If you like video game / tracker / chiptune music...

Posted on 2011-09-09, 15:07

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...then you will love this band, Slagsmålsklubben! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAHNcwEagno http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8lMzvLTt-I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk8YzNnKUNg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQQh_kxdXY0 I think their style is very similar to 90's computer game music. Even though …

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Re: Sound Card Recordings

Posted on 2011-09-09, 13:21

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@jwt27 Thanks for sharing your observations, and glad we both agree on the YMF719 being a useful card. The YMF715 (=YMF719) Datasheet says there is a Yamaha OPL3/OPL3-L build in. You wrote: "SBpro mode is severely distorted anyway since the card does no filtering or interpolation at all in that …

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Re: Sound Card Recordings

Posted on 2011-09-08, 19:43

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Fixed the distortion, here is the complete track: http://www.box.net/shared/v96iu9evxi4y7e46n1u2 (12MB flac) Now that I listen to this on my good speakers at full volume, with the right mixer settings, I think I can safely say this YMF719 is the best ISA sound card I've ever had. IMO it blows all …

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Re: Sound Card Recordings

Posted on 2011-09-08, 14:30

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I rec'd it again, and immediately it sounds a LOT better. The difference with the 'mystery card' is a lot smaller now, at least I think it sounds better than the modplug rendering. But I still like the mystery card better. Now there's another problem. The right channel has some strange 'crackling' …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2011-09-08, 14:20

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I really like the space and light in your computer area!! Wish I had a setup like that but I got too much junk and not enough spare -BIG- rooms :P Ha! you should've seen it before I cleaned up :lol: There was a huge pile of junk behind me, about where the keyboard is standing now. I dumped about …

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Re: Sound Card Recordings

Posted on 2011-09-07, 20:56

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Two years ago, in This topic I wrote: "be sure to turn of all 3D, Ymersion, bass and treble 'enhancements'. Put them all at 0. Also turn off any Amplifier with the jumpers." But now that you mention it, Bass+treble at 3 could also be the proper setting to leave the original waveform intact. :sly: …

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Re: Sound Card Recordings

Posted on 2011-09-07, 18:35

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Those options are kinda vague, I tried to set them as neutral as possible. I'm not sure if they are really off. This is how it's set up now: Ymersion = 0 (possible options: 0 to 7) Mode = Hi-Fi (options: Desktop, NotePC1, NotePC2, Hi-Fi) Preset = Manual (options: Manual, Hall, Hall2, Church, Disco : …

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Re: Buying a new monitor in 2011

Posted on 2011-09-07, 18:24

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Response time, as low as possible. I think 5ms is quite high. Always look for a 'static' contrast ratio in the specs. You'll want this as high as possible. The huge numbers you see on the box are almost always the 'dynamic' contrast ratio. In short dynamic contrast means the backlight is dimmed when …

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Re: Sound Card Recordings

Posted on 2011-09-07, 18:03

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First and third ones were recorded from real DOS through the line-out, yes. The card I used to record the first one is a SB X-Fi Elite Pro, third was probably recorded on my previous card, an Audigy2. But I don't think that caused the huge difference. Second one was also recorded on the X-Fi, that …

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Re: Sound Card Recordings

Posted on 2011-09-07, 16:05

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Here are three recordings I made of the Jazz Jackrabbit bonus level track. Only the first 30 seconds, for comparison. Now if you think: Jazz Jackrabbit's music is sampled, it should sound the same on any card! Listen to this and think again ;) http://www.box.net/shared/4c68vcgx32ux5kpdspxj (10MB …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2011-09-07, 13:42

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This is where I spend most of my time: http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/5060/img0038xk.jpg http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/3060/img0045xt.jpg My time machine: (that flat screen thing is NOT mine ofcourse) http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/7741/img0040xh.jpg Close up, nothing special really: …

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Re: Need to find old DOS robot game if anybody can help

Posted on 2011-09-07, 13:30

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the_prince wrote: This is the game!. big memories playing this and I still remember i never finished it. Thanks alot pal for quick reply also! 😀 No problem, glad I could help you 😀

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Re: Need to find old DOS robot game if anybody can help

Posted on 2011-09-06, 22:47

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Electro Man perhaps? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaPd-cHGOFM

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Re: Windows 95 Realtek RTL8139C network driver problems

Posted on 2011-09-06, 00:44

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I have the same network card, working in DOS at 100Mb full-duplex using these drivers. Win/mac/unix drivers are also included.

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Re: Networking in DOS and Windows 3.1

Posted on 2011-09-05, 16:29

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Here is my config.sys: [Menu] menuitem=NoNetwork menuitem=Network [common] device=C:\windows\himem.sys /testmem:off /cpuclock:off /v dos=high,umb,auto device=C:\windows\emm386.exe noems devicehigh=C:\windows\setver.exe devicehigh=C:\oak\oakcdrom.sys /D:mscd001 device=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\display.sys …

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Re: Networking in DOS and Windows 3.1

Posted on 2011-09-05, 02:38

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Sorry it took me so long to report back, but I've managed to get networking working in Windows 3.1 by upgrading to Windows for Workgroups 3.11 and using the driver I found (and TCP/IP-32), and from there on everything seemed to just work (which is how it should be :happy:). However, I still can't …

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Re: Are Yamaha YMF724s supposed to be this unreliable?

Posted on 2011-09-03, 13:04

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by jwt27

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The noise effect you describe sounds like the card is recording 'what you hear' i.e. the sum output with 20dB amplification. So there is a feedback loop. Could you check the mixer settings again? And change settings even if it looks correct. Sometimes it shows settings that are not really set on …

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Re: Are Yamaha YMF724s supposed to be this unreliable?

Posted on 2011-09-03, 02:48

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by jwt27

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I don't know what that red thing in the picture is, but it is definitely not a Yamaha card. This is a Yamaha card. Yours looks more like a FM801 or something.

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Re: Games crash when moving the mouse (semi-fixed, now IRQ hell)

Posted on 2011-09-01, 22:33

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by jwt27

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I have that program somewhere, tried it once but it didn't work as well as UniRefresh, IIRC. I could try it again, sure it's always better than nothing.

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Re: Recording Creative Game Blaster w/ line-in on modern PC

Posted on 2011-09-01, 22:31

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by jwt27

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What sound card do you have in your windows PC? It could be that the CMS has a high DC offset which your sound card is trying to remove or something. When you play a sine or square wave on the CMS, does it look like that in adobe audition? Also have you tried using other programs, like Cool Edit Pro …

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