1,2) The CS4630 does not do MPU-401 under DOS, I tested it a few days ago. 🙁
3) You can always get an Terratec ESS Solo-1 card with WT header depending on what chipset you're gonna use it on. Some Vortex 2 cars also got working wavetable headers and are less chipset dependent, but requires a TSR and have worse/emulated FM synth.

Kamerat wrote:

1,2) The CS4630 does not do MPU-401 under DOS, I tested it a few days ago. 🙁
3) You can always get an Terratec ESS Solo-1 card with WT header depending on what chipset you're gonna use it on. Some Vortex 2 cars also got working wavetable headers and are less chipset dependent, but requires a TSR and have worse/emulated FM synth.

Oh, well, perhaps not the answer I wanted, but thanks anyways 😀 Tested the S1 hosted by the Santa Cruz in Windows, works great there at least, after finding out that the midi daughercard volume slider was set to mute by default 😁

Well, if I have to get another ISA card, why not get the best possible one? I'd look for something with as good SB compatibility and as little noise as possible, just as everybody else. Guess the ESS Solo-1 fits the bill since you suggest it? The chipset is 440BX, shouldn't be any problems, right?

The Solo-1 is a PCI based card (should support DDMA mode with no TSR on the BX chipset), but there's been some talk about the ESS AudioDrive (ISA) here lately, maybe you should dig in one of that threads. Also Yamaha YMF71x cards like the Audician 32 Plus looks like a good deal.

The YMF-71x ISA cards are a good deal and some of the best and most compatible adapters.