Re: 6 or 8 channel audio mixer

Posted on 2020-06-05, 08:37

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by kolderman

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I'm always on the lookout for options here too. What's frustrating is that most of the small-footprint mixers are half taken up by mic inputs, which are useless for this purpose. For example the Xenyx 1002 "10 input" mixer which is ultimately just 4 stereo inputs: https://www.behringer.com/ …

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Re: 6 or 8 channel audio mixer

Posted on 2020-06-05, 07:36

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by kolderman

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You are probably looking for a switch box not a high end studio mixer. I use several stereo switch boxes to switch the output of analog, spdif and midi sources.

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Re: Savage4 vs Voodoo Banshee

Posted on 2020-06-05, 06:40

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by kolderman

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No the Banshee is pretty good. Almost all games from this era support Glide. The savage4 might be more powerful, but if you want something more powerful without Glide a geforce4 mx440 would destroy them both. A voodoo3 might be worth considering though...

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Re: I wish I had discovered Windows ME sooner!

Posted on 2020-06-05, 06:36

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by kolderman

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There was a happy consensus that Me sucked. You guys are wrecking it 😁

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Diamond MX400 with Win2k

Posted on 2020-06-05, 00:03

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by kolderman

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Does it work with 3d sound? Does anyone have drivers for win2k? Even win98 drivers would be nice. I understand the diamond drivers add capabilities on top of basic canyon3d drivers.

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Re: Half-Life Performance Issues

Posted on 2020-06-04, 23:32

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by kolderman

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It's a slow cpu. I play it on a athlon xp 3200+ with a voodoo5 and performance is good but not overkill.

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Re: Art SplitMix 4 and volume loss

Posted on 2020-06-04, 20:57

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by kolderman

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Except for the Boxx MX-10, which is a 10-channel (5 stereo) half rack line mixer. Be sure to get the original power supply with it, it is a special 12 V AC unit that isn't manufactured anymore. Have an image of this? Basic search didn't yield much. The mixer or the PSU? The PSU is a fairly large …

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Re: Sd to ide windows 98 problem

Posted on 2020-06-04, 08:32

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by kolderman

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I would avoid sd/cf cards for win98. They are ok for dos, but i would use a ssd or hdd for win98, using a ide/sata adapter.

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Re: Art SplitMix 4 and volume loss

Posted on 2020-06-04, 06:40

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by kolderman

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Thanks again 😃 - do you have a link to the active mixer you’ve used here and do you lnow of they do a version with more than 4 channels? Cheers mate Craig I bought it on Ebay, it came from China. When I search "linepaudio" on Ebay I see similar 2/4 channels mixers, but no more. If you want more you …

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Re: Art SplitMix 4 and volume loss

Posted on 2020-06-03, 22:22

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by kolderman

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Thanks again 😃 - do you have a link to the active mixer you’ve used here and do you lnow of they do a version with more than 4 channels? Cheers mate Craig I bought it on Ebay, it came from China. When I search "linepaudio" on Ebay I see similar 2/4 channels mixers, but no more. If you want more you …

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Re: VLB motherboard frustrations.

Posted on 2020-06-03, 21:20

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by kolderman

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SS7 or S370 with setmul gets you down to slow 386 speeds with various CPUs...so unless you are doing it for nostalgia or an exercise in period correctness...what's the point?

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Re: Art SplitMix 4 and volume loss

Posted on 2020-06-03, 20:42

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by kolderman

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Had the same issue. Replaced it with the guy on the left next to my DAC. It's an active mixer which I use as a kind of preamp before the speakers. Thanks mate, couple of questions - Was the increase in volume going from the SplitMix to the preamp you highlighted noticeable? - Would it be safe to …

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Re: Windows 9x 'overkill' machine

Posted on 2020-06-03, 03:14

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by kolderman

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You can't get the best FX cards in pcie. Win98 doesn't need the power of this platform. Agp is fast enough. I like to be able to install chipset drivers on a build.

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Re: Sound Canvas VA VSTi - No Longer Available in 32bit

Posted on 2020-06-03, 02:25

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by kolderman

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Glad i got the 32bit version while it was availability. It cost more than most of my midi modules though.

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Re: Windows 9x 'overkill' machine

Posted on 2020-06-03, 01:06

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by kolderman

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Not if you want the table fog/paletized textures. And poor driver support/gpu compatibility does not really make it ultimate for win98. Personally I think the p4 northwood 3.4ghz with a 5950U is pretty ultimate for win98. Sound is good choice tho 😁

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Re: Windows 9x 'overkill' machine

Posted on 2020-06-03, 00:47

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by kolderman

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Not sure why u think a FX5500 is overkill....a 5950U makes a nice win98 gpu.

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Re: Art SplitMix 4 and volume loss

Posted on 2020-06-02, 23:18

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by kolderman

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Had the same issue. Replaced it with the guy on the left next to my DAC. It's an active mixer which I use as a kind of preamp before the speakers.

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Re: ISA cards don't fit in my case

Posted on 2020-06-02, 21:46

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by kolderman

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That might be it. It's weird, usually there is a gap between the backplane and the case rear for the ISA card brackets to descend into. Are you saying there is no such gap? A photo might help....

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Re: ISA cards don't fit in my case

Posted on 2020-06-02, 21:39

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by kolderman

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What's the difference between the 486 and 386 mobos such that the ISA cards make contact when using the latter but not the former? Something doesn't sound right.

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Re: PCI Diamond Viper v550 16mb VS PCI Monster3D II 3Dfx Voodoo 8MB

Posted on 2020-06-02, 20:58

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by kolderman

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So went back into AvP and changed the resolution to 800x600. Just to exclude that as a problem..... The game ran perfect. Switched up to 1024x768 .... loads perfectly into game. Don't know what the problem is/was but i can't select voodoo2 as an driver. Think you need Voodoo3 and up for that. 🤔 …

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