Getting Ensoniq Audio Soundscape (1370) to work in Dos 6.22

Posted on 2022-05-14, 01:43

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Just some tips for anyone having trouble with the Ensoniq Audio PCI (1370 varient) to work in DOS 6.22 For Win 98, the installation is easy. If you can find the Windows 95 driver for the 1370 card, it install no problem in windows 98. Get the driver here: https://archive.org/details/ …

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Re: Audio problem with Ensoniq S-2000

Posted on 2022-05-14, 01:07

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Ok, so I sent the card to a tech to get it recapped, of course he claimed to have problems with some caps and only ended recapping the ones he thought were "the worst". Really though, he took a long time to do it, (1.5 months) claiming he was "busy". So big waste of time there. I've actually been …

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Re: Audio problem with Ensoniq S-2000

Posted on 2022-05-14, 01:03

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Ok, so I sent the card to a tech to get it recapped, of course he claimed to have problems with some caps and only ended recapping the ones he thought were "the worst". Really though, he took a long time to do it, (1.5 months) claiming he was "busy". So big waste of time there. I've actually been …

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Re: Any Information about SB16 - CT2800?

Posted on 2022-05-14, 00:57

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Did Win98 see it by just doing a hardware scan? I bought one from eBay and windows won't detect it. There is a windows 95 driver you need which will force win98 to detect the card and allow you to install drivers. Go Here: https://support.creative.com/downloads/welcome.aspx?nDriverType=1#type_1 …

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Re: Audio problem with Ensoniq S-2000

Posted on 2022-02-03, 04:20

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... and risk getting higher distortion as a side effect. Distortion is a lot lower on bipolars (and much higher voltage rating) capacitors and not going to be higher, due to the thicker coating on the electrodes. I'm not completely sure what the mechanism is but measurements done by some people ( …

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Re: Audio problem with Ensoniq S-2000

Posted on 2022-02-02, 23:25

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Soundscape 2000 cards are known for developing bad caps, so my bet is also on bad capacitors. More precisely, it's about the electrolytic SMD caps, that's the silver cans with "45 10 16V" or "46 1 50V" printed on them. Your card has 16 of the former type and 4 of the latter. You would need proper …

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Re: Audio problem with Ensoniq S-2000

Posted on 2022-02-02, 22:09

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Here it is. If it is bad capacitors, I may need help finding out which ones to get. I then will try to find someone to do it for me as I have never soldered anything before in my life. I paid a lot for this card too so I don't mind having to get this done.

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Audio problem with Ensoniq S-2000

Posted on 2022-02-02, 03:10

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So I purchased an Ensoniq Soundscape S-2000. I made sure all the jumper settings were default and that everything matched in windows and Dos (as far as configuration goes). Here is the issue. The sound is very low and mostly only coming out of the left speaker. It comes out of the right side too but …

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Re: Help finding Ensoniq Soundscape card type

Posted on 2022-01-30, 23:19

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If you are talking about a simple passive Y cable, you definitely want to avoid using that to connect two outputs to one output, because it can damage the outputs and will likely not sound very good . https://gearspace.com/board/newbie-audio-engineering-production-question-zone/987665-what-impact- …

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Re: Help finding Ensoniq Soundscape card type

Posted on 2022-01-28, 16:02

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Awesome - I've definitely held on to a bunch of these S2000s (and their 3rd party variants) and Elites simply because of their lovely GM sounds. I typically pair them with a Creative product like a SB16/Pro or Awe64 (in my time machine). Yeah I'm going to pair the S-2000 with a Texelec Resound 2 …

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Re: Help finding Ensoniq Soundscape card type

Posted on 2022-01-28, 04:14

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Actually let me correct myself. I had an S-2000 not a Vivo. I figured it out. I have since ordered one. The VIVO turned out to be a bad card. Wonderful card for GM and one of my favorites even compared to Roland. Does your S-2000 have the 1MB or 2MB sample ROM? Am in the process of doing some …

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Re: Help finding Ensoniq Soundscape card type

Posted on 2022-01-27, 23:16

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Actually let me correct myself. I had an S-2000 not a Vivo. I figured it out. I have since ordered one. The VIVO turned out to be a bad card.

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Re: Sound card issues with hardware acceleration

Posted on 2022-01-27, 22:51

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I should have noted that my CT2800 SB 16 Vibra (with OPL chip) doesn't have any issue with hardware acceleration, despite being an older sound card. I honestly think its the card itself.

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Re: Sound card issues with hardware acceleration

Posted on 2022-01-27, 22:47

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I have come to the conclusion that I think something is physically wrong with my Ensoniq card. After countless hours fiddling with the card to get it to do what I want in Pure DOS (Works fine in Win 98 other than the hardware acceleration issue) I said "enough". (Eventually it stopped working …

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.76f

Posted on 2022-01-19, 15:13

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Is there a newer version of this available or is 0.76f the last one?

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Re: Overclocking a Voodoo 3 2000 AGP.

Posted on 2022-01-15, 23:36

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I don't think you require additional cooling, that Noctua fan on that dinky heatsink is already doing a lot of work. The question is less whether or not the chip can do it (it usually can get you up there), but more of a question if the memory chips are up to it. Check to see how many ns they are …

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Re: Sound card issues with hardware acceleration

Posted on 2022-01-15, 01:54

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I remember having the same problem but with a different sound card back in the day. I think you need a wdm driver for your sound card. If there isn't one available you are SOL. I think you are exactly correct. I ran the directx test and it even says my hardware does not support acceleration while …

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Sound card issues with hardware acceleration

Posted on 2022-01-14, 15:16

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Hello, I recently installed an Ensoniq S4016 VIVO ISA card into my P3 system. It seemed to work fine, however I get these random loud static noises when a game or windows plays a sound. It seems to be related to Hardware acceleration because when I turn it off, the problem goes away. Has anyone …

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Re: Overclocking a Voodoo 3 2000 AGP.

Posted on 2022-01-14, 15:07

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Imho the Voodoo3 2000 AGP in its factory config already needed a better heatsink and/or a different heatsink>chip connection considering how hot it usually run. So I'd not overclock it nowdays not to mention I'd not change voltages on such cards, considering also the ram chips are a limit too. Back …

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Re: Help finding Ensoniq Soundscape card type

Posted on 2022-01-06, 03:58

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So I did finally figure out what kind of Ensoniq card I had. It was a Vivo. However I will get back to this.... So the AudioPCI did not work out for me. It was a 1370 card and it would not work in Pure DOS, no matter what I did. So I said "To heck with this" and I went and found an SB16 on ebay …

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