![]() I have ONE small pci-e, one large pci-e, adn oen pci slot in the motherboard. as i said, dos doesn't matter, but true XG or GS wavetable DOES. the old sw60xg method actually worked out (it passed the soundcard line out through the xg board)Ī) pci(e) soundcard with a waveblaster header that works on modern chipsets. I already know i literally can't pipe this through hdmi at all anyway (tough that would be nice) Zaphod77 wrote on, 20:32: i'm not an audiophile. So, it's more and more viable with every next release. Last, but not least, it depends on what OS you're running, you can usually find very cheap something like "Roland UA-20", much cheaper than Roland UM-ONE, which is USB Sound card with MIDI interface, but it's Win9x only or you can buy even cheaper "UM-4" from Japan - mine costed 7 USD, it's 4x MIDI-Ins and Outs, much better than Made-in-China plastic Roland UM-ONE, it's Made-in-Japan and with metal case (weights almost 1 kilo or 2 pounds), but "UM-4" is up to Win7 (and even for Win7 it needs hacked drivers, as officially it's Win9x/WinXP device).Īs far as the external device: best in term of very cheap and full of possibilities is to use small thin-client running SoftSynth VST there or MAME for emulation of supported Synths, you can even get that way emulation of IBM Music Feature Card, as I discussed lately here: I myself have MOTU "Micro Lite" that goes insane connected to MIDI-Out of any Roland device, very obvious when using the aforementioned test and connect the Roland MIDI-Out to MOTU "Micro Lite" MIDI-In and then run the test. Now, that is huge issue for many receiving devices and if you search there are countless of problem reports about it, just a couple from a quick Google search: Reply 5 of 44, by ShponglefanĪll Roland USB-to-MIDI devices are really perfect, but unfortunately if it's connected to a Roland device or other device that can handle "Active Sense" messages properly - all Roland devices MIDI-Out implements sending every 300 milliseconds such message. So a DOS driver that only loads under actual ms-dos and uses this dls file to provide midi is legal. ![]() This would include dosbox when not run under windows.īut you COULD use it with MS-DOS, oddly enough, because that's a MS operating syste. you literally are not allowed to use it on non microsoft OSes without written permission. All other uses require a separate written The Roland SoundCanvas Sound Set is licensed under Microsoft'sĮnd User License Agreement for use with Microsoft operating Roland GS Sound Set/Microsoft (P) 1996 Roland Corporation U.S. The GM.DLS file contains the Roland SoundCanvas Sound Set which is all other uses require buying a license.Ĭ:\Windows\SysWOW64\drivers>more gmreadme.txtĬopyright (c) 1998-2000 Microsoft Corporation. it's literally only legal to use gm.dls on windows. i'm still interested in the dreamblasters with the 16 meg gs bank, but ONLY if it will play techno composed for sc-55 properly (TVF, full gs chorus, reverb, and sysex and all).įun fact. Reply 1 of 44, by TiidoĪnyway the qwave i was curious about apparently no longer exists, and uses less quality samples than the gm.dls from windows. It would also be nice if it was possible to get a cool soundcard that works in modern boards and has the chips to support a lot of standards (cms/opl4/opn/opm/tandy/etc.), and could be used as a passthrough in dosbox, and likewise accepts input from the speaker out on a modern onboard soundcard. ![]() If the latest GS dreamblaster actually supports the TVF and all chorus/reverb/sysEx, i'll probably want one of them at some point, since syxg-60 is pretty much good enough to do XG. ![]() I know there are old yamaha pci cards that in theory work here, but they are hit or miss, and i'm not sure they work on modern desktops.ģ) a really cheap usb enclosure that will accept a waveblaster card, and do similar audio passthrough from the speaker output (this would be for laptops). Ideally i'd want actual GS compatibility (roland patchset, and full GS sysex and midi controllers including all GS chorus, reverb, and time variant filter) or real XG level 1 compatibility here. ideally it would also have some nice yamaha FM soundchips on it as well, or maybe a CQM chip from creative, as those aren't actually emulated yet.Ģ) a pci or pci-e card that's a standalone midi card with windows 10/11 drivers, that lets you passthrough the onboard audio to handle wavetable midi playback. This would let me attach say a db50xg or scb-55. Here's the sort of stuff i'm looking for.ġ) a pci or pci express sound card equivalent to most onboard audio, but also has a wave blaster connector. MS-DOS compatibility is not a requirement at all here, but actual wavetable synthesis for standard midi file playback IS. I don't have a computer with an ISA slot anymore. Most of the old cards i am are aware of are isa, for purposes of native DOS. ![]()
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