Re: Waveblaster 1 soundfont?

Posted on 2014-05-20, 12:10

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deemster wrote: I love the drums on the Wave Blaster 1 by the way :p They are so tinny, yet very balancing in almost every composition. Same here... the Orchestral set, as well as the Power set 😀 (EDIT) Oh, and good gawd... the ***OBOE*** :me_absolutely_MELTS_at_the_sound: ! 😀

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Re: Waveblaster 1 soundfont?

Posted on 2014-05-20, 11:32

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Am i right that it has the same instrument samples as the AWE cards, 1mbgm.sf2 ? (Yeah, i know, WB2 has 2MB ROM ;) ) I dunno if the WB2 has the same samples as the AWE32's onboard ROM... although the AWE32's is a 1MB ROM, and the WB2 is a 2MB ROM, they sounded QUITE CLOSE compared to each other (if …

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Re: Waveblaster 1 soundfont?

Posted on 2014-05-20, 11:26

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Hehe, crazy indeed :D I think it's something unique for a MIDI Module, a soundcard in a box... Lol. Actually, there is the "DOXBox" unit (if it's still sold by the German company that manufactures it), as well as several homebrew projects that I've read about.... folks making external enclosures …

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Re: Waveblaster 1 soundfont?

Posted on 2014-05-20, 11:04

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I think you are right Rich, on WBMAN's fansite is a documentation page: https://sites.google.com/site/waveblastergm/install And it links to the documentation of the E-mu Sound Engine module! (01_INTRO.PDF) Hehe, U beat me to it... I surfed back here JUST to tell you about those manuals for the …

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Re: Waveblaster 1 soundfont?

Posted on 2014-05-20, 10:39

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P.S. In that thread that I mentioned previously -> http://queststudios.com/smf/index.php?topic=3529.0 , the poster attached an MP3 recording of the module playing that tune from WarCraft II... and it is a DEAD RINGER for the WB1 😀

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Re: Waveblaster 1 soundfont?

Posted on 2014-05-20, 10:37

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deemster wrote: So wait 😁 EMU SoundEngine is *basicly* the module version of Waveblaster 1 (Although with effects) ? IF SO, IT IS EXACTLY WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR 😁 If it's true, i am SO gonna buy it! Damn. Of course, nothing is 100% guaranteed, but that's exactly what I'm thinking 😀

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Re: Waveblaster 1 soundfont?

Posted on 2014-05-20, 05:38

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Hmmm... now HERE'S something that I didn't know before. re: this thread -> http://queststudios.com/smf/index.php?topic=3529.0 , and this pic -> http://www.ym2149.com/temp/emu1.jpg . In that thread "Stefan_L" states that (referring to the EMU SoundEngine): Inside it is an EMU8805 PCB... with …

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Re: Waveblaster 1 soundfont?

Posted on 2014-05-20, 05:19

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I don't have WB1 docs to compare, but just had a quick look through my SoundEngine manual, and it states it has 2 FX processors: FX A (reverb/ delay) and FX B (chorus/ delay). I always thought WB1 was the same module in daughterboard format, but it looks like WB1 shares the same 4MB ROM-set minus …

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Re: Waveblaster 1 soundfont?

Posted on 2014-05-19, 16:52

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^^ What's the technical difference between a Wave Blaster 1 daughterboard and EMU SoundEngine module? I was under the impression they both had effects like reverb? I'm not sure about the E-mu SoundEngine (although, I *think* it does), but the Wave Blaster 1 features NO reverb effects whatsoever ( …

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Re: Waveblaster 1 soundfont?

Posted on 2014-05-17, 23:09

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P.S. (re: Myst music) One of my own MIDI sequence snippets from years ago, recorded from my Wave Blaster 1. Note that I "post-processed" the resulting WAV file with EAX reverb effects using my Sound Blaster Live (as the Wave Blaster 1 doesn't support any reverb effects).

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Re: Waveblaster 1 soundfont?

Posted on 2014-05-17, 22:59

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rfnagel wrote: BTW, all of the music from the original "Myst" was recorded from one of the Proteus modules (I forget which one though) 😀 http://youtu.be/94pzx_9LkVI?t=9m30s ...more specifically: http://youtu.be/94pzx_9LkVI?t=9m42s 😀

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Re: Waveblaster 1 soundfont?

Posted on 2014-05-17, 10:43

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P.S. My old Wave Blaster I (that I no longer have) in action (attached MP3)... one of the tunes from WarCraft 2, and it sounds GREAT! 😀

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Re: Waveblaster 1 soundfont?

Posted on 2014-05-17, 10:26

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I can buy an EMU Proteus 2 from a guy for 50 euro. Is it worth it? Can it be used in games? Also what is the difference between Proteus 2 and Proteus FX? If i would buy an external Proteus 1 module, would i get the same sound for General Midi as the Waveblaster 1? The things is (just like the …

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Re: Waveblaster 1 soundfont?

Posted on 2014-05-17, 06:24

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An FYI: You might already know that the Wave Blaster I is based on EMU's "Proteus" line of rack-mounted MIDI Modules that were popular back in the '80s ( http://www.vintagesynth.com/emu/proteus.php ). Anyhow, there were several retail Proteus SoundFonts released by EMU quite a few years back: " …

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Re: Stuff you did with the PC's at school

Posted on 2014-05-14, 06:12

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I would have liked to have seen the looks on their faces - every husband's worst nightmare! They would have been thinking "oh shit, how did my renamed and hidden secret ZIP file extract itself in my root directory?!" LOL! :) BTW, historical tidbit (loosely referring to the two fake "directories" at …

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Re: Stuff you did with the PC's at school

Posted on 2014-05-14, 04:41

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Oh man, sorry to derail this thread... but I just HAD to dig up that old Norton Commander joke of my creation off of one of my backup drives 🤣! Attached is a ZIP with the EXE, as well as a screenie of the "joke" in action 🤣 😀

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Re: Stuff you did with the PC's at school

Posted on 2014-05-14, 04:15

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a Melcor 2000 if I remember correctly. I was blown away by the "brain".. My old red-LED programmable RPN National Semiconductor calculator was really something else :) Heh, I even programmed a simple grid-guessing game with it :) Hehe, classmates would ask me to use my **Reverse Polish Notation** …

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Re: Stuff you did with the PC's at school

Posted on 2014-05-12, 20:26

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Hehe, do slide-rules and red-LED programmable RPN National Semiconductor calculators count ? 😀 Back in my day, we DIDN'T HAVE computers (in the classroom, or otherwise for that matter) 🤣!

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Re: old dos shoot em up

Posted on 2014-05-12, 10:15

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P.P.S. Hehe, flashback... http://www.sdispace.com/content/shiplist.htm (search for "Nagel" on that page) 😀

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Re: old dos shoot em up

Posted on 2014-05-12, 10:09

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That would be Software Dynamics' "Operation: Inner Space"... still have my original installation floppies, manual, and such :) http://www.sdispace.com/inspace.htm if I remember correctly you even had a mode where it would "steal" your icons, and you'd have to win them back in the game to have them …

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