Re: Pros and cons of sound cards

Posted on 2021-04-07, 09:29

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by haker120

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I forgot to mention I own older version of PCMIDI card so legit MPU401 is not a problem. 😀 Just sometimes I have to force unlock resources in BIOS as sometimes it collides with detection by driver. And AWEs don't support OPL? Not even OPL2?

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Re: Pros and cons of sound cards

Posted on 2021-04-07, 07:39

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by haker120

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Oh wow, I didn't expect so many messages. I'll try to buy SB Pro 1 or two and maybe SB16 and ESS, thaks for this! 😁

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Re: Pros and cons of sound cards

Posted on 2021-04-06, 19:09

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Thanks @Hezus, this is answer I was really looking for. 😁 But I must admit, I didn't think about anything from regular SoundBlaster Pro, maybe Pro 2? And I never heard about ESS and Sound Galaxy. 😀 I saw Gravis as LGR reviewed tho.

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Pros and cons of sound cards

Posted on 2021-04-06, 15:34

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by haker120

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Hello again, guys, could someone help me to choose? I have a lot of sound cards, mainly for DOS till WinME games but I dunno which one to choose, I mean I have some of ISA cards and some of PCI cards and depends on setup I can choose: for ISA compatible mobos: AWE64 GOLD, AWE64 Value x2 and AWE32 …

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Re: Black Voodoo Graphics, graphical glitches in win98 mode only

Posted on 2018-03-06, 16:42

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by haker120

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Before I tested original game without glide support so I was wrong. Now I used 3DFX exe for the game.

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Re: Black Voodoo Graphics, graphical glitches in win98 mode only

Posted on 2018-02-28, 19:03

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by haker120

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I've checked it with TOMB.EXE for 3DFX and works without glitches so I assume everything is ok, right?

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Re: Black Voodoo Graphics, graphical glitches in win98 mode only

Posted on 2018-02-26, 19:11

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Graphic card had resoldered all possible things, main chips had fixed pins and I'm waiting for it, was sent back to me from fixing. Did this help? Person who was fixing it is great with reballing things and fixing small layouts but the oldest PC he has is on socket 775 so couldn't really check it …

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Re: Yamaha YMF724-V vs Aureal Vortex 2 with dreamblaster S2

Posted on 2018-02-24, 13:56

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by haker120

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Well, under win98's DOS it works, under DOS6.22 it started to work now. Thanks. 😀

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Re: Yamaha YMF724-V vs Aureal Vortex 2 with dreamblaster S2

Posted on 2018-02-22, 13:05

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by haker120

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I used this mixerset v2, seems my win98 fucked itself and requires reinstall.

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Re: Yamaha YMF724-V vs Aureal Vortex 2 with dreamblaster S2

Posted on 2018-02-22, 09:33

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by haker120

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I have no problem with YM724-V and sounds great in DOS mode, just a lack of A3D under graphic mode hurts. And Aureal Vortex 2 is a pain under DOS, looks like mixerset doesn't work too good.

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Re: Yamaha YMF724-V vs Aureal Vortex 2 with dreamblaster S2

Posted on 2018-02-21, 12:30

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by haker120

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But this superior has problem with DOS mode drivers. Games like DOOM work fine, but those with CD Audio have problem on Aureal Vortex, or (I hope) it's my fault I didn't configure it well.

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Re: Yamaha YMF724-V vs Aureal Vortex 2 with dreamblaster S2

Posted on 2018-02-21, 09:57

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I understand, however, I'm not that good with editing autoexec.bat and config.sys, in AV2 some sounds are muted even though mixerset shows zeros, from what I got to know, means max settings for them. And I'm still waiting for dreamblaster S2, is it the same as X2?

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Yamaha YMF724-V vs Aureal Vortex 2 with dreamblaster S2

Posted on 2018-02-20, 16:09

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by haker120

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Which one is better? Generic Yamaha YMF724-V (looks original and drivers support it) or Aureal Vortex 2 (on black PCB, looks like original one) with dreamblaster S2? With Yamaha I had no problems with drivers at all (but looking for them was a pain) and with Aureal Vortex 2 still I don't have full …

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Re: How to set volume in DOS mode with AV2

Posted on 2018-02-16, 12:58

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by haker120

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So, why doesn't it work?

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Re: How to set volume in DOS mode with AV2

Posted on 2018-02-14, 08:06

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by haker120

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Probably, I got four zeros when I put au30mix.exe in CD audio line.

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Re: How to set volume in DOS mode with AV2

Posted on 2018-02-13, 10:48

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by haker120

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Actually I want to order this. 😀 http://www.serdashop.com/waveblaster. And well, DOS games that don't have CDDA work louder, with games like Monkey Island, Rayman I have sound effects but a lack of background music, CD is in drive (original games), audio cable connected correctly. How to fix it?

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Re: How to set volume in DOS mode with AV2

Posted on 2018-02-13, 10:20

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by haker120

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Thank you so much, I need to try it! And that's a reason I did choose AV2, maybe it's not the best option for DOS but indeed it is for PCI plus DOS, will DreamBlaster S2 help with quality?

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How to set volume in DOS mode with AV2

Posted on 2018-02-12, 15:23

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by haker120

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I have Aureal Vortex 2 sound card. I am aware it's not perfect solution for DOS gaming but I need to set volume in DOS mode for DOS games that don't work on my clean DOS setup. I have file au30mix.exe on HDD and seems it does work (including message to ask here for help xD) but I have no idea how to …

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A lack of sounds in game, bacground music plays in Rayman

Posted on 2018-02-07, 09:50

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by haker120

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My setup: Processor: Pentium 200MMX Mobo: ASUS TX97 - XE Graphic 2D: S3 Trio 64 V+ 4MB Graphic 3D: Voodoo Graphics 4MB RAM: 128MB RAM Sound: SoundBlaster AWE64 CT4500 I managed how to run all DOS games on this PC except one, original Rayman. The problem is I do have background music (CDDA) but I …

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SC-88 and Duke3D hangs

Posted on 2018-01-24, 15:27

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by haker120

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I managed how to configure SC-88VL with my PC and it required reinstall OS, with win98SE in DOS mode didn't want to work. DOOM and DOOM2, both work amazing with Sound Canvas but with Duke Nukem 3D I have a problem. When I set it up on AWE32 everything work well but when I'll set up music card on SC …

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