Re: Help Identify Tandy Daughterboard for Sound Blaster?
Posted on 2020-06-08, 16:02
That particular SB16 came from a Tandy Sensation! II. Overview of my new Tandy Sensation II 25-1651
Re: Retro OSes for retro computers
Posted on 2020-05-30, 06:10
...NewDeal Office 3.2a... How did you set up the networking on your setup? As pertains to those particular screen grabs, dial-up PPP, using an actual modem. Here's another NewDeal Office 3.2a setup though, running on a 286/10MHz system equipped with just 1MB of RAM and standard VGA, but with …
Re: SB 16 & SB AWE64 in same system as means to get around hanging note bug? (i.e. AWE64 as dedicated external MIDI card
Posted on 2020-05-28, 17:19
[EDIT] Spoke too soon! The carnival area plays fine, but sitting through the intro leaves a hanging note that never goes away, whether set to 16KB or 32KB. So, my apologies, but where the buffer suggestion is applicable to Day of the Tentacle, the same command-line options with Sam & Max are …
Re: SB 16 & SB AWE64 in same system as means to get around hanging note bug? (i.e. AWE64 as dedicated external MIDI card
Posted on 2020-05-28, 04:38
This dual card scenario is a workaround, it does not make Creative Labs' implementation bug-free . Not bug-free, "bug-free." :) Of course it's a workaround. That's the entire premise of this thread - whether a dual-card scenario involving two SB16 architectures can mitigate the issues with the …
Re: SB 16 & SB AWE64 in same system as means to get around hanging note bug? (i.e. AWE64 as dedicated external MIDI card
Posted on 2020-05-28, 03:51
darry wrote on 2020-05-28, 03:39: Creative Labs never managed to make a full bug-free MPU-401... In the dual-card scenario that's been described, the SB16's MPU is "bug-free."
Re: SB 16 & SB AWE64 in same system as means to get around hanging note bug? (i.e. AWE64 as dedicated external MIDI card
Posted on 2020-05-28, 03:47
Re: using PCM from AWE32, would you then suggest using the AWE64 as the "main sound card" (i.e. IRQ 5, I/O 220, DMA 1/5, MPU disabled) and the AWE32 as the "dedicated MIDI port" (i.e. MPU 330, IRQ 2)? Sure. The AWE64 will additionally allow you to configure its FM at an alternate address, in case …
Re: SB 16 & SB AWE64 in same system as means to get around hanging note bug? (i.e. AWE64 as dedicated external MIDI card
Posted on 2020-05-28, 02:52
Every known MIDI-related issue with the SB16's shared-MCU architecture is a consequence of concurrent, interrupt-driven digital audio playback. Move that function to another card, and you'll have problem-free MIDI playback, regardless of the card involved. Where the AWE64 resolves the additional …
Re: Fascination with the lowest end hardware from a given class
Posted on 2020-05-26, 06:50
I waste an inordinate amount of time trying to make low-end systems do things they ought not, despite having an abundance of more-capable hardware. In my case, there tends to be some redeeming or unique feature of the particular system involved that makes the effort worthwhile. Here's a recent …
Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy
Posted on 2020-04-28, 19:06
Whatever became of the line input misunderstanding? Did Fagear's explanation clear that up sufficiently, or has it been implemented differently on the AWE64 Legacy?
Re: MT-32, CM-32L, LAPC-I reversed stereo
Posted on 2020-04-28, 04:04
So this was a convention from other JMSC and MMA members? Was Roland pretty much the only manufacturer who did their panning this way or were there others in the pre-GM era? I'm not sure about other manufacturers, but I believe the MT-32 was Roland's first product to leverage CC#10 for panpot. I …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-04-27, 15:55
I'm not sure if Sierra just never tested it, or what, but their D-10/20 support is mostly unusable. I don't want to spoil the surprise, but these synthesizers lack a specific function (present in both the MT-32/variants and D-110) that precludes proper soundtrack playback.
Re: MT-32, CM-32L, LAPC-I reversed stereo
Posted on 2020-04-27, 15:26
The original MIDI specification didn't explicitly define use-cases for any of the continous controllers, leaving it up to individual manufacturers, who largely managed to standardize amongst themselves anyhow. The MMA did later adopt the recommendation of using specific controllers for specific …
Re: Retro OSes for retro computers
Posted on 2020-04-24, 19:53
GeoWorks has already been mentioned in this thread, but for all of you XT-class 286 system owners with EMS, I'm finding the combination of DR DOS 6.0 and NewDeal Office 3.2a to be exceptionally usable, quirks aside. https://www.symphoniae.com/misc/vogons/DUMP02.PNG https://www.symphoniae.com/misc/ …
Re: Drivers for Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum Plus?
Posted on 2020-04-11, 15:45
Here you go...
Re: How to test midi on sound cards?
Posted on 2020-04-10, 21:21
I don't know if it's been announced anywhere, but Mark released MFPLAY v1.3 a few weeks ago, which includes a couple of functional changes that I'd requested. I'd suggest reaching out to him via the e-mail address listed on his website.
Amaranth III - Broken Music Fix
Posted on 2020-04-10, 20:34
https://www.symphoniae.com/misc/AMA3/a3init_003.png https://www.symphoniae.com/misc/AMA3/a3init_000.png https://www.symphoniae.com/misc/AMA3/a3_main_002.png https://www.symphoniae.com/misc/AMA3/a3_main_004.png https://www.symphoniae.com/misc/AMA3/a3_main_005.png If you've ever played the Chinese or …
Re: "Accelerating" Windows 95 with Creative's Advanced Signal Processor (CSP)
Posted on 2020-04-10, 18:02
I assume you can extract matching *.acv files for the other like you did for wfm0011a.acv. Correct, yes. For what it's worth, I've completely switched to CTADPCM usage, as that format is supported by the DOS-based CODEC modules, while IMA ADPCM is not. I'd initially preferred the IMA format for its …
Re: Is there any way to add reverb & chorus to the OPL synth of a SB Pro / SB16 soundcard?
Posted on 2020-04-05, 03:57
leileilol wrote on 2020-04-05, 03:40: But does that mean AWEUTIL will let you do it? Indeed, yes. Several of the (non-RIX) examples I'd posted in the "technically impressive FM" thread were digitally captured (S/PDIF) from a CT3900, and have EMU8000 reverb and chorus applied.
Re: Is there any way to add reverb & chorus to the OPL synth of a SB Pro / SB16 soundcard?
Posted on 2020-04-05, 02:24
Afaik not. Only the AWE32/64 cards (not the upgrade) allowed that, at the same time killing hardware MPU-401 compatibility because of that. AWE32 doesn't do effects to FM, just AWE64. All of the AWE32 variants bearing both the CT1747 and EMU8000 route the digital OPL3 output of the former through …
Re: Why does the .wav on Windows 95 startup jitter on my PC?
Posted on 2020-03-03, 16:47
...could it be that something is interrupting during start-up also ? Could be. I don't know that I want to further speculate without knowing exactly what is being played at startup though. Another option that hasn't been mentioned is minimizing the playback impact by reducing the rate of, and/or …
Page 14 of 69