Betrayed Alliance Book 1 (v1.3.1) "overhaul update" - free SCI fangame released!

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Betrayed Alliance Book 1 v1.3.1 (the "overhaul update") has been released! Download it now! Watch the trailer! Features Works on period hardware! 50/56 vector EGA backgrounds completely redrawn and refreshed (the majority of which was done by talented Canadian artist Karl Dupéré-Richer) Brand new ( …

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HP Pack-Mate desktop computer (w/PCI, IR, onboard video)

Posted on 2024-04-26, 15:41

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I used to have an HP 486 DX2/66 computer that was given to me by a friend years ago. It had an infrared light port somewhere and PCI slots with onboard video. I've been trying to find what exact model this was but am coming up empty. Does anyone have any knowledge of this line of HPs? It may have …

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Re: OPN music on an ISA sound card?

Posted on 2024-04-26, 14:26

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I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the SAAYM ISA card (CMS/GB/2x SAA1099 + YM2151/OPM) from TexElec. This could basically reproduce any OPN sound we need since it's just a mildly feature-stripped version of OPM. I wonder what the chances are of getting a DOS Genesis/MD emulator like Genecyst to work …

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Re: MT-32 Editor- a new timbre editor and patch librarian for 64-bit Windows

Posted on 2024-04-17, 15:15

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Luckily, Falcosoft implemented a drag-and-drop solution for SYX files in the MUNT VSTi which works very well when used in Cakewalk. But still. Editing the timbres with MT32 Editor, saving, and redragging the SYX to the VSTi is just a couple extra steps when it could be much more streamlined. But …

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Re: MT-32 Editor- a new timbre editor and patch librarian for 64-bit Windows

Posted on 2024-04-13, 17:24

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Nice. Although, it would also have to have MUNT compiled into it as well to be useful as a VSTi since it doesn't output sound on its own. Currently I use Falcosoft's MUNT VSTi plugin which is fantastic. But having timbre editing tools built in to a MUNT VSTi as well would be the icing on the cake. …

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Re: MT-32 Editor- a new timbre editor and patch librarian for 64-bit Windows

Posted on 2024-04-12, 13:26

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I was using MUNT (the mt32emu_qt GUI interface). Haven't tried with my hardware MT-32 yet because I cannibalized the cables I use to connect it to my interface in favour of my guitar pedalboard connections I was experimenting with. I will hook it back up perhaps tonight and see if it continues. EDIT …

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Re: MT-32 Editor- a new timbre editor and patch librarian for 64-bit Windows

Posted on 2024-04-09, 05:35

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Holy cow how is it I missed this and it's a whole year old? Thank you so much for creating something modern! I've been using LA-Synth for Win3.x under OTVDM and sometimes Unisyn (another Win3.x librarian for multiple synths which I originally found by searching for something compatible with the FB- …

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Re: PCZSM (DOS) ZSM Player

Posted on 2024-02-27, 19:23

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Nice. To be honest I'd love to see more programs written to support the YM2151 on PC. Definitely want to pick up a SAAYM card in the near future!

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Re: PicoGUS: ISA sound card emulator with Raspberry Pi Pico (Gravis Ultrasound, AdLib, MPU-401, Tandy, CMS)

Posted on 2023-12-07, 13:47

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I just got my 2.0 board in a few days ago and have been enjoying playing with it. I was wondering if anyone had success getting it working under Win95? I can install the original Gravis Ultrasound driver and it doesn't complain. But when I set the address, IRQ, and DMA appropriately just no sound …

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Re: VST Midi Driver Midi Mapper

Posted on 2023-09-11, 13:13

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Wonderful! Works great, thanks so much for digging into this and solving the problem.

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Re: VST Midi Driver Midi Mapper

Posted on 2023-09-08, 18:11

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Oh wow nice work! I will try this when I get home after work. I did try your previous fix and ADLplug worked great after that. I got constant hangs and crashes with OPNplug though. But I guess this fix solves the problem at its root.

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Re: VST Midi Driver Midi Mapper

Posted on 2023-09-04, 17:48

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Okay, I now see the banks and can access them. There's a bit of a trick to it to get the selection to stick that I had to work out, but I got it functioning. Upon changing to a new bank selection, the new selection doesn't change in the bank name field. It doesn't look like any settings change. And …

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Re: VST Midi Driver Midi Mapper

Posted on 2023-09-04, 00:39

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I'm loving that this exists. However, I've run into a few issues. For ADLplug and OPNplug VSTs, no synth GUI opens and I get 2 errors in a row that say "Cannot save plugin settings!" and "Cannot load plugin settings!" Opening the VST settings manually with the configuration window and clicking " …

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Re: Falcosoft Soundfont Midi Player + Munt VSTi + BassMidi VSTi

Posted on 2023-08-02, 23:54

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Very well, I understand. Thanks for your response.

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Re: Commodore 64

Posted on 2023-08-02, 22:19

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Ah geez. What a time to be a Canadian...

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Re: Falcosoft Soundfont Midi Player + Munt VSTi + BassMidi VSTi

Posted on 2023-08-02, 22:09

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Falcosoft, is there any way that we can add an option/toggle in OPL3VSTi to function like OPL2 instead (supporting only mono output and max 9 voice-polyphony)? In tinkering with Sierra SCI games to preview songs and composing for SCI fangames, OPL3VSTi has been invaluable in previewing tracks and …

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Re: Yamaha FB-01/IMFC SCI tools (FB2SCI, SCI2FB, etc)

Posted on 2023-03-06, 04:50

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SCI2FB v1.01 is now released! It has been updated to support older patch files from SCI games that have only one sysex bank: -KQ4 -PQ2/LSL2 (they're identical, much like SQ3 and KQ1SCI's banks) -LSL2old (LSL2 has an older FB-01/IMF patch file with very different instruments) -Silpheed (the only non- …

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Re: FB2SCI (and other FB-01/IMFC tools for Sierra SCI games)

Posted on 2023-03-05, 01:46

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Good idea! Also, just completed SCI2FB which does the process in reverse (creates two FB-01 sysex bank files from an SCI patch file)! https://github.com/MusicallyInspired/SCI2FB EDIT: Well shoot. And now I've discovered some FB-01 patch banks are only 48 instruments and half the size. My program …

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Re: FB2SCI - Yamaha FB-01/IMFC bank sysex to SCI patch converter

Posted on 2023-03-04, 16:28

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So I'm wondering how similar the IMF and FB01 drivers are. I know that the only SCI1 games Sierra officially made support for KQ5, QFG2, and Jones and only for the IMF not the FB01. There doesn't appear to have existed any driver for the FB01 for SCI1 at all. Could we create one perhaps by …

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Re: FB2SCI - Yamaha FB-01/IMFC bank sysex to SCI patch converter

Posted on 2023-03-03, 19:47

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So, interestingly, the SCI1 FB-01 Patch resource has a different header for resource type identifier and also a string for the title of the game starting with "IMF - ". For KQ5 it's 10 extra bytes but for QFG2 it's 25. But otherwise it's the same as the SCI0 format. I'm not sure how the driver …

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