Re: Some questions regarding roland hardware and using it on a modern system

Posted on 2019-02-08, 20:36

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I didn't say that you don't need mixer at all. Just shoot as much as you can eat )) count your sound fx devices, add music devices lacking mechanical volume control, add 1 for av switch and 1 more (for some perspective) to that sum and you'll get the number of stereo channels to mix by your mixer. …

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Re: Some questions regarding roland hardware and using it on a modern system

Posted on 2019-02-08, 07:28

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there's no need in mixer for connecting external midi stuff. just buy av switch (4 or 8 channel depending on device quantity and free space). that's because of those modules have volume knobs so you can adjust sound without any other device. the line mixer comes in play when you use several internal …

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Re: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS front panel

Posted on 2019-02-08, 07:01

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I suppose that live<=>drive interconnection is digital, so shielding doesn't affect on sound quality (in this particular case). there's a DAC and a headphone amplifier on the drive's PCB. seems like there's something wrong with them, mostly with the amp. are you the first owner of the module and did …

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Re: Pentium II taking apart horror

Posted on 2019-01-24, 20:26

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just pull those plastic brackets with pliers. some pushing through corresponding holes on back side might be helpful. be careful not to crack the bracket when one its side got to be loose while other side still tight. anyway, even cracked it can be pushed back and will function like intact one.

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Re: Now here's something that sounds off.

Posted on 2019-01-08, 00:55

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I talked to that guy and he sent me the GPU photo. He claimed that that markings are fake, but I see that circle that is nvidia prop, and hope everyone interested wouldn't bite this snatch. And memory chips are 7ns (133mhz). One more thing. $120 for “rebaged” voodoo3 card is too much even if it's …

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Re: Yamaha MU2000EX

Posted on 2019-01-07, 03:46

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thanks for advise. it seems that is a final (r1) update to 2000ex version. I'm looking for the possibility of backward process I.e. to reflash extended mu2000ex/r1 version to original mu2000 is it possible at all?

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Re: Can't get sound out of CT3670

Posted on 2019-01-06, 09:43

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you have to set the card to one of “standard” configs like address 220 or 240, Irq 5 or 7, dMA low 1 or 3, dma high 5 or 7. check other hardware for resources conflicts, may be remove it and check the sound works ok. then add removed cards one by one checking that sound still works. if after …

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Re: VooDoo2 card detected in Windows 98SE, but, not in DirectX Diagnostics, games, and Display properties (error)

Posted on 2019-01-06, 09:31

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what driver version did you install? I used 3.02 and it work seamlessly in my system

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Re: Yamaha MU2000EX

Posted on 2019-01-06, 09:29

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is there a way to flash original MU2000 firmware to mu2000ex module? just want to compare tf300b mode to ex's gm. some people say that gm music sounds better on non-ex firmware

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Re: A Silly New Years Project: Windows 7 on a GX110

Posted on 2019-01-03, 08:27

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Dell's GX series are the great machines, but, as an owner of several older gx models, I can say that in this one the most valuable thing is the case. with another mainboard (bx/lx/tx/hx/fx/ppro based) and riser card you can get 4 isa and 4 pci slots (total 7, because one isa slot is combined with …

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Re: Adding Text to Config.sys for Menus

Posted on 2018-11-07, 23:30

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Thanks, now I know it :) I tuned autoexec to assemble sound init .bat file during boot from batch files in corresponding directory, you just need to put to or delete needed for current hardware config files in that directory. the only thing I cannot manage to be made on-the-fly is to load current …

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Re: Adding Text to Config.sys for Menus

Posted on 2018-11-02, 20:18

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The most comfortable thing is that the last chosen menu item is "memorised" and selected by default on next restart. I made it by "compiling" i.e. copying several needed parts of config.sys into one file every startup. so you have several HEADER files with MENU and different MENUDEFAULT strings and …

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Re: Any Reason Why the VGA Standoffs on at Least the Voodoo3 and Beyond Have a Washer on Them?

Posted on 2018-10-08, 19:15

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Can't see on the photo if those washers are of grower type. If it's so they will be harder to be turned with monitor's plug screws when undoing them. Anyway it's a good manner to put the washer under the nut (in this case the screw has a hexagonal head so it's a kind of).

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Re: Socket 370 with BX440 Motherboards?

Posted on 2018-09-23, 16:37

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Look for ASUS CUBX-E. It's got 2 ISA slots (not each board you encounter so look for proper revision by your eyes), ATA-66 controller (can be disabled) and BUS DIVIDER to run PCI @33 when FSB @133. Also there's a BIOS supporting Tualatin CPUs (but the board itself cannot run it without physical …

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Re: Gravis UltraSound : Classic Found With Open Traces

Posted on 2018-09-18, 21:28

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Today got the same card (ver 2.4) in similar condition: +5V trace is burnt out. It seems like it is a common problem to this PCB version. Just patched the card with a thin isolated wire. The burn to the right of patched one is alive indeed. I left it as is because card works for now. Maybe it will …

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Re: AWE32 - some questions please

Posted on 2018-08-31, 22:37

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Creative Labs always print PCB version in the lower left corner of their cards - from Game Blaster 'til X-Fi, may be later too. Ofcourse on PCI and PCI-E cards they use lower right corner. For example 039436 means the PCB revision is number 3 and it was signed to production on 36th week of 1994.

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Re: Creative CT1620 card questions

Posted on 2018-08-31, 22:23

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Resolderd those yellow wires back to corresponding points. Sound volume returned to the previous level. Distortion in the right channel still audible as where we were started at. Does anybody has the manual and/or driver set for this card model (CT1620)? Need them hardly. Am I alone owner. If …

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Re: Creative CT1620 card questions

Posted on 2018-08-28, 20:14

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Yes, there's a little damage to the isolation but the wire itself is ok Thanks

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Re: Creative CT1620 card questions

Posted on 2018-08-28, 19:26

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I've cut those yellow wires on the back side of the card by sidecutters (the PCB stays intact). The audio otput became way too off even on 3.5 jack. At maximum volume levels the left channel brings background noises only while in the right (defective!) there's a sound but far-far away. I think I'd …

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Re: Creative CT1620 card questions

Posted on 2018-08-28, 19:15

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Thanks for advise! I found that distortion amount in right channel really depends on hardware mixer volume. It seems that Diagnose.exe when started reinits the card and therefore ignores mixer settings (sbpset.exe). When set to 250 both master and voice, the sound in right channel is very distorted …

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