JackH wrote:Thx for clarification. So the only SB32 model which have rvb&chro is CT3670 and the most of AWE models? Is "effects processor" seperate chip that has a codename ex. CTxxxx?
The effects processor is integrated into the EMU8000 chip.
All EMU8000 cards have Reverb & Chorus. The difference is the routing of the signals. On all AWE32/64 models and the SB32 CT3670, the CQM or OPL (FM-Music) output is routed THROUGH the EMU8000 processor and one can apply Reverb & Chorus even within DOS (with the AWEUTIL). SB32 models (except CT3670) don't have the CQM signal routed through the EMU hence one cannot apply Reverb & Chorus to the FM-Music with these cards. In reality, the CT3670 is a AWE64 in disguise. It acutally uses the AWE64 chipset (and has the 4.16 DSP).
Note that the effects can't be applied to the wavetable synth via the AWEUTIL in DOS. In pure DOS, there is no way to change the effects on the AWE wavetable including the GM / GS / MT32 emulation.
gerwin wrote:The downside of the EWS is that there are few GM soundbanks available. AFAIK The Dream .94b bank format is secret, a real shame.
It's a downside only if you prefer homemade soundbanks.
For DOS games, the EWS and all other dream9407 cards have some top quality soundbanks avaialble in the .94B format, e.g:
- a 4MB bank with the original Roland SC-55 samples
- a 4MB bank with Yamaha samples that sounds very much like the DB5xXG boards
- the very high quality 8MB Hoontech soundbank which is a TOP soundbank for many games.
These three banks all sound different and all are of very good quality. That makes ISA based dream9407 cards very very useful for DOS games.
chrisNova777 wrote:in the post above by "great heirophant" on his blog he said that the awe32 has ymf262 inside another chip?
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alexanrs wrote:CQM It is an OPL3-like implementation that doesn't sound like Yamaha's OPL3. Some tracks sound fine with it, while others don't fare nearly as well.
If your Creative card doesn't have a Yamaha chip or the CT-1747 chip (which contains a true OPL3 core), then it uses CQM, and not OPL3.
in the post above by "great heirophant" on his blog he said that the awe32 has ymf262 inside another chip?
ok i see what you are saying.. so i actually have to see the letters + numbers CT-1747 somewhere on the card otherwise its emulated
my cards are sb32/CT3600 + sb16/CT2960
the sb32 has a chip that says CT1978-BAP
Because it can be really confusing to determine which model of the SoundBlaster card has a real OPL3 or the Creative made CQM, I started to make a matrix which shows which card uses what method. It's still imcomplete but you may have a look:
http://www.amoretro.de/guides-workshops/creat … r-modellnummern
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