First post, by MaxWar
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I want to record this card for the Grand Opl3 Comparison run.
I previously discussed about how i experienced distorting sound with my YMF719 cards ( had 2)
Heres the concerned thread section:
The Grand OPL3 Comparison Run!
I bought a THIRD card off ebay. A new one this time ( new old stock ) and it does the same thing. I tried it on my 486 and my Celeron 500 and it behaves the same on both system.
Heres a description of what happens for each game tested.
Duke nukem 2. FM is actually ok, until a digital sound is played. Then all hell breaks loose. First sound might be ok but then it quickly degenerates with FM and audio both spiraling into a mess of noise and distortion to eventually fade into near silence ( some static remains )
DooM: Works just fine.
Dune: Heavy distortion on some of the sounds, to the point of masking everything else. It comes gradually but after 17 sec in the palace song it becomes obvious. Eventually degenerates into complete mess. (see mp3) https://dl.dropbox.com/u/43851675/YFM719/Dune … lace-YFM719.mp3
Descent: Whole FM music sounds kind of like its underwater, volumes are off with the distortion happening here and there. Some parts are simply not right. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/43851675/OPL3SAX/Des … o%20amp%29.flac
Monkey island. Obvious distortion once again.
I tried all these games on both Celeron 500 and 486. Same thing on both systems.
So far that is 3 cards and 2 different systems and same thing happens.
I am using the Line out jumper position NOT THE SPEAKER ONE.
I am using Dos 6.22 on both computers.
I have been suspecting bad caps but the fact that the behavior is very different from game to game and the fact that now 3 cards behave the same make me thing that its not this likely .
I was hoping someone could confirm normal operation of the YMF719 on the said games. Dune is probably the most obvious to test out. Or any other though anyway.
FM sound card comparison on a Grand Scale!!
The Grand OPL3 Comparison Run.