Hello every one , i have a Maestro 32/96 and i'm struggling to make it work .

I have a P2 300Mhz , and i'm using terratec.exe not the newer version because the system hungs . So i have a bad capacitor too ? I see the photo and the capacitor it shows on my card is of blue color .

Is this sound card supposed to play music as General Midi in Doom or Descent 1 ? In Doom i only get sound effects with SoundBlaster selected but no music with either General Midi or Soundblaster , same with Descent setup only i also get the message " Failed to find Hardweare " with General Midi .

I used the resource /w=maestro.asm command and now i see that bios reads all devices in sound card on boot , midi-sbpro etc but in diagnostics the fm system always fails .

I have 3 lines in my autoexec.bat :
@sSET BLASTER=A22 I5 D1 T4
TERRATEC -O
TERRATEC -I

but nothing helps .

Do i have to use Crystal drivers ? If yes why Terratec gives only terratec.exe as driver ? How can i enable General Midi music ?

Phew thanks in advance .

The capacitor to change for the 'hang'/'not detected' issue is nicely visible here in orange: http://retronn.de/imports/hwgal/hw_sound_card … 3296_front.html

The replacement capacitor for C58 should be 16 V 1 microF (also check the right polarity).

elianda wrote:

The capacitor to change for the 'hang'/'not detected' issue is nicely visible here in orange: http://retronn.de/imports/hwgal/hw_sound_card … 3296_front.html

The replacement capacitor for C58 should be 16 V 1 microF (also check the right polarity).

Do i have to use tantalum capacitors or normal electrolytic ? Does it matter ?

The official document states electrolytic: ftp://retronn.de/driver/TerraTec/Maestro/3296 … fikation_GB.pdf

Hello 😀

Using the Terratec Maestro 32/96 an issue has been coming up.
Up to now I used the onboard Midi wavesystem. The card works without any problems.
In the configutation tool (Terratec.exe V1.48) configured as follows:
The Midi 1 ist set to 330 / IRQ:9
The Midi 2 ist set to OFF / IRQ:12
Some days ago I installed an additional Wavetable Daughterboard on the header to have two different soundbanks to switch, depending on the game I prefer for.

Now I'm struggling around with a problem.
I like to leave the onboard Midi 1 untouched at 330 / IRQ:9
The Midi 2 I gave the adress 320 at IRQ:12 and loaded I in the Maestros Eeprom. (I use the option "Terratec.exe -s")
Now both wavetables are active and I can choose in game by selecting the adress (320 or 330) for the preferred wavetable I like to playback.

But:
If I restart the computer, the Midi 2 configuration has been reset to OFF / IRQ:12 so the Daughterboard cannot be used.
The same procedure has to be performed to set Adress 320, saving to EEprom and so on. Than I can use the daughterboard.

And:
If I do the 330 / IRQ:9 setup on the Midi 2 side to point that adress to the daughterboard and set the onboard wavetable to 320 (or others) the same happens on the Midi 1 side.

I wonder why the card forget the setup. I have a second similar Soundcard - the same issue with it.

Would you like to help me out with this issue to fix it?

Thank you very much.
- Backfire -

You assume that it is resetting the configuration, but could it be that there is a resource collision that prevents the software to set the card to the requested resources saved in the eeprom?

After you change the settings in the EEPROM you have to do a cold boot or power cycle.

If you reboot then and MIDI-2 gets configured to OFF / IRQ:12, what does it show if you read out the EEPROM?
Is there still 320/12 saved?
If there is OFF/12 saved, maybe your initial attempt to save 320/12 failed?

Did you replaced the capacitor C58 with 16 V 1 microF, to circumvent the bugs appearing described in the official document linked above?

The Capacitor ist already replaced, on both cards.
If I manually with "TERRATEC.EXE -O" configure the 320 (or another like 300) - it will not be saved after rebooting the computer. But until I reboot, both adresses are working well. So I think the saving into the eeprom is working? Or I'm wrong?
If I perform the readout (TERRATEC.EXE -V) OFF/12 is been set.

But right - it's quite strange that adress 330 will be hold, but an other adress rejected after restarting. No matter if on Midi 1 or Midi 2. An other like 330 will be set to OFF.
What could be the reason for?

- Backfire -

Solution is found!

Sorry for posting that late but my youngest son visited me for a while and some important projects has been done.

But today I got it!
Indeed that was an IRQ conflict related to the mainboard.
Changing the Midi 2 to IRQ 11 and the card posts the Midi 2 at startup.
I think the mainboard reserves the IRQ 12 for its own recources, may be PS/2 Mouse. So it kicks off the Midi 2 IRQ 12 recource and the card shows "OFF" .
Thank you very much for the hints that helps me to find the problem. 😀

- Backfire -

Well, especially in 'newer' mainboards some IRQs can be reserved for SPI or PS/2 mouse. Good that you identified the source of the problem.

I've got a Maestro 32/96 and driver v1.29 installed. Somehow, if I start a DOS game under Windows 95, the volume is too low and MIDI-2 (Daughter Board) is not working or just muted, I don't know. MIDI-2 is working in Windows and even with gsplay, though. Also, it's working if I boot into DOS mode. Anyone knows how to change mixer values for DOS in Windows? If I open terratec.exe, it will just open the Windows mixer, but those values seem to have no effect for DOS games, only for Windows.