Turtle Beach Multisound Pinnacle - What is it?

Posted on 2009-08-05, 08:54

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by Farfolomew

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I have an old ISA card that says "Turtle Beach Systems PINNACLE REV C" on it, but not much else. I've done some googling, but nothing i've found really tells me if this is compatible with DOS or not, and if it is, what kind of emulation, if any, it supports. I'd post a picture, but I couldn't find …

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Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI vs Vortex2 w/DB60XG daughterboard?

Posted on 2009-06-28, 16:09

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by Farfolomew

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@Gerwin, Ah, so even if I didn't need the SBPro emulation, i'd still have to load (and keep it loaded) the au30dos.com TSR in order to utilize Vortex-2's as a daughterboard host? That's a shame, as the TSR is quite big at 23KB. It wouldn't be a big deal if I could load it high, but some of my games …

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Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI vs Vortex2 w/DB60XG daughterboard?

Posted on 2009-06-28, 09:59

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by Farfolomew

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In my system the Vortex-2 is the mixer card, it has the best sigmatel 18-bit DAC. You can connect the lines with the jackplug connectors and sometimes with internal CD-audio style connectors. But just as important, you need a way to get the card to start mixing in pure Dos. By default it is just in …

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Re: EMM386, UMBPCI, AU30DOS, and Privateer, oh my!

Posted on 2009-06-27, 07:46

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by Farfolomew

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Apparently DOSKEY didn't like being loaded after my mouse and cdrom provider, thus the reason it wouldn't LOADHIGH. (despite mem/d/p reporting the largest UMB size big enough for DOSKEY to fit into). Anyways, I fixed that problem by loading it first. Now it's just AU30DOS refusing to LH with EMM386, …

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Re: EMM386, UMBPCI, AU30DOS, and Privateer, oh my!

Posted on 2009-06-27, 07:33

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by Farfolomew

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I kinda posted this last night when I was dead tired. I was getting fed up not coming across any leads on Google or here, so I just decided to post real quick without a terrible amount of troubleshooting. Anyways, while I still havn't fixed any of the problems originally posted, I have found a work …

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EMM386, UMBPCI, AU30DOS, and Privateer, oh my!

Posted on 2009-06-26, 17:26

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by Farfolomew

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So I can't quite seem to get my configuration perfect. Here goes: First of all, I would love to use just UMBPCI, as that allows me the most Upper Memory, but alas, Privateer 1 and Dark Forces refuse to run properly with it, so i'm forced to use EMM386. The problem? The AU30DOS.COM TSR refuses to …

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Re: Thinking about the eBay DB60XG clone, should I?

Posted on 2009-06-18, 14:30

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by Farfolomew

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Very subjective. But I think I tend to agree with Retro on the "bassy" thing. While they sound 10x better than my crappy SB16, and certainly better than the SBLive software General Midi, there are some tunes that sound odd, especially in Privateer. They still sound good though, just different. Like …

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Re: Thinking about the eBay DB60XG clone, should I?

Posted on 2009-06-18, 08:26

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by Farfolomew

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Well, I decided to include EMM386 because it's been my experience that some games just aren't completely stable using UMBPCI. I've never really had any issues with EMM386, as long as I've chosen the NOEMS or RAM option when the other gave me trouble. I'm not completely sure UMBPCI was the culprit, …

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Re: Thinking about the eBay DB60XG clone, should I?

Posted on 2009-06-17, 11:45

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by Farfolomew

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One more thing, you will have to turn off the BIOS PNP settings if you havn't already. In this case, you don't want the BIOS assigning resources to the AWE64, as you'll be using CTCM.EXE to do that. In my particular case (Abit BH6, Intel 440BX), I told the BIOS to reserve IRQ 5, DMA 1, and DMA 5 for …

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Re: Thinking about the eBay DB60XG clone, should I?

Posted on 2009-06-17, 11:41

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by Farfolomew

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Ok, I made a bare-bones AWE64 DOS configuration. It has everything you need excluding the 4 DOS system files: io.sys, msdos.sys, command.com, drvspace.bin. Just unzip it to your DOS machine drive c:\ using PKUNZIP (which I included in the root of the zip file). http://www.tacmod.com/Files/tac/misc/ …

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Re: Thinking about the eBay DB60XG clone, should I?

