You gotta admit there's only one place to get it that way....should be let's go retro instead of lazy game reviews.....everytime I load my computer I must put down the red bowl of chips, the mug of sodapop, and 1 napkin
@@BrunoFonsecaPT Yeah this is so awesome for DOS emulation as well because well, now the sounds will become much more accurate for people who use DOS-box and D-Fend Reloaded. Exciting time to be alive.
This is why I love more people being brought into retro computing. Those of us who missed a lot of this great hardware back in the day can still experience these great items in all of their glory with these newer productions. I wasn't aware of this card being made so thank you for covering it.
I compare it to car enthusiasts looking for spares online and at swap meets. I started fixing up an old d630 laptop (even if it isn't THAT old) and I'm having great fun trying to source the parts to max it out!
@Guy Incognito Yeah - in a way this is all wrong... Back in the day it was a different config.sys and autoexec for each game, not one for all! For me a universal boot configuration was a holy grail.
On one hand, it gets very talented people to learn and contribute to the community with products like this card. On the other, it could turn it into yet another TikTok trend which long term does a lot of harm to hobbies and especially equipment.
Honestly.. his voice is so calming, that I often use a playlist of his videos to put me to sleep. I'm not saying it's boring, because it's stuff I'm interested in from my past. It's just so non abrasive and pretty relaxing. Just had to say, He should do those self help audio books that people sleep to.
I miss seeing store sections dedicated to PC speakers and sound cards. All those Altec Lansing speakers for every budget then JBLs then Creative Labs then Logitech (which still exists in Best Buy).
I still ROCK my 2.1 Altec Lansing set. They sounded fantastic for my desktop back in the day and they just keep chugging along. Everyone is shocked to find out I spent $50 on them in like 2001 with how good they sound.
@@rapids444 I still have my Creative Labs Inspire T5400 that I bought back in 2005 from CompUSA for $65. I wanted to upgrade them to the Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 or get a Logitech THX set but my speakers refuse to die. Ah, the old days of buying PC peripherals
This is probably the best way to mix the "talking head" shot with the stuff shown on the display. Best of both worlds. One might even say that it is an "on-screen personality"? ... *crickets* ... I'll let myself out.
I know I'm in the minority, but I always found the Jill sound FX to be a bit obnoxious. Like, it's cool for five minutes, but they start getting grating after an hour.
A new ISA Sound Card in 2020 sounds about right to me. This is beautiful. I hope they continue to make these for a while. I'm tapped out at the moment with a new PC build and wouldn't mind upgrading my Orchid Soundwave 32 to this in my Pentium with MMX system.
I guess the card is voiced to sound good on normal computer speakers. Quite a nice idea, although maybe having a kind of "flat EQ" mode selectable in the INI file would be a good additional feature, in case you wanted to use the card with a more full-range sound system. Saying that though, I would always prefer bass-heavy to lacking bass. You can always turn the bass down on your stereo system but if it isn't there to begin with, well, it isn't there. :-D
This is an incredible achievement! My sincere kudos to the engineers who put this together! Also, I'm a huge sucker for a glossy finish on soldermask :)
i really like how restrained they were in making this board. i tend to avoid putting modern parts in my vintage equipment, but this would be one of the rare parts i could reconsider if i decide to hook up one of my PCs to my main speakers (to use SPDIF and avoid noise).
The last time I tampered with an .INI file must've been 1996 and around the time the original cards were gracing the pages of magazines and Roland MT32's were kicking about! I feel old!
The yucatan will be configured for general listening, whilst the SC55 is meant for studio work and thus needs a flatter response. I can understand why they sound different, and IMO no one should really be complaining about it. The SC55 was never made to be a computer soundcard.
@@LGRBlerbs The balance is certainly an issue, but hopefully that's just a software (firmware?) issue. The card overall is still super impressive all things considered.
I think it's awesome that the community has built something like this. Really shows the love for the search for the perfect sound card for 1990s machines. Any chance the community might consider doing something similar for VLB graphics cards?
It's a good price-- if my DOS machine weren't already stacked up with audio cards, I'd happily spend the money on this one. I spent 125 for the intelligent mode MIDI controller on its own! If I didn't have that, yeah. I'd definitely pre-order one of these. Pretty awesome project! It's a dream DOS card.
