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Started by Pen... Penalty Shot
Mon, 01 Jan 1996 00:00
Getting ready for Quake -- sound cards
Author: Pen... Penalty Shot
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 00:00
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 00:00
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I'm getting my hardware ready for Quake (and Quake-like) games. Besides getting a Rendition-based 3D card in the near future, the only other weak spot in my system is the Sound Blaster 16 SCSI-2 card. I like it because it's so multifunctional -- in addition to just functioning as a sound card, I hook all of my MIDI keyboards to the card, and it's also my NEC SCSI CD-ROM drive controller, plus my Sidewinder joystick port. But the FM sound is getting old. I know about the old WaveBlaster daughtercard, and wonder if this would be a viable upgrade. I do have a Roland MT-32, but a lot of games don't support it properly anymore. My ISA slots are pretty filled up (I have one left). Does anyone have any suggestions for upgrading? Thanks Mark
Re: Getting ready for Quake -- sound cards
Author: cca... Colin Caird
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 00:00
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 00:00
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In article <4c98vq$g...@nnrp1.news.primenet.com>, Pen...@primenet.com (Penalty Shot) wrote: >But the FM sound is getting old. I know about the old WaveBlaster >daughtercard, and wonder if this would be a viable upgrade. I do have a >Roland MT-32, but a lot of games don't support it properly anymore. My ISA >slots are pretty filled up (I have one left). Does anyone have any >suggestions for upgrading? Quake's music, if any, will be CD audio so don't bother upgrading your soundcard just for Quake. Colin /----------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Check out the most wicked DOOM, DOOM ][, Heretic and HEXEN WWW site. | | Also has a Quake section with all of the screenshots. | | Plus screenshots of an alpha version of Strife! | | | | WWW: http://www.islandnet.com/~ccaird/idgames/ (Will be up soon) | | E-mail: cca...@islandnet.com Use /doom/ for now. | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/
Re: Getting ready for Quake -- sound cards
Author: Perecli Manole
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 00:00
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 00:00
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Penalty Shot wrote: > > I'm getting my hardware ready for Quake (and Quake-like) games. Besides > getting a Rendition-based 3D card in the near future, the only other weak spot > in my system is the Sound Blaster 16 SCSI-2 card. I like it because it's so > multifunctional -- in addition to just functioning as a sound card, I hook > all of my MIDI keyboards to the card, and it's also my NEC SCSI CD-ROM drive > controller, plus my Sidewinder joystick port. > > But the FM sound is getting old. I know about the old WaveBlaster > daughtercard, and wonder if this would be a viable upgrade. I do have a > Roland MT-32, but a lot of games don't support it properly anymore. My ISA > slots are pretty filled up (I have one left). Does anyone have any > suggestions for upgrading? > > Thanks > Mark Dude, don't wory about the FM sounds on your card. Nine inch nails is writting the soundtrack for Quake and it won't be played on your FM synth. It will be recorded in a studio and put on the same CD with Quake as a regular sound track. Most new games are following this trend. Examples: Hexen, Screamer, MWII, LodeRunner for Win95, and so on. Perecli
Re: Getting ready for Quake -- sound cards
Author: Ste... steve
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 00:00
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 00:00
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On Tue, 02 Jan 1996 00:28:33 -0800, Perecli Manole <Per...@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:
>Dude, don't wory about the FM sounds on your card. Nine inch nails is writting
>the soundtrack for Quake and it won't be played on your FM synth. It will be
>recorded in a studio and put on the same CD with Quake as a regular sound track.
>Most new games are following this trend. Examples: Hexen, Screamer, MWII,
>LodeRunner for Win95, and so on.
>
>Perecli
Any music will be played from CD, but sfx will not.