Posted on 2009-06-16, 22:52

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by Farfolomew

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I'll post my AWE64 configuration when I get home later tonight, if you still have the problem. It took me a while to get mine working too!

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Re: Thinking about the eBay DB60XG clone, should I?

Posted on 2009-06-16, 11:35

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by Farfolomew

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Well I found the link I was talking about in the post above: http://www.dosforum.de/soundcards/ Unfortunately, it doesn't work anymore! I swear I could access the page not more than a month ago! I don't know what happened. That sucks, because it had such a lovely table of popular sound cards with …

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Re: Thinking about the eBay DB60XG clone, should I?

Posted on 2009-06-16, 11:06

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by Farfolomew

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Hey Old Thrashbarg, welcome to the club! I was in about the exact same situation you were a couple months ago. I ended up purchasing a lot of crap that ultimately i'll never use (namely Ensoniq products-sorry Swaaye!), but I think i've finally come up with a decent setup. I, too, bought the DB60XG …

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Re: Ensoniq Soundscape resources (manuals, files, links, photos)

Posted on 2009-06-06, 07:50

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by Farfolomew

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My Montego II is almost, if not, as quiet as my modern onboard HD Audio..which is to say I hear absolutely NOTHING when there isn't any sound playing. I am really delighted with the quality of this Montego card, and really hoping the DB60XG i'm getting soon will sound just as good on it as the …

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Re: Turtlebeach Montego II (Vortex 2) S/PDIF Pinout?

Posted on 2009-06-05, 15:10

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by Farfolomew

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Hmm, interesting, thanks a lot! Any info you can provide would be appreciated. Maybe if you find the correct pinout, you could try connecting a regular internal S/PDIF cable from your Montego II to your Yamaha instead of using the breakout bracket.

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Turtlebeach Montego II (Vortex 2) S/PDIF Pinout?

Posted on 2009-06-05, 14:27

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by Farfolomew

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So it seems my Vortex 2 card, the Montego II, contains a header called SPDIF_I25 (I think it's an "I" maybe a 1 though). It's an 8-pin connector, and supposedly you use it with a digital i/o breakout bracket. I bought this card last century, and thus, have no idea where that bracket could be (if I …

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Re: Ensoniq Soundscape resources (manuals, files, links, photos)

Posted on 2009-06-05, 12:20

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by Farfolomew

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Well I tried the AudioPCI out. I have to say i'm disappointed in its sound-to-noise ratio. I place it less than the AWE64, which is behind the SBLive. I also get some weird digital effect problems (like stuttering, or crackling) in the Duke3d demo. Maybe it's just a single bad card I have...I dunno, …

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Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI vs Vortex2 w/DB60XG daughterboard?

Posted on 2009-06-05, 12:10

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by Farfolomew

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Well, if editing the config files is all that's required, i'm not that worried. I only have newer games anyways (1994+ onward). I'm just looking for a reliable card I can use for digital purposes, as I plan on using a Montego II+DB60XG for MIDI. So far, the best ISA card i've used for digital …

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Re: Ensoniq Soundscape resources (manuals, files, links, photos)

Posted on 2009-06-04, 12:02

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by Farfolomew

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Well, I think I got the DOS Ensoniq AudioPCI drivers. I downloaded a file called PCI64.zip that contained very straightforward installation instructions, and the needed utilities (apinit.com, apmixer.com). The file I downloaded on EMU.com's website was an installation setup package for Win 3.1, but …

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Re: Ensoniq Soundscape resources (manuals, files, links, photos)

Posted on 2009-06-04, 06:20

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by Farfolomew

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@swaaye: I tried downloading the AudioPCI drivers from the link you gave in the OP, but I can't seem to extract the DOS driver files. I downloaded the Windows 3.1 version, ran the setup program, found where the temporary files were at, and copied the legacy.z, sndset.z, and windrv.z to another …

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