Re: Okay but did you ever PURCHASE WinRAR?

Posted on 2024-05-18, 15:50

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DracoNihil wrote on 2024-05-16, 07:09: I don't know what kind of disc is light blue on the data track side; I guess he was shipped a CD-R rather than a stamped disc? It has to be a CD-R, they print your personalized license key file on it. Also always the most recent 'stable' version of WinRAR, …

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Re: How important is screen resolution to you?

Posted on 2024-05-14, 14:09

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On a side note, I hate it when modern-ish 16:9 TVs insert ugly GREY bars instead of black bars for displaying 4:3 content. Or when games or apps force novelty bezels with artwork to fill out the aspect ratio, or stretching the image for that matter. Don't get people's issue with black bars when …

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Re: How important is screen resolution to you?

Posted on 2024-05-07, 08:13

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For gaming I prefer the golden ratio of 16÷10, at 1920x1200. Best chance for pixel perfect retro resolutions, fine for movies and modern games and the extra vertical space is fantastic for browsing and working. I actively dislike higher resolutions, as to my eyes it wastes resources for minimal …

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Re: [RELEASE] Nuked-SC55, low-level Roland SC-55 series emulator announcement

Posted on 2024-05-06, 21:27

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Ok, no worries- removing my question.

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Re: [RELEASE] Nuked-SC55, low-level Roland SC-55 series emulator announcement

Posted on 2024-05-06, 20:44

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Just to make sure: the supposed SC-55 'mk I' set I might have found (the file names match and file sizes seem to make sense but extensions are .ic23, .ic30 etc., maybe a MAME thing?) is not usable and cannot be converted? In that case I'll toss it. These can be renamed, but the set you have is …

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Re: [RELEASE] Nuked-SC55, low-level Roland SC-55 series emulator announcement

Posted on 2024-05-06, 17:02

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Yeah, sharing hashes is fine, because there is no way to use the hash to get the rom. I'm interested in the mkII and no battery roms in particular, as that will probably fix the detuning bug. i start 0.3 with -gs as a workaround for that bug currently. Could you link to more information about this …

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Re: [RELEASE] Nuked-SC55, low-level Roland SC-55 series emulator announcement

Posted on 2024-05-06, 16:51

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Just to make sure: the supposed SC-55 'mk I' set I might have found (the file names match and file sizes seem to make sense but extensions are .ic23, .ic30 etc., maybe a MAME thing?) is not usable and cannot be converted? In that case I'll toss it.

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Re: [RELEASE] Nuked-SC55, low-level Roland SC-55 series emulator announcement

Posted on 2024-05-06, 11:18

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Ok, thanks all, I probably have a good mk2 set then. Nice, now I can join in with the fun with this amazing emulator! Edit: what are these hashes? MD5 checksum? For the mk2? In hat case my files differ.

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Re: [RELEASE] Nuked-SC55, low-level Roland SC-55 series emulator announcement

Posted on 2024-05-05, 22:13

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Is there a way to determine the roms I am using are ok? I have a mk2 set that seems to work, but Nuked-SC55 starts with 6 'unknown write' errors, is this benign? Also I might have been able to find a mk1 set, but the files end in .ic30, .ic23 etc., which I assume is the wrong format, and these do …

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Re: Heads Up: Roland Sound Canvas VA VSTi Plugin!

Posted on 2024-01-25, 14:51

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I sent an e-mail to George Sanger (the actual Fat Man) to ask about the T7G MIDI situation. He confirmed that the music was originally composed for SC-55 and the official soundtrack was recorded using a SC-55 Mk. II with help from the community. He was also quick to point out the problem with the …

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Re: Heads Up: Roland Sound Canvas VA VSTi Plugin!

Posted on 2024-01-24, 22:21

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I tried your Midi Player, which reproduced the same behavior as SAVIHost (wrong drums). Enabling CTF as you described did indeed work, and the music then plays with the correct drums, which looks to be STANDARD and not ORCHESTRA. I was thinking, I am constantly comparing this to my current, real SC …

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Re: Have you opened your SC-55 to check the battery inside?

Posted on 2024-01-22, 10:59

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Yes, wanted to remove it proactively, but was wondering if I should try to source a replacement cell because 'something' needs to be there for continuity, or if I could just as well leave it off.

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Re: Have you opened your SC-55 to check the battery inside?

Posted on 2024-01-20, 12:07

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Does anyone know if it is possible to desolder the internal (three pinned) battery of a PMA-5 and just leave it at that, if intended use is just as a MIDI module? Or does a battery or connection need to be present on the board?

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Re: Heads Up: Roland Sound Canvas VA VSTi Plugin!

Posted on 2024-01-20, 07:20

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That said, for this specific one at least I doubt it's the sequence. I am now using ScummVM for further testing, and I am jumping straight from the frontend to a savegame in the foyer, with no other tracks playing in between. The 'loading GM drivers' screen is still shown before though. And have …

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Re: Heads Up: Roland Sound Canvas VA VSTi Plugin!

Posted on 2024-01-20, 06:57

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Actually if the already selected rhythm part is the same as before then selecting the same part again does the same as selecting the default 'Standard 1' drum set (the same way as I had shown in the video). The only difference is that the way you do this triggers a user interface bug and the actual …

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Re: Possible to add line-in to laptop or mini-PC's internal sound card?

Posted on 2024-01-19, 15:59

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If it doesn't have one then it would entirely depend on if the motherboard originally had support for one and its simply not populated. If it never had support or never had an unpopulated place for one then I doubt its possible to do as you ask. If you can get a spec sheet for the motherboard then …

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Re: Possible to add line-in to laptop or mini-PC's internal sound card?

Posted on 2024-01-19, 15:45

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An alternative nightmarish scenario I could think of is doing the mixing externally and routing the combined audio to the internal speakers of a PC monitor, but in my scenario that would entail routing the line-outs of both the MIDI module and the PC to an external mixer and combining the output of …

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Re: Possible to add line-in to laptop or mini-PC's internal sound card?

Posted on 2024-01-19, 15:37

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Is it possible to add a line-in port to a laptop or mini-PC that doesn't have one, while maintaining the ability to mix it's audio with the audio of the internal sound card? As I understand it, all line-in-to-usb 'adapters' are actually external sound cards, which in Windows requires switching to, …

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Possible to add line-in to laptop or mini-PC's internal sound card?

Posted on 2024-01-19, 15:20

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Is it possible to add a line-in port to a laptop or mini-PC that doesn't have one, while maintaining the ability to mix it's audio with the audio of the internal sound card? As I understand it, all line-in-to-usb 'adapters' are actually external sound cards, which in Windows requires switching to, …

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Re: Current options for a 'portable Sound Canvas' (on a Pi or SBC etc.)?

Posted on 2024-01-19, 02:07

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There are HDMI audio injectors https://www.jaycar.com.au/hdmi-stereo-audio-inserter/p/AC1636 You would just need one with audio inputs for both sources. Or a little passive mixer. The birds nest of devices grows... Haha, yeah, this is escalating quickly... The main problem here is missing decent …

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