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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Re: No MIDI from Ensoniq Soundscape Elite in MS-DOS

Posted on 2010-10-09, 21:20

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by Cloudschatze

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Paddan1000, you mentioned that you have an "Elite without the daughterboard." Does it still have the pin headers? If so... "The Soundscape Elite has a small daughterboard or ESP board attached to it. This board is connected by means of 2 - 26 pin connectors. The Soundscape Rev. 2 has no ESP board, …

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Re: No MIDI from Ensoniq Soundscape Elite in MS-DOS

Posted on 2010-10-09, 02:17

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by Cloudschatze

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I've noticed that the MPU-401 compatibility of the Soundscape is better than that of the AWE64 Gold I usually have in my DOS-computer, since now I can play Wing Commander and Simon the Sorcerer with MT-32 music. This little secret seems to get overlooked quite a bit, despite the fact that I've …

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Re: Roland SCC-1A : how rare are they?

Posted on 2010-09-22, 03:29

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by Cloudschatze

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pianoman72 wrote: I tried to use the included midi player that came on SCC-1's floppy, but it quits before the file can be played. That utility won't play Format 1 MIDI files. Here's a Format 0 version... http://www.symphoniae.com/misc/comp_0.mid

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Re: Roland SCC-1A : how rare are they?

Posted on 2010-09-20, 18:36

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by Cloudschatze

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aitotat wrote: I'm the one who won the bidding on the SCC-1 with Bonus Pack manual. If the SCC-1 FAQ cannot be trusted, then does anyone have MIDI files that I could use to check if this is 317 or 354 sound version? http://queststudios.com/smf/index.php/topic,3 … 5.html#msg31595

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Re: Roland SCC-1A : how rare are they?

Posted on 2010-09-01, 03:28

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by Cloudschatze

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I have heard that there are some SCC-1 cards (without the letter A or B) have 354 sounds on them... Well, well, well, if it isn't my favorite unsubstantiated internet rumor... :angry: ...then again, from the FAQ i linked before, the author even has an older plain SCC-1 card which turned out to have …

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Re: Newbie Q: Nature of Roland's legal claims vs MT-32 emulation?

Posted on 2010-08-28, 19:38

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by Cloudschatze

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Perhaps, if the original authors had attempted to contact Roland with an intent to assist in the creation of a marketable product, we'd have had the option of purchasing official MT-32 emulation years ago. Unlikely because the correspondence was only with lawyers. It may yet be worthwhile to send a …

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Re: Newbie Q: Nature of Roland's legal claims vs MT-32 emulation?

Posted on 2010-08-28, 03:10

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by Cloudschatze

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The plutocracy continues its onward march. Perhaps, if the original authors had attempted to contact Roland with an intent to assist in the creation of a marketable product, we'd have had the option of purchasing official MT-32 emulation years ago. Also, I haven't seen it mentioned, but the PCM ROM …

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Re: What about MIDITEMP stuff?

Posted on 2010-07-25, 06:34

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by Cloudschatze

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Wave Blaster Rack Yamaha + E-mu + Korg + Ensoniq

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Re: MIDI daughterboard identification wanted

Posted on 2010-07-19, 00:00

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by Cloudschatze

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Salient wrote: The second card is some IBM thing but no solid leads so far. http://wavetable.web.fc2.com/sw1c.htm

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Re: What about MIDITEMP stuff?

Posted on 2010-07-17, 05:57

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by Cloudschatze

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Guess it's time to finally chime in... Miditemp's DoX-BoX is flawed. Somewhere in the circuit board design (that I've yet to determine), is an improper ground that results in 50/60Hz ground-loop hum in the audio output. This likely isn't something that would bother most people. I, however, have …

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Re: Technically impressive FM synth music

Posted on 2010-06-25, 01:58

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The HSC tracker includes a number of nice 2-Op tunes, several of which approximate reverb, filter, and phase effects to an impressive degree (but not RSS, which was added after-the-fact 😀 ): NEOINTRO WVBOMBE WVOLDTIT HORRIBLE synth lead (1'05" ->), but otherwise nice... 😵

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Re: STEREO OPL music...how many / which Games utilized it?

Posted on 2010-06-11, 19:18

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by Cloudschatze

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Interesting. I have read that the SB Pro 2 came shortly after the first SB16, in Fall 1992. By comparison, SB Pro 1 was released in May 1991. Of course, please correct me if I'm wrong. From what I've been able to gather: SB Pro 1 - Announced May 1991, shipped Aug/Sep 1991 SB Pro 2 - Announced " …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2010-04-21, 21:12

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by Cloudschatze

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digitaldoofus wrote: Is that a Zip drive you're using (to the left of the floppy)? It's a SCSI card reader, in which two (1GB) CompactFlash cards are being used as hard-drives.

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Re: This is my Tandy 1000 Game Station...

Posted on 2010-04-21, 16:57

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by Cloudschatze

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digitaldoofus wrote: This my Tandy 286 gaming machine... Ooh, sweet, another Tandy fan... 😀

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Re: A **T R U E** AdLib card...how different the sound?

Posted on 2010-04-18, 05:22

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by Cloudschatze

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The Ad Lib MSC is a rather noisy card, having a constant background hiss, irrespective of any positioning of the volume knob.

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Re: What does the optional CSP chip on creative cards do?

Posted on 2010-04-18, 05:08

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by Cloudschatze

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TFX supports QSound via the ASP/CSP. With QSound, the ASP/CSP had the best chance of actually becoming useful for gaming, however, widespread support never materialized. Kind-of a shame, considering the QSound API was supposedly available to developers at no cost...

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Re: Technically impressive FM synth music

Posted on 2010-04-11, 02:04

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by Cloudschatze

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The South Koreans did some pretty phenomenal things with the OPL2... Olmang Jolmang Paradise (Credit for this recording goes to Brandon Cobb - http://adlib.superfighter.com) Illusion Blaze Arrange Eol's Adventure Opening Stage 3-1 Stage 4-2 Stage 5-2 Stage 6-2 Boss 1 Boss 2 Epic... Cobi Comi Stage 1 …

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Re: What is the CT1705 chip doing on the SB16?

Posted on 2010-04-10, 18:58

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by Cloudschatze

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gerwin wrote: What is the CT1705 chip doing on the SB16? Plug-and-Play bus interfacing. The CT3980 (AWE32) has a similar setup.

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Re: How Wave Blaster 1 really sounds

Posted on 2010-02-25, 01:35

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by Cloudschatze

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Still there's no absolute proof that WB2's second MB is really the MT32 additional samples stored in ROM, but who knows.. Well, moreso samples used for the GS sound-effects than for the MT-32 sound-set, but in any event, I'll work on a few WB2/AWE32 comparisons. (Where's WB2man when you need him?) …

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