Re: 3 sound cards, 1 ISA slot, MIDI advice?

Posted on 2024-03-03, 18:54

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by epborden

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signal-2024-03-03-135123_002.jpeg Update. I scrapped all the crazy switches and my diagram from before. Took your advice and got the Behringer! What a world of difference. Everything is piped into it now and I can control things with ease. Now everything gets properly mixed no matter what audio is …

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Re: 3 sound cards, 1 ISA slot, MIDI advice?

Posted on 2024-02-19, 16:38

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Awesome, I appreciate you being so helpful. So if I have this right you're saying just skip the switches to the line in on the sound cards entirely and get something like the Behringer RX1602 to take the audio out from the MIDI devices AND the line out from the sound cards altogether. Into one mixer …

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Re: 3 sound cards, 1 ISA slot, MIDI advice?

Posted on 2024-02-19, 06:22

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Here is my audio routing diagram. Can anyone check this out and provide feedback, I'd appreciate it. The goal is to send MIDI out from the computer to the MPU-105. The MPU-105 will then act as my MIDI thru switch selectively sending MIDI data to whichever device I need. The three MIDI devices then …

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Re: 3 sound cards, 1 ISA slot, MIDI advice?

Posted on 2024-02-17, 16:25

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I switched to using the MX300 as my MPU from the SB 16 as recommended. Much better performance. I have also disabled the MPU on the SB 16 via jumper. The MX300 now has MPU enabled and configures MPU to port 330 naturally. It seems like the best MPU “controller” card to use - you were right about …

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Re: 3 sound cards, 1 ISA slot, MIDI advice?

Posted on 2024-02-13, 20:47

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Normally I'd go off on a rant about crappy SB16 MIDI bugs, but in this setup you can use the MX300 in DOS for MPU401 duties (including the X16GS), thereby avoiding hanging notes and slowdownd on the SB16. I'd probably leave as-is unless you had some very specific requirements. Definitely leaning …

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3 sound cards, 1 ISA slot, MIDI advice?

Posted on 2024-02-13, 06:18

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Hey all, seeking MIDI advice. I have a Windows 98 machine with 1 ISA slot. It is occupied by an SB 16 CT2290 for DOS games and MIDI duties. For Windows games, I have a Diamond MX300 and an SB Live CT4760 with Live Drive (version 1, with standard MIDI connectors) for A3D and EAX. SB 16 emulation and …

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

Posted on 2024-02-12, 04:18

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Thanks for this post. I just got a Roland SC-55 and the first thing I did was clean it up and check the battery. Sure enough, it was starting to leak, as corrosion could be seen on the battery mount. Luckily it wasn't too bad and didn't reach the board. I replaced the battery with a fresh one. I …

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Re: DreamBlaster X16 + X16GS Release

Posted on 2024-02-01, 09:16

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Just want to say thank you for making these products. I bought an X16GS to pair with a Diamond Monster Sound MX300. All the extra of the X16 is nice to have for other purposes as well. Can’t wait to get it.

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Re: SigmaDesigns REALMagic chip revisions?

Posted on 2024-01-18, 23:32

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I also have a revision A lying around that unfortunately did not picture. Besides the dates, what about the line below them? I suppose all of these cards technically are the same card. Might be a simple post we can close here. Thanks, DerBaum.

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SigmaDesigns REALMagic chip revisions?

Posted on 2024-01-18, 20:00

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DerBaum wrote on 2024-01-18, 23:03: Both seem to be Revision B? They are just 3 weeks apart in production ( 49th week of 99 / 2nd week of 2000) I see, I did not know how to interpret those as dates. That's one detail explained for me.

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Re: ASUS P3B-F 1.04 Green Light No Post Troubleshooting

Posted on 2023-12-30, 17:31

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Horun wrote on 2023-12-30, 03:28: edit: The important point is if you know if that board recently worked OK that you know of, if not just say so. Have you checked the cpu VRM output voltages ? SHE LIVES! I think the old Katmai CPU was the culprit. I put in the 733 Coppermine today with some fresh …

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Re: ASUS P3B-F 1.04 Green Light No Post Troubleshooting

Posted on 2023-12-30, 02:43

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Where did you get the motherboard ? Did you ever see it boot proper...ever ? raz_pl , good thought ! I keep a old P2-266 cpu just to test slot 1 boards that won't boot on what should be a supported cpu :) I guess it's a good question but I'm not sure why I have to say it. As is the case with most …

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Re: ASUS P3B-F 1.04 Green Light No Post Troubleshooting

Posted on 2023-12-29, 22:49

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I have a mini speaker coming tomorrow. The post card is coming Wednesday, unfortunately, probably due to delays around New Years. When I try the speaker tomorrow hopefully I get some beeps and I can report back some more useful information. So there may be a delay once the work week fires up until …

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Re: ASUS P3B-F 1.04 Green Light No Post Troubleshooting

Posted on 2023-12-29, 21:04

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Karbist wrote on 2023-12-29, 09:07: a post card will save you a lot of headache. I didn't even know this is a thing. This is amazing. Just bought one.

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Re: ASUS P3B-F 1.04 Green Light No Post Troubleshooting

Posted on 2023-12-29, 19:08

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PC Hoarder Patrol wrote on 2023-12-29, 09:53: Your jumpered pic shows dips 1 thru 4 as OFF-ON-OFF-ON (x4.5)...shouldn't it be ON-OFF-OFF-ON (x5) ? You're right, I believe I tried both. I may have downclocked it in that pic just for testing but I can also confirm I did try x5 without any luck either …

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Re: ASUS P3B-F 1.04 Green Light No Post Troubleshooting

Posted on 2023-12-29, 19:07

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AppleSauce wrote on 2023-12-29, 01:51: Perhaps the bios rom chip has gone bad? I'm not sure how common it is but I guess its a possibility? I bought a new BIOS chip for giggles off eBay to try. Probably will have no effect at all but their not expensive.

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Re: ASUS P3B-F 1.04 Green Light No Post Troubleshooting

Posted on 2023-12-29, 19:02

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No dice today. Tried powering up with just the CPU in and nothing else. I have a Coppermine 733 coming that I am going to test with some PC133 next. Perhaps it is the CPU. I pulled the CPU from an old Dell Dimension XPS T500 so it's possible that CPU is just no good. If I can't get it to work I …

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Re: ASUS P3B-F 1.04 Green Light No Post Troubleshooting

Posted on 2023-12-29, 06:22

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AppleSauce wrote on 2023-12-29, 01:51: Perhaps the bios rom chip has gone bad? I'm not sure how common it is but I guess its a possibility? No idea! I wouldn't know where to get a new one but I can do some Googling.

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Re: ASUS P3B-F 1.04 Green Light No Post Troubleshooting

Posted on 2023-12-29, 06:21

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What if you try without ram? Will it beep then? I had an issue worth an Intel 815 board. Powered on, but nothing. Removing ram made it beep, though. It was three cpu,c that was dead. Another cpu and everything worked ... Good idea. I will try it without the RAM in the morning. I'll give it a few …

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ASUS P3B-F 1.04 Green Light No Post Troubleshooting

Posted on 2023-12-29, 00:35

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Another green light P3B-F adventure. Could use some perspectives. I am currently trying to use it with a P3 Katmai 500MHz and PC100 RAM of assorted sizes. Besides these, I have a GeForce 256 DDR and a Radeon 9000 AGP cards that I am testing with. One USB keyboard attached but I have no PS/2 at the …

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