I got one of the first batch of 23 that went out to the public about 2 months ago and I have been more than happy with it, it replaced my SB Pro 2.0 and my PC Midi Card. I'm just using a S2 daughter board since I already have all of the MIDI equipment. The sound on this is beyond clean, none of the normal hum that you get from mid to late 90s systems is present with this card.
Literally just finished watching RMC's video on this very card lol. This looks like an awesome card, fortunately I was able to pick up an AWE64 Gold card for what I thought was a pretty good price earlier in the year, otherwise this would be very tempting.
One thing I find interesting is the ISA edge connector. Usually the contracts are squared off, but these are little round blobs. The PCB edge doesn't look like it's milled down either, or at least not much.
Duke Nukem 3D on the Sound Canvas emulation reminded me of the ultimate soundcard of the day that I had:- The Gravis Ultrasound. 😎 The Ultrasound was an absolutely amazing sounding soundcard. It was such a shame that it did not get the support it deserved.
It's like someone added a compressor to those Yucatan 808 drums. I've always enjoyed a thick low end though so it isn't a big deal for me if not preferable!
I think it is so cool that people are creating new hardware like this for vintage machines and my hats off to them for such an accomplishment. Yet another thing I would love to own and try out, but at the price of $160 USD I would never be able to justify purchasing it. I realize it must have cost a lot to have something like this created without being a Creative Labs....but man is that pricey for some DOS sound. At least it is to me.
That Yucatan FX seems particularly tempting. I'm guessing you can just plug that into the wavetable header on any Sound Blaster that sports one, and it'll work just fine, will it?
@@LGRBlerbs Alright, nice. Very handy to know if I end up building a Win98 machine in the future, 'cause I dunno if I'll be going with a motherboard that has ISA slots. (Of course, if there's a PCI version of this Orpheus card in the works, then that would be an absolute no-brainer for me.)
Just keep in mind that the notorious hanging note bug on many SB16, 32 and AWE32 cards also affects the wavetable header. This isn't an issue on any PCI cards, but for DOS games it's highly recommended to stick to ISA for best compatibility.
17:43 shooting a fire extinguisher with a shotgun doesn't apply explosive damage to you. Fixed in modern ports, but still an issue in old DOS versions.
I'm still a proud owner of a Vipermax Ultrasound. Has Sounblaster/Adlib + Gravis Ultrasound support, the perfect DOS soundcard for me. Was the first card I bought my self and I'll never give it away.
that Yucatan sounds really good, it's a bit bassier but it sounds kind of awesome in duke3d. I still prefer the brighter sound of the sc-55 but only barely
Thanks to GOG and Steam was able to snag those titles I see in your videos. Especially since the Epic Megagames Compilation CD I scored and few games like Epic Pinball ended up being shareware and not full game. Interesting sound card.
I've been watching this project and I want one a lot. It's a cool $300AUD landed here (with the PCMIDI option) - so it's not a light decision. That said, original intelligent mode cards would cost me anywhere from $500 to $1000, which puts the Orpheus and its mass of features in perspective. It can even run two separate MIDI addresses. From Marmes on VOGONS: "For example you can have 330 on PC midi and 300 on Crystal MPU ... you can route PCMIDI (330) to WT and Jack connector and for DB15 connector you can use Crystal MPU (300). It's selectable by jumper." Awesome flexibility.
I will add this to the list of things I'm never going to be able to buy :( It looks amazing! I hope in the future we can have a lot of projects like these to keep the technology of the time alive!
also back in the day ... we didn't know how crisp highs did really sound like .. so nostalgia memory warp is a possible factor. Also the card may be tuned for modern speakers ( in theory )
You should try to attempt to play some Amiga MOD files using DMP 4.00 player. It was notorious for not working with sound cards, so that would be a challenge for this card if it would work, and work correctly.
It's unlikely that they will. But if you want a PCI card with OPL3 and excellent MIDI onboard, look for something YMF744 based like the excellent AOpen AW744L II.
I appreciate the look of this thing. Looks legit. Fancy white/black PCB's look very modern and are neat too but this is a 90s soundcard and 90s soundcards were green.
This is a really cool board - except for one thing: It’s not a Sound Blaster. I really wish I could be content with clones, but I find myself scouting eBay for CRTs, big box games on 5.25” disks, Matsushita 2x CD-ROM drives, WD Caviar IDE HDDs, and authentic period sound cards. This is better in pretty much every way. So is a Gotek, and an SD card, and a Mister. But it just isn’t the same.