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Re: Getting ready for Quake -- sound cards
Author: k23... Anssi Lehtinen
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 00:00
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 00:00
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Ste...@Thurgood.demon.co.uk (steve) wrote:
>On Tue, 02 Jan 1996 00:28:33 -0800, Perecli Manole <Per...@ix.netcom.com>
>wrote:
>>Dude, don't wory about the FM sounds on your card. Nine inch nails is writting
>>the soundtrack for Quake and it won't be played on your FM synth. It will be
>>recorded in a studio and put on the same CD with Quake as a regular sound track.
>>Most new games are following this trend. Examples: Hexen, Screamer, MWII,
>>LodeRunner for Win95, and so on.
>Any music will be played from CD, but sfx will not.
I would write a nasty answer for this one if I knew what I was talking
about, but since I don't, I won't. Still, what does the type of
synthesis matter, if nothing is synthesized? A basic SB 16 is still
pretty adequate to play those crap 11kHz samples we get for sound
effects in PC games.
Anssi Lehtinen
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Re: Getting ready for Quake -- sound cards
Author: fre... Matthew Fries
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 00:00
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 00:00
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Pen...@primenet.com (Penalty Shot) wrote: >I'm getting my hardware ready for Quake (and Quake-like) games. Besides >getting a Rendition-based 3D card in the near future, the only other weak spot >in my system is the Sound Blaster 16 SCSI-2 card. I like it because it's so >multifunctional -- in addition to just functioning as a sound card, I hook >all of my MIDI keyboards to the card, and it's also my NEC SCSI CD-ROM drive >controller, plus my Sidewinder joystick port. > >But the FM sound is getting old. I know about the old WaveBlaster >daughtercard, and wonder if this would be a viable upgrade. I do have a >Roland MT-32, but a lot of games don't support it properly anymore. My ISA >slots are pretty filled up (I have one left). Does anyone have any >suggestions for upgrading? > >Thanks >Mark A friend of mine who has a Roland sound canvas (SCC-1) keeps elbowing me to buy a better (I have a soundblaster 16 VE) sound card. He seems to think that Roland has a sound canvas type board that will fit onto the SB16, just like the waveblaster upgrade does. If this is true, you may want to look for Roland's web site and see if it is available. It would offer MUCH better midi music, and would not need to take up another slot. It sounds like the perfect thing for your situation.
Re: Getting ready for Quake -- sound cards
Author: fs... Fairfax Shield McCandlish
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 1996 00:00
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 1996 00:00
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Pen...@primenet.com writes: > But the FM sound is getting old. I know about the old WaveBlaster > daughtercard, and wonder if this would be a viable upgrade. I do have a > Roland MT-32, but a lot of games don't support it properly anymore. My ISA > slots are pretty filled up (I have one left). Does anyone have any > suggestions for upgrading? Get a Roland Sound Canvas daughter board for your sb16 or if you don't have a socket for it, get it as an isa card. -*Avatar*-
Re: Getting ready for Quake -- sound cards
Author: iab... Ian Abbott
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1996 00:00
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1996 00:00
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In article <4cfq22$i...@cobra.Minn.Net>, fre...@minn.net (Matthew Fries) wrote: >A friend of mine who has a Roland sound canvas (SCC-1) keeps elbowing >me to buy a better (I have a soundblaster 16 VE) sound card. He seems >to think that Roland has a sound canvas type board that will fit onto >the SB16, just like the waveblaster upgrade does. If this is true, you >may want to look for Roland's web site and see if it is available. It >would offer MUCH better midi music, and would not need to take up >another slot. It sounds like the perfect thing for your situation. Roland do a SCC add-on for the Soundblaster, but according to latest press you should really check out the new Yamaha XG daughterboard for the Soundblaster. It has 676 instruments and a sound quality that apparently surpasses the SoundCanvas. And it's only 150 UK pounds, which is far less than the Roland board. Ian mailto:iab...@ruiner.demon.co.uk Ian Abbott, Dunstable, Beds, England. mailto:iab...@ruiner.demon.co.uk (personal) http://www.chem.surrey.ac.uk/~chp1ia/ "I'm riding high upon a deep depression"
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