Ideal sound card for Spectrum

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From Mike To All 10 October 2005

Hello, alexeenko ale> Well, :p sound cards are my weakness. If you take cheap ones, then: ale> Creative Audigy Platinum EX SB0090 (RTL) ale> characteristics: http://pclink.ru/portal/sound/r_tov_2000551_131.htm ale> ale> It will produce good sound. But for the Spectrum another aspect is really more important. A ale> namely speakers and amplifier. Spectrum Mouzon with a good map rips ale> speakers and headphones for a month of listening. It’s a paradox, but on IBM Mouzon it’s like this ale> the speakers (speaker core) do not move. Therefore, it is better to buy a card ale> 100 bucks. And for the remaining 4-5 thousand, take wooden speakers, ale> for example JBL. Buy good wires, hang them up correctly and receive them ale> thrill. Moreover, it’s more enjoyable to listen to Spekov’s music on two speakers instead of ale> at 5-7 mi. Previously, when I didn’t know where to spend the money, I changed sound ale> cards per quarter. Then I got tired and I settled on AUDIGY 2 for 50 ale> bucks. Of course, the software is crooked, but overall the priceale> justifies. For midi it is better to take: Yamaha SW1000XG (RTL) ale> http://pclink.ru/portal/sound/r_tov_2000558_131.htm. And if there is no money, eh ale> if you have a dream, then GRAVIS ULTRASOUND will also suit midi, and in the trash ale> you can find it. :) But if everything is not so bad for you, you are a relative ale> (Abromovich) for example, then: SB Creative Professional E-MU 1820M (RTL) ale> PCI, 1394, An 6In/8Out, Dig 2In/3Out, MIDI 2 In/Out, ale> 24Bit/192kHz http://nof3.nix.ru/autocatalog/creative/creative_sound/382291 ale> 34_38229.html This is a reality thing! Creative products were once unable to produce sound, much less good sound. Sblev and all his descendants, different audits, etc., these are purely game cards, and they were made anyhow, against all the rules. SW1000 is certainly preferable, especially for MIDI, and if you add an extension, for example FM synthesis of 16 voiceless, six operators per voice, then nothing at all, not for sound recording worth it. And for him the 1820M is theirs, it turned out to be “not fish, not meat,” that is, for an ordinary too expensive for the buyer, too poor for professional use. So it's bullshit, not "Reality Thing." I prefer my Lynx L22(http://www.moline.ru/equip/studio/hdisksw/lynxl22.php ) I’ll leave it, even though it has two inputs/outputs, but it’s mono called SOUND. And Abramovich has nothing to do with it... We are off topic here, sorry. Let's get closer to topic, if anyone is interested in talking about professional equipment, create a thread with corresponding question. :) -- Real: Scorpion ZS-256 Turbo+, PC Keyboard & Mouse, 2X5.25", 3.5", XTR-Modem. :) Speccy 4ever :) WBR, Mike aka Mikhail

From alexeenko To All 10 October 2005

Hello, All Kon> Hello! Kon> Kon> I believe that ATM Turbo boards should be numbered with white epoxy Kon> in contrast to the UUE sections when posting. Kon> Kon> --- And epoxy should be extracted by hand from the resin of pine trees growing in the taiga! :) Yes who is from taiga? -- AAA,MEDIKOMENT,3A SOFT,ALEXEENKO ALEXEI - it's me! WBR, alexeenko aka 23.27

From Alexander Zan To All 12 October 2005

Hello Mike According to the subject - DMA USC (4 channels) with the possibility of panning would not be bad and This can be done with little blood. If everything is blown up to eight channels with with the possibility of framing it will be just right. ZY The SNES has eight channels (apparently without any mapping) and that’s enough above the roof. Z.Z.Y. Against the background of multi-channel digital sound, FM no longer looks good and that’s why it’s needed (nobody supported OPL3...).

From Mike To All 13 October 2005

Hello fan fan> According to the subject - fan> DMA USC (4 channels) with the possibility of panning would not be bad and fan> this can be done with little expense. If everything is blown up to eight channels with fan> the possibility of customization will be just right. ZY On SNES eight fan> channels (seemingly without any framing) and there are enough of them through the roof fan> . Z.Z.Y. Against the background of multi-channel digital sound, FM is no longer fan> looks good and is therefore not needed (nobody supported OPL3...). Eight channels with panning is, of course, not bad in itself. But even such a simple FM will help a lot, because it does practically nothing loads with its work, does not require a lot of memory, drives in some limits, and costs pennies. So, I think it will make sense. They can implement effects in games, part of the tracks in the theme, etc.

From Ibrahim Zinatulin To All 13 October 2005

Hello Mike TurboFM + TurboVideo and you can port games from Sega and Nintendo 16 bits without loss of quality!

From Alex Astafiev To All 22 October 2005

Hello spensor spe> How many oscillators can be added - two or all available? Not two, and not available. From 4 to 6 oscillators. Over the years, engineers and musicians identified the basic connections (they are usually called algorithms). Not I will retell just if you are interested, then type this phrase into Google: FM Synthesis - FM & DX synths, Operators & Algorithms, Modulator & Carrier generated Series, Modulation control - Yala Abdullah

From Mike To All 25 October 2005

Hello Raider Rai> Not two, and not available. From 4 to 6 oscillators. Over the years Rai> engineers and musicians have identified the basic connections (they are accepted Rai> name algorithms). I won’t retell it, Rai> just if you are interested, then type this phrase into Google: FM Synthesis Rai> - FM & DX synths, Operators & Algorithms, Modulator & Carrier Rai> generated Series, Modulation control - Yala Abdullah We are not talking about creating a full-fledged FM synthesizer, this is for spec will not do it, for many reasons, some of them: high complexity, huge price of the final device. If you need FM synthesis by itself, then it’s easier to take something from Yamaha series DX, TX, SY, TG... But there is possibility of creating simple FM synthesis for speck, on certain available micros.