Being a PnP card kinda changes the calculus. This card looks super attractive, but since I already have PnP Soundblaster cards, I don't think I could justify the expense of a new card, even if I kinda want the card. Still really admire what they've done here.
You get the same CRUNCHY / CRACKLING sound after playing Hocus Pocus on DosBox after a while when you set the music and sfx to Sound Blaster. I believe it's solved if you set the music to Gravis. On my gameplay recordings (on which I prefered SB) I recorded the game music seperately and edited it in in post.
The back story behind the GS chip is that Dream made unlicensed chips with samples recorded from the SC55. Roland realized what was going on and the two companies made a deal, from then on Dream could legally make those ROM chips. It won't give you full SC55 compatibility (for one because the effects section of a real sound canvas isn't present) but the samples should sound more or less the same.
Many Soundblaster and AWE32 ISA cards had a S/PDIF out, but it was on a pair of pins on the board, meaning You had to make a lead terminating at a phono or EBU/XLR socket. The output mirrored the analogue outs.
The muffled sound effects kinda remind me of just really low bitrate samples, but we know that’s not the case. Overall I do like this card because of its versatility but quality over quantity should be the focus of these cards. It is nice to see new cards coming out for these machines though.
Sounds like sample truncation. That can be caused by mismatched sample rate, or simply a driver bug where the sample length is wrong. Maybe the buffer size is configured wrong. Basically, a sound is abruptly ended early, which can make some samples 'pop', leading to that crunchy sound.
This, to me, looks like a modern production version of the Turtle Beach Malibu Surround 64. I had one (and a RAP-10 and an SW-60XG) in the late 90s, it had the same CS4237B chipset, though no real OPL3 chip, and a 4MB (compressed into 2MB) Kurzweil MIDI ROM onboard. It was awesome for DOS gaming. This card looks like a very good option.
I kinda enjoy to see this lovely compact PC (no pun there) being paired with this sound card. Have seen Nostalgia Nerd's review this morning (greetings from Central Europe) and really enjoyed what I have heard especially in Duke and SC2000.
It's a really cool project and kudos to the creators for making this in 2020. Personally, I've always avoided any card with a crystal chip on it. I'm more a fan of ESS or Aztech when it comes to SB clones.
I'm wondering if you could reduce glare from sunlight by applying some self-adhesive polarising film to your windows. Not sure if you'd need a linear polarising lens filter on the camera, or if it works with a circular polarising filter though. Anyway, the card is pretty awesome! Definitely useful for someone who doesn't have access to a SB card for a reasonable price. Although I'm pretty sure what they're charging even for the base card, you could easily find a SB card for less with an eBay saved search and a little patience. That being said, I know how difficult it can be to source chips that have been out of production since the 90s or early 2000s, so the price isn't that unreasonable.
Yeah, it's not cheap, but I paid 120 eur for PC MIDI standalone, so 180 eur for a combo card doesn't sound so bad. This Crystal chip has its own OPL implementation, but it sounds different from the real thing, so the fact that it also has a real Yamaha chip makes the Crystal+YMF+MPU combo a pretty good purchase imo. But yeah, the price is still a bit high for an average enthusiast.
LOL. "Reptiles Paradise" on that wavetable card. Hilarious. I had a Turtle Beach Maui sound card back in the day. Man did it sound good. You could add RAM to it and get some *amazing* samples in the wavetable. *HUGE* samples that sounded like CD quality. It was amazing.
Capacitors are pretty easy to replace if you know what you're doing, or you could get someone to do it for you for probably not too much money (certainly cheaper than buying one of these anyway lol).
That you could Tan on Duke Nukem 3D sounded like it had a large room effect added on to it, like I could notice the echo. But even with your mic recording it it sounded crisp
Kinda enjoyed the glare. The ominous reflective image of Clint. He's always there. There is no escape...
Oh no. That reminds me...
Christmas Clint is coming. You cannot stop him. XD
Christmas?
No recourse or intervention could work in this place!
Al Clintaida
That beard from the earliest days of LGR seems to be creeping back.
The seller's website is a wall of text with an "under construction" gif at the top. Almost perfection.
If only it were hosted on Geocities...
The great thing is, you could use this website to make your soundcard order right from the 486 PC you're buying it for :) Love it.
