Re: My modest Creative Labs collection (no 56k!)

Posted on 2012-07-30, 17:12

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by Cloudschatze

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CT1300 CT1300B CT1320C CT1330A CT1350B CT1600 CT1730 CT1740 CT1750 CT1770 CT1900 CT1910 CT1920 CT2230 CT2290 CT2690 CT2720 CT2760 CT2770 CT2800 CT2940 CT2960 CT3600 CT3900 CT3980 CT3990 CT4170 CT4390 CT4500 CT4520 CT4540 ...and I don't even like Creative all that much.

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Re: SB16 vs DBs (hanging / stuck / wrong notes in MIDI)

Posted on 2012-07-29, 03:48

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by Cloudschatze

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Not all AWE and SB32 cards, mind you. Those bearing the standalone CQM chip (CT-3600, CT3990) do not route FM through the EMU8000, and instead use a second DAC. But I doubt that any AWE driver or player utilizing the Emu8K takes care of this difference and uses all 32 channels of the Emu8K (for …

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Re: SB16 vs DBs (hanging / stuck / wrong notes in MIDI)

Posted on 2012-07-28, 15:52

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by Cloudschatze

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TheMAN wrote: the CT1978-TAP chip 😀 The CT-1978 is the standalone CQM chip.

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Re: SB16 vs DBs (hanging / stuck / wrong notes in MIDI)

Posted on 2012-07-28, 06:38

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by Cloudschatze

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the binaural 3D sound bullshit was an additional tiny square chip on the PnP sound blasters, it's not part of the mixer chip... Which chip would that be, exactly? I covered this in the original, misinformation-filled post on the QuestStudios forum, and it's always been my presumption that the " …

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Re: SB16 vs DBs (hanging / stuck / wrong notes in MIDI)

Posted on 2012-07-28, 04:24

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by Cloudschatze

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Much of what makes one card "noisier" than another has to do with its physical and electrical design (shielding and layout), and the components used in the analog input/output stages. For all the talk about different mixer chips, I'd be willing to bet that their noise specifications are probably …

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Re: SB16 vs DBs (hanging / stuck / wrong notes in MIDI)

Posted on 2012-07-27, 15:14

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by Cloudschatze

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I totally disagree with Mau1wurf1977 on the "quality" the chorus/reverb effects the EMU "adds" to the Adlib compatible part. In my opinion it sounds really really bad, especially when you apply 100% chorus/reverb, like Mau1wurf1977 did... I have some examples of more moderate use of the EMU8000 …

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Re: Pro Audio Spectrum 16 DOS drivers

Posted on 2012-07-25, 04:04

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by Cloudschatze

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...looks like a PAS 16 studio... You've got one of the less-common PAS16 variants, originally intended to be paired with Media Vision's Pro Wave DB, for what would have been known as the Pro Audio Studio XL . This combo never materialized, due to MIDI buffer issues with the MVD101 chip, and these …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-07-25, 00:55

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by Cloudschatze

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Artex wrote: [I have a CT-1300A on the way. What's the difference ? As far as I can tell, just minor board layout and component changes, the most notable of which being the addition of line filters on the CT-1300A/B.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-07-23, 22:42

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by Cloudschatze

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Received this guy the other day... http://www.symphoniae.com/soundcard/Creative/CT1300/JPG/ct1300_1_s.jpg http://www.symphoniae.com/soundcard/Creative/CT1300/JPG/ct1300_2_s.jpg This is, of course, not just an ordinary Creative Music System - it's one of the original, 1987, non-US releases ( …

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Re: AWEstruck...

Posted on 2012-07-21, 16:44

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by Cloudschatze

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This feels a bit off-topic, but General MIDI is neither defined by, nor restricted to, a specific host MIDI interface type. For all intents and purposes, the AWE32, via software and hardware means, meets all the requirements of a General MIDI device. Whether the General MIDI data is sent via an MPU- …

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AWEstruck...

Posted on 2012-07-21, 05:19

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by Cloudschatze

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(Cross-posted from the QuestStudios forum for your enjoyment) A number of folks seem to regard the the AWE32/64's onboard GM sample-set and playback capabilities as poor, especially compared to their contemporaries, with the 1MB ROM size often brought up as some commonly accepted reason. My …

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Re: SB16 + Yamaha DB60XG / NEC XR385 --- info needed

Posted on 2012-07-15, 05:20

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by Cloudschatze

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Mediatrix explicitly designed their YMF715E-based, "AudioTrix 3D" soundcard around the DB60XG, with the duo otherwise being known as the "3D-XG." This is the only host card I'm aware of that includes the ability to route the PCM/FM output through the XG daughterboard for effects-processing. http:// …

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Re: PCMCIA Sound Cards

Posted on 2012-07-10, 22:43

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by Cloudschatze

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Forgot I had these. Thank-you, archive of a defunct mirror of a defunct website... 😀

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Re: PCMCIA Sound Cards

Posted on 2012-07-09, 03:01

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by Cloudschatze

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lolo799 wrote: Could you post a photo of the Mediavision card?

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Re: PCMCIA Sound Cards

Posted on 2012-07-05, 23:59

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by Cloudschatze

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-Media Vision Pro Audio PCMCIA I don't have a system in which to actually test it :dead:, but the specs for this card are pretty decent. It may be the only card to provide SB-compatible digital audio playback in DOS, an actual Yamaha OPL3 chip (most likely the "L" variant), and a joystick/MIDI port …

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Re: Sierra/Dynamix sound driver hacking

Posted on 2012-07-05, 23:32

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by Cloudschatze

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The solution was simply to take the 1.PAT from the floppy version, which is guaranteed to work because the MIDI files both for music and sound effects are identical between the floppy and CD-ROM versions. Ah, perfect. I'd wondered about the difference in SX.OVL files (between the old patch from a …

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Re: The ultimate Ultima 7 machine

Posted on 2012-06-26, 04:32

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by Cloudschatze

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NJRoadfan wrote: That AST looks awfully familiar.....] Well, considering the fact that the Sensation II's were built by AST... 😉

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Re: The ultimate Ultima 7 machine

Posted on 2012-06-26, 04:08

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by Cloudschatze

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Built a similarly-intended, "Ultima 7" system a few years back... http://www.symphoniae.com/misc/AST33_s.jpg It has a 486SX/33, which, as mentioned, seems to be the ideal speed. Audio is handled by a Sound Blaster Pro 1 and Roland MPU-IPC w/CM-32L. I did take things a bit further than necessary, …

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Re: Sierra/Dynamix sound driver hacking

Posted on 2012-06-26, 03:51

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by Cloudschatze

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I think I now know what the issue was. I have uploaded a new version of the WILLYCD patch in the previous post. Try again. Thanks-much for working on this again. It's certainly one of the most egregious examples of Dynamix lameness that I can think of. (Well, other than "Smart Start"...) :) The MT- …

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Re: Sierra/Dynamix sound driver hacking

Posted on 2012-06-21, 05:38

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by Cloudschatze

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The MTBLAST patch for Willy CD was never finished because Cloudschatze mentioned that although most things work, some sound effects were missing. I can't find anything wrong from listening to the introduction, so here goes. Report if you find something missing. The original issue persists, I'm …

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