Re: New DreamBlaster S2 !

Posted on 2020-06-15, 16:58

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No, it sounds like you don't have your sound card initialized and/or your BLASTER environment correct. It would help to know whether you are trying to get this to work in DOS or Windows, first of all. Indeed I forgot to specify I'm trying to run games under dos. Sorry. Then you need to init the …

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Re: New DreamBlaster S2 !

Posted on 2020-06-15, 13:34

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Hello ! I connected my s2 to an ess1868 card and I couldn't get music in any games. I tried waveblaster or midi on doom1/doom2 and other games and I cannot hear anything. Do I have to install SoftMPU for this dreamblaster to work ? Thanks Stéphane No, you do not need SoftMPU for Dreamblaster in …

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Re: New DreamBlaster S2 !

Posted on 2020-06-15, 13:32

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Hello ! I connected my s2 to an ess1868 card and I couldn't get music in any games. I tried waveblaster or midi on doom1/doom2 and other games and I cannot hear anything. Do I have to install SoftMPU for this dreamblaster to work ? Thanks Stéphane No, it sounds like you don't have your sound card …

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Re: New DreamBlaster S2 !

Posted on 2020-06-15, 12:41

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Am I correct in assuming that, if you hook up the S2, MIDI data is still also sent out through the gameport? That is correct, the signal gets sent to both - the MPU-401 port (gameport) as well as to the Wavetable header. Both of these are the "External MPU-401" route as in contrast to the Internal …

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Re: Awe32 in dos : no FM sound

Posted on 2018-02-11, 07:23

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Finally I was able to get FM sound under dos! I called successively the following tools: CTCM, CTCU, DIAGNOSE, SB16SET(pushing global & midi volume to the maximum) & AWEUTILS. Thanks for your help ! Stephane

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Re: Awe32 in dos : no FM sound

Posted on 2018-02-09, 13:47

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did you run mixer setup in your autoexec? I didn't run the mixerset in autoexec.bat When running it in command line mode, it gives a driver error ... ==> - Mixerset and sb16set both return errors: sb16set returns a "low level driver error" error and mixerset returns "Incorrect AUXDRV.DRV driver …

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Re: Awe32 in dos : no FM sound

Posted on 2018-02-09, 12:12

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Interesting. Maybe this method is not good (don't remember if I actually tried it). Try using the modified utilities in the ZIP I just uploaded (they implement solution #2). Thanks for the utility ! I was able to use it. Everything seems fine. What I noticed: - After running the utilities, still no …

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Re: Awe32 in dos : no FM sound

Posted on 2018-02-08, 21:25

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Well the trick I used is modify the winbootdir inside msdos.sys. changing it is working. But putting an empty value does not work (still retains original value when in dos). When in dos, if I try set winbootdir=, value is not updated. It's just ignored...

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Re: Awe32 in dos : no FM sound

Posted on 2018-02-08, 20:56

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I have updated the winbootdir to something else but I still get the same error message when running ctcu :( Ok guys, I think it's becoming too complicated for me. I have ready spent a vast amount of time trying to get this card working in dos and still no results... I'm quite desperate to say the …

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Re: Awe32 in dos : no FM sound

Posted on 2018-02-08, 20:15

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Hello ! I've setup bootgui=0 When I want to run ctcu, I get an error : Cannot be run under win95 or win32.1 dos box 🙁 I'm stuck, again ... Could you point me to the right direction ? Thanks Stéphane

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Re: Creative Waveblaster ct1900 value?

Posted on 2018-02-08, 14:42

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by tyrell

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Most of the Wave Blaster 1's I've seen sell recently go for more than $100. I think I even saw one sell for close to $200...without the box or extras. There's not much point to ask here what things are worth. Go on eBay and do a search for recently sold items. That usually holds the answer. What is …

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Re: Awe32 in dos : no FM sound

Posted on 2018-02-07, 16:21

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Hi, The motherboard I'm using is an Aopen AX5T. I've setup all irq and dma channels to PCI/ISA PnP (I had to reconfigure some cards in win98 afterwards) Still no FM sound in dos ... I tried executing the ctcm utility I have found in a sb16 archive, but it crashes and freezes the computer (restart …

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Re: Awe32 in dos : no FM sound

Posted on 2018-02-06, 21:56

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Hello ! My model is ct3980. I played a little bit in the bios options as well, a bit too much in fact, up to the point where I don't have any sound at all in dos! My motherboard is pnp compatible, and I can set every interrupt to either Isa pnp or legacy isa. Same for the dma channels. What should I …

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Re: Awe32 in dos : no FM sound

Posted on 2018-02-06, 14:57

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Note that the previous card was an als4000 and that it was perfectly working under dos ... No hassle and FM sound was working as well (of course, not a genuine opl3 like on the awe32). Some more progress this evening if I have some spare time...

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Re: Awe32 in dos : no FM sound

Posted on 2018-02-06, 12:15

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by tyrell

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I don't remember it was that painful to install a soundblaster awe32 into dos 😀

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Re: Awe32 in dos : no FM sound

Posted on 2018-02-05, 21:30

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by tyrell

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Where can I find the ctcm utility ? I didn't find it in the awe32 drivers packages on this site.

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Re: Awe32 in dos : no FM sound

Posted on 2018-02-05, 16:23

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Ok thanks. Will try that!

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Re: Awe32 in dos : no FM sound

Posted on 2018-02-05, 16:01

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by tyrell

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Possible indeed. Is there a workaround in this case ? Or do I have to throw this motherboard to buy another one ?

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Re: Awe32 in dos : no FM sound

Posted on 2018-02-05, 14:56

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by tyrell

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It's normal not to get errors in most games, since FM means to just write data to 0x388. Whether something sits there to receive the data is hardly checked by any game. Does your vintage machine have a Plug&Play capable BIOS? If so, do a clean boot into the command like (by pressing F8) and try …

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Re: Awe32 in dos : no FM sound

Posted on 2018-02-05, 10:30

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by tyrell

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Also check your mixer settings - your FM output might be muted. Also, add the following line after your Aweutil command in your Autoexec.bat file: C:\SB16\MIXERSET.EXE /P /Q Indeed, it seems like it is muted ... because when I setup the various games, I don't get any errors. It's just that I cannot …

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