LGR in a nutshell: "Here's some old tech, let's see how Duke3D, Commander Keen 4, Doom, and Jill of the Jungle run with it"
Truth
But that’s why we come back here?
And yet I’ll never stop watching it
I would be doing the same as LGR.
You gotta admit there's only one place to get it that way....should be let's go retro instead of lazy game reviews.....everytime I load my computer I must put down the red bowl of chips, the mug of sodapop, and 1 napkin
I feel this should be on the main channel. This isn't just a blerb, it's a momentous occasion.
I suppose it's here because this is the test rather than the full review - I would expect a proper review may be on its way.
I agree this deserves to be on the main channel... fantastic sound card!
@@Lukeno52 That makes sense.
@@BrunoFonsecaPT Yeah this is so awesome for DOS emulation as well because well, now the sounds will become much more accurate for people who use DOS-box and D-Fend Reloaded. Exciting time to be alive.
@Niklas S Exactly.
This is why I love more people being brought into retro computing. Those of us who missed a lot of this great hardware back in the day can still experience these great items in all of their glory with these newer productions. I wasn't aware of this card being made so thank you for covering it.
I compare it to car enthusiasts looking for spares online and at swap meets. I started fixing up an old d630 laptop (even if it isn't THAT old) and I'm having great fun trying to source the parts to max it out!
@Guy Incognito Yeah - in a way this is all wrong...
Back in the day it was a different config.sys and autoexec for each game, not one for all! For me a universal boot configuration was a holy grail.
It's 90s NOS chips though, so it's not exactly a renaissance. There's only so many of those cards you'll ever be able to make.
On one hand, it gets very talented people to learn and contribute to the community with products like this card. On the other, it could turn it into yet another TikTok trend which long term does a lot of harm to hobbies and especially equipment.
Honestly.. his voice is so calming, that I often use a playlist of his videos to put me to sleep. I'm not saying it's boring, because it's stuff I'm interested in from my past. It's just so non abrasive and pretty relaxing.
Just had to say, He should do those self help audio books that people sleep to.
I get you, have the same on a Friday evening watching this getting completely in a zone ready to sleep.
You playing SC2000 with your face reflecting off the monitor gives a whole evil overlord vibe. ;)
Dungeon Keeper with that same glare LOL
I miss seeing store sections dedicated to PC speakers and sound cards. All those Altec Lansing speakers for every budget then JBLs then Creative Labs then Logitech (which still exists in Best Buy).
I still ROCK my 2.1 Altec Lansing set. They sounded fantastic for my desktop back in the day and they just keep chugging along. Everyone is shocked to find out I spent $50 on them in like 2001 with how good they sound.
@@rapids444 I still have my Creative Labs Inspire T5400 that I bought back in 2005 from CompUSA for $65. I wanted to upgrade them to the Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 or get a Logitech THX set but my speakers refuse to die. Ah, the old days of buying PC peripherals
With Clint's beard like that, he'd fit right into a classic episode of The Computer Chronicles.
Glad to see the beard is coming back. He doesn't look right w/o one.
Oh man, what a great show! Would certainly enjoy seeing Clint react to some of his favorite moments of that one
@@TheLegoPerson Would be cool to see Clint green screen himself onto an episode and chat away about DOS. That would be epic.
Clint should steal the electronic themes of Computer Chronicles as a music bed. Bib-bib be beep be be-bip in the background would be sweet..
This is probably the best way to mix the "talking head" shot with the stuff shown on the display. Best of both worlds. One might even say that it is an "on-screen personality"? ... *crickets* ... I'll let myself out.
It’s crazy how “meaty” Jill feels like thanks to the sound effects. That thud when you jump etc.
Mmmm....Jill meat...
Fubuki Kai agreed I remember playing Jill of the jungle when I was 12 in 1996 a neighbor had the game installed on their pc it was a fun dos game 😌
I know I'm in the minority, but I always found the Jill sound FX to be a bit obnoxious. Like, it's cool for five minutes, but they start getting grating after an hour.
My mind threw that first sentence in a completely different direction... I'll see myself out...
@@jasonblalock4429agreed. My poorly configured sound blaster with no sound effects is a blessing.
A new ISA Sound Card in 2020 sounds about right to me. This is beautiful. I hope they continue to make these for a while. I'm tapped out at the moment with a new PC build and wouldn't mind upgrading my Orchid Soundwