Re: DOSBox Guide To OPL3 Passthrough Using Yamaha YMF7x4 Series Sound Cards (Unsupported)

Posted on 2022-04-10, 17:05

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@Ponytail: Yes, I would definitely like a version of DOSBox-X that does OPL passthrough to play around with someday, but do you think you could post it publicly somehow so that others could also benefit from your efforts? The more people that can get their hands on it, the greater the chance that …

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Re: DOSBox Guide To OPL3 Passthrough Using Yamaha YMF7x4 Series Sound Cards (Unsupported)

Posted on 2022-04-09, 03:36

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I haven't tried to do OPL passthrough on a recent version of Dosbox X. Is it still the case that OPL passthrough is disabled by default unless you do your own code compile? If so, what could possibly be the reason for this? It would seem that this would be an option within the program rather than …

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Re: Windows, Doom, Apogee OPL3 Synthesizer.

Posted on 2021-12-13, 23:18

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@datajake1999 Wow, that looks cool. I can hardly wait to get the time to try that out! 😀

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Re: DOSBox-X branch

Posted on 2021-08-22, 16:05

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@TheGreatCodeholio: From the article, it seems to be a very simple challenge/response system in detecting what type of Intellimouse you have. When first queried, the mouse should respond as a standard Intellimouse, then when challenged, it should give the proper response to be detected as a …

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Re: DOSBox-X branch

Posted on 2021-08-22, 03:20

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According to the link, an Intellimouse should operate as a standard PS/2 mouse at power-on or when reset, with a device ID of 00h until the host sends the following command sequence: Set sample rate 200 Set sample rate 100 Set sample rate 80 At this point the host then issues the "Get device ID" …

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Re: DOSBox-X branch

Posted on 2021-08-21, 20:25

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Thanks for the info. I will try to remember to leave int33=false when using CuteMouse. I have one other quick question, if you don't mind. When using the /O switch with CuteMouse to enable scroll wheel support, the cursor will only move up and down and not left and right. Does DOSBox-X not have any …

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Re: DOSBox-X branch

Posted on 2021-08-21, 18:46

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Using Ctrl+F10 to capture the mouse did the trick! Thanks! I can't believe I forgot that simple trick. I knew there must be some simple something I was missing. I'm kind of glad it happened though because this post might help someone else that is trying to figure this out and save them some trouble …

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Re: DOSBox-X branch

Posted on 2021-08-21, 05:59

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Is compatibility with CuteMouse currently broken? I have a particular game that does not like the built-in mouse driver, and in the past I've used CuteMouse to get around this problem, but it seems to not be working in the current build. Is anyone else experiencing this problem? BTW, I've already …

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Re: Windows, Doom, Apogee OPL3 Synthesizer.

Posted on 2019-01-18, 03:54

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@datajake1999: That's great news. At least it is within the realm of possibility then that we could someday see a Linux version of this great synth. BTW, you may want to give Linux Mint with the Cinnamon desktop a try. It is the closest Linux version to being like Windows and it is very intuitive …

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Re: Windows, Doom, Apogee OPL3 Synthesizer.

Posted on 2019-01-14, 03:19

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@schlang: I'm not anti-Windows. I'm anti privacy invasion and I'm also anti corporate-assisted government spying. Both of which, Microsoft have been discovered to have been guilty of doing and are currently, at this very moment, guilty of doing. There is a huge difference. Also as Digger kindly …

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Re: Windows, Doom, Apogee OPL3 Synthesizer.

Posted on 2019-01-13, 23:52

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@datajake1999: Do you have a Linux version planned? Munt has a Linux version and since your project is based on Munt, I though it might not be too difficult to do a port to Linux. I'm sure there would be many people such as myself that would appreciate a way of running this great synth on Linux. As …

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Re: Windows, Doom, Apogee OPL3 Synthesizer.

Posted on 2018-12-22, 20:16

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@datajake1999: Many thanks for updating your Github Wiki page. The more details, the better. :) I enjoy studying the history of how these programs come about and to have a better understanding of their internal workings. The better I understand their internal workings, the better use I can make of …

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Re: Windows, Doom, Apogee OPL3 Synthesizer.

Posted on 2018-12-22, 06:51

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@datajake1999: I love the work that you've done with this project so far. I've already spent several happy hours today playing around with this synth. If you don't mind me asking, how did you do the Apogee version of this synth? It sounds totally different than the stock "Windows OPL3 Synth" version …

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Re: I've got the OPL3 synth from a CMI8738 working in Windows 7 x64

Posted on 2018-12-21, 19:42

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@nukeykt: Thanks for the link to OPL3EMU. That's very cool what they've been able to do with your awesome OPL3 driver. This will keep me entertained for hours! 🤣. BTW, I'm a huge fan of your work. Thank you for freely sharing your work with the world. 😀

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Re: I've got the OPL3 synth from a CMI8738 working in Windows 7 x64

Posted on 2016-12-30, 19:42

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@ik777: You may want to check out the guide that I just wrote on getting a Yamaha YMF7x4 series sound card working on a modern motherboard with modern Windows. The Yamaha cards have a true OPL3 in them instead of the imperfect OPL3 clone that is in these CMI8738 cards. I got one of the CMI8738 cards …

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DOSBox Guide To OPL3 Passthrough Using Yamaha YMF7x4 Series Sound Cards (Unsupported)

Posted on 2016-12-30, 00:25

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DOSBox Guide To OPL3 Passthrough Using Yamaha YMF7x4 Sound Cards In this guide I intend to lay out the steps necessary to get a Yamaha YMF7x4 series sound card to output legacy OPL3 FM modulation and pass that through to DOSBox in order to replace the poor quality built in OPL3 emulation in DOSBox. …

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Re: Yamaha YMF7x4 Guide

Posted on 2016-12-27, 03:35

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Bingo! I finally found a working link to the very elusive YMF7x4 Utilities 1.0 AKA "Yamaha Utilities"! :) http://www23.tok2.com/home/muvosquare/test/y7x4util10.lzh The only problem is that it is half in English and half in Japanese. Do we have any members here that can translate the Japanese parts …

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Re: I've got the OPL3 synth from a CMI8738 working in Windows 7 x64

Posted on 2016-12-26, 21:51

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@Stretch: I tried the method that you suggested and posted the results on the "Yamaha YMF7x4 Guide" thread. I didn't want to hijack this thread too badly. I've also since read on other threads on VOGONS that this CMI8738 doesn't even have a real OPL3 anyway. It is only a clone and not a perfect one …

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Re: Yamaha YMF7x4 Guide

Posted on 2016-12-26, 10:05

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@Stretch: I just spent the last several hours trying the method that you posted and I've come closer with it than I have by any other method so far; however, I still can't seem to get the ports opened up for FM passthrough to DOSBox. Everything else is working flawlessly under Windows 7 32bit. I'm …

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Re: I've got the OPL3 synth from a CMI8738 working in Windows 7 x64

Posted on 2016-12-25, 08:08

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I managed to get a C-Media CMI8738 PCI SX to work using the Peek/Poke method described in this thread, but the sound that it made was terribly distorted. I'm not sure if I got a defective card or if the version of the card that I got off of eBay is too new and doesn't have a real OPL3 in it. …

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