Re: The Sound Blaster ASP chip, Q-Sound and Games.

Posted on 2011-03-16, 04:02

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by Cloudschatze

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...overdone garbage you hear from SRS... Used SRS much? As an expansion effect, SRS is remarkably decent, in my opinion, and isn't plagued by the early QSound limitations (narrow listening area, and requiring programmed positional cues for the greatest effect). The "auto-panning" QSound, as found …

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Re: Problem with ensonique opus sound card/Gateway 2000 OEM card

Posted on 2011-03-16, 02:52

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by Cloudschatze

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Mau1wurf1977 wrote: IMO it's simply poor design and Creative must have uses a better implementation. Ouch. You're certainly in the minority with that opinion. 😀 These playback-speed issues sound very much like some sort of DMA-timing problem. Do you have any user-changeable DMA settings in the BIOS …

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Re: AudioPCI also supports / emulates "intelligent mode" MPU401

Posted on 2011-03-06, 17:41

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by Cloudschatze

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Eric the Unready is another Legend Entertainment game mentioned as not working properly with the Ensoniq cards. Bear in mind that none of the Ensoniq cards actually support the MPU-401's "intelligent mode." As mentioned on QuestStudios a number of times, it's more-or-less "faked." From the …

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Re: AudioPCI also supports / emulates "intelligent mode" MPU401

Posted on 2011-03-06, 07:07

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by Cloudschatze

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I'd suspected as much regarding the Audio PCI, but never bothered to get one to try it out myself, so this is much-appreciated news. :) I'm not familiar with the Audio PCI software, but if there are any DOS utilities similar to those of the Soundscape cards, I imagine you ought to be able to switch …

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Re: Creative Labs Sound Blaster ISA Cards' Drivers Collection **With More Links, CD Images, etc.**

Posted on 2011-03-01, 16:02

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by Cloudschatze

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ACTUAL floppy images of game blaster, SB 1.5, SB Pro 1.0/2.0 http://www.google.com/search?q=blaster+site:symphoniae.com&hl=en&safe=off&client=mozilla&prmd=ivns&filter=0 That 720KB Game Blaster disk image is flawed (and now deleted). I linked to a proper image in my response to Malik on the …

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Re: Initial Thoughts on Acquiring a Toshiba Libretto 70CT

Posted on 2011-02-11, 21:59

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by Cloudschatze

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Mau1wurf1977 wrote: Do you have any pictures with a DOS game running? It looks fascinating, but a picture says more than 1000 words 🤣

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Re: Thexder EGA vs TANDY/PCjr mode

Posted on 2011-01-06, 00:12

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nikiniki wrote: MCGA has better colour than PCjr but still PCjr is best for 3 voices. I'm more a fan of the "real Tandy system w/VGA" solution, combining both MCGA graphics AND 3-voice music. 😉

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Re: Thexder EGA vs TANDY/PCjr mode

Posted on 2011-01-05, 14:08

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by Cloudschatze

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There is no MCGA mode in the original Thexder... Begging your pardon, but Thexder supports the following, per each of the 'MAIN' files: MAIN = CGA MAINEG = EGA MAINJR = PCjr/Tandy MAINPS = PS/2 (MCGA) I couldn't find an elegant way of defeating the auto-detection, via command-line switches, etc. …

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Re: Thexder EGA vs TANDY/PCjr mode

Posted on 2011-01-05, 02:57

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by Cloudschatze

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Bah, this poll is flawed. Where's the MCGA option? 🤣

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Re: Innovation SSI 2001 re-engineering and/or conclusions

Posted on 2011-01-01, 07:58

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by Cloudschatze

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Would this be Penya's card that you're referring to?

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Re: IBM Music Feature Card (IMFC): Kewl? or Krap?

Posted on 2010-12-29, 22:44

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I can imagine how owners of the IMFC must have felt when they saw that there was virtually no support for their expensive card.on it. Keep in mind that the IMFC, like the MT-32, was neither designed nor marketed for computer gaming intent. Given the number of sequencing and composition programs …

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Re: More accurate MUNT (MT32 emulation) patch

Posted on 2010-12-19, 08:35

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by Cloudschatze

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ykhwong wrote: The MT-32 documentation claims a range of 432.1Hz-457.6Hz... This is a typographical error; the MT-32 and CM-variants share the same master turning range. I generated a master tuning list some time back (see the "Errata" sheet), if it helps at all:

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Re: More accurate MUNT (MT32 emulation) patch

Posted on 2010-12-18, 17:13

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by Cloudschatze

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* Mastertune will be set to 0x4a for CM-64 and 0x40 for MT-32 (confirmed) Interesting. I checked an MT-32 and CM-64 a number of years ago, and both returned the expected 4Ah value (442.0 Hz). 440.0 Hz is not the default for any MT-32 I've encountered. A number of games set the master tuning to 440 …

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Re: Yamaha SW20-PC

Posted on 2010-12-11, 07:06

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Time to revise a statement... Apparently, the SW20-PC does not support external MIDI in DOS via the MPU-401 interface . Good one, Yama-ha-ha-ha! Here's the deal... The SW20-PC has two, completely independent MIDI interfaces. 1 - The YMZ290, "MIDI Extension Controller," which is primarily used to …

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Re: Yamaha SW20-PC

Posted on 2010-12-09, 05:37

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by Cloudschatze

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I don't think I've ever dealt with a more frustrating card... :dead: Once upon a time, I'd hoped to pair a SW20-PC with an SW60XG in a two-slot system, which would have made for some sweet, sweet Yamaha aural goodness. And why shouldn't it? Yamaha designed them both, after all. Imagine my …

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Re: Xeen and Roland synths

Posted on 2010-12-03, 02:33

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by Cloudschatze

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Maybe the SC-88 implements the capital tone fallback feature that you mentioned? I don't own one, but I'm fairly certain that the SC-88 does not have this feature. The CM-64 did benefit from the use of the PCM sound-effects :shocked: So this is a PC game that makes use of the CM-32P. Wow need to …

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Re: Xeen and Roland synths

Posted on 2010-12-03, 00:19

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You may want to see this thread... http://queststudios.com/smf/index.php/topic,2483.0.html

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Re: Sound Card Recordings

Posted on 2010-10-15, 01:22

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by Cloudschatze

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swaaye wrote: Ensoniq AudioPCI Soundscape (original) Soundscape Elite Soundscape Opus PnP (Gateway OEM board) SoundscapeVIVO PnP […] Show full quote Ensoniq AudioPCI Soundscape (original) Soundscape Elite Soundscape Opus PnP (Gateway OEM board) SoundscapeVIVO PnP Just missing the SSDB. I still have …

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Re: FM Synth (Soundblaster) comparison using Monkey Island 2!

Posted on 2010-10-12, 04:34

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leileilol wrote: Play Doom on E2M2 on an AWE32 or AWE64 card. SPOILER: It's going to suck. No need to be so general. The CT2760, CT3900, and CT3980 AWE32 cards all contain an actual Yamaha OPL3 core.

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Re: FM Synth (Soundblaster) comparison using Monkey Island 2!

Posted on 2010-10-12, 03:33

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by Cloudschatze

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Mau1wurf1977 wrote: The 1.5 doesn't have pass filters. No, the SB1.x and 2.0 cards definitely have fixed output filtering, for the digital audio at least. From what I can tell, any low-pass filtering shouldn't be applicable to the FM output. The same should be true for the SBPro and SB16 variants …

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