalk, i realise that it might well be the DOS version that required intelligent MPU-401 until v. 4 , and not the windows version indeed: it seems that i misunderstood :p

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