Re: Unofficial Soundbanks for Dreamblaster X2/X3M

Posted on 2023-01-01, 01:24

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Chicken Systems "Translator" sample conversion software works with a variety of sample formats and also apparently works with Dream sample banks, if you get the High-Tech Edition. The support information is spotty on the software's specifics, because the company has shut down their forum and such, …

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Re: SSC1 - SC-55 - MT32 - LAPC-I - what are the practical differences between these?

Posted on 2022-12-31, 22:54

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PCMIDI just baked a new batch of boards after being unavailable for many months, so most people had forgotten about it for some time. http://pcmidi.eu/pcmidi.html

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Re: Unreal games on GOG to be delisted on Dec 23 at 2pm EST

Posted on 2022-12-30, 14:14

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I also long to see Unreal REDUX released. Though I own and have played the original Unreal, I never beat it because I got side-tracked with other FPS games, like it's Unreal Engine 1 sibling "Klingon Honor Guard", SiN, and Half-Life. If Unreal REDUX turns out to be a success, I'm hopeful that …

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Re: Solution for using NVMe drives externally without using a USB adapter?

Posted on 2022-12-29, 23:57

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https://www.amazon.com/M-2-NVMe-SSD-Docking-Base/dp/B07ZQTL829 https://www.amazon.com/Docking-Station-RIITOP-SATA-Based-Enclosure/dp/B09ZKN8YWH https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09K2WVT3M https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FWZXT2N https://www.amazon.com/dp/B094QVWTK5 All of those will work fine for data …

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Re: The Force Engine (Dark Forces Port)

Posted on 2022-12-27, 21:19

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DF was never based on DOOM code. The source was never released because it was lost when LA shut down the internal teams. All the in-house LA games had their code lost, which is why they were unplayable for the most part, when released digitally.

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Re: Not all XG midis sounds same in MU1000

Posted on 2022-12-27, 00:02

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The XG system uses levels to segregate the different sound sets and features of the XG software and hardware synths. MU2000/1000/500/128 is the top, the middle is MU100/90/80, and the bottom is the MU50/15/10, the DB-50XG wavetable daughterboard, and the S-YXG100/50/20 softsynths. Common sound …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-12-26, 21:38

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The only two B&M's from the last decade that could go toe-to-toe with MicroCenter for PC parts and systems were Fry's Electronics and Tiger Direct's own retail stores. Before that, there was CompUSA, which was later folded into TigerDirect.

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Re: DreamBlaster X16

Posted on 2022-12-26, 15:29

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keropi wrote on 2022-12-26, 09:32: 256 polyphony monster 😁 That's "Mr. 64-channels with 256-note polyphony MIDI Monster" to you!

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Re: The Force Engine (Dark Forces Port)

Posted on 2022-12-25, 20:29

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4K gameplay footage, if that's your sort of thing. It looks pretty damn good and I'll take it for a spin later, since I am intimately familiar with the game, having played both the Demo and the CD-ROM release, back in the day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyv15MMA3og My god, look horrible! the …

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Re: The Force Engine (Dark Forces Port)

Posted on 2022-12-25, 19:01

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4K gameplay footage, if that's your sort of thing. It looks pretty damn good and I'll take it for a spin later, since I am intimately familiar with the game, having played both the Demo and the CD-ROM release, back in the day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyv15MMA3og

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Re: Unreal games on GOG to be delisted on Dec 23 at 2pm EST

Posted on 2022-12-24, 23:25

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Grunt wrote on 2022-12-24, 17:34: Maybe they (Epic?) are already planning to release them for free. They are doing a remastered UT3 release and we don't know what's going on with the rest, but remasters are certainly possible and desired.

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Re: Unreal games on GOG to be delisted on Dec 23 at 2pm EST

Posted on 2022-12-22, 18:30

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The games were already pulled from Steam, so don't bother looking for them there. I got them there, but I'm getting the GOG releases for backups.

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Re: What modern activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-12-11, 01:26

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I finally got around to fixing the noisy digital audio on my GeForce card. Turns out that the GeForce Experience installer wasn't updating the HD Audio driver and hadn't done so for a long time because it wasn't registering that I had the HD Audio driver installed, so I had to delete the HD Audio …

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Re: What modern activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-12-08, 14:34

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Intel-branded SSDs are beginning to go on clearance sale prices, so if you're looking to buy some good SSD storage, keep an eye on the various online retail stores.

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Re: Do you have more games than you will ever play?

Posted on 2022-12-08, 12:15

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I have way too many on Steam and GOG and not enough time to play anything lately. I've been buying Steam games since the platform was in Beta, so I've racked up nearly 1000 titles. GOG has only given me a few dozen games, many of which eventually made their way to Steam recently, so I repurchased …

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Re: Intel Ark drops native Direct3D 9 support.

Posted on 2022-12-08, 12:11

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DXVK is present in the driver files, but the latest DxCaps info says Intel instead reused driver code from the Intel HD Graphics GPU drivers to implement DX9 API functionality. Several DXVK devs work for Intel, so it's inclusion in the driver is not surprising and it may be there to simply cover the …

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Re: Intel Ark drops native Direct3D 9 support.

Posted on 2022-12-08, 02:56

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Intel is bringing back DX9 support for some games, mostly popular FPS, by implementing DX9 in the latest drivers. I say some games, because the driver only recognizes a few at this time. A more comprehensive, general DX9 implementation will likely come in the future, allowing many more games to get …

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Re: PCIe RAM Disk - TAKE MY MONEY!

Posted on 2022-12-07, 17:57

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The DDR4 version has my interest. That would be easy to fill up with high-capacity/high-speed sticks.

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Re: What modern activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-12-07, 04:16

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It actually is very difficult to get an Intel MB with Intel WiFi and Ethernet in many markets, because Realtek and Broadcom dominate the mid-range budget/cheapo part market that most boards draw from, but the latest Intel stuff is very much available in the high-end boards and many AMD boards use …

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Re: What modern activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-12-07, 00:46

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I believe Intel also makes (or made?) SSDs, too, so that's something to add to the list. They sold their SSD business to Korea's SK Hynix. They were solid and competitive products, in the low-end and mid-range, but Intel was too focused on the high-capacity/high-cost Enterprise/Data Center market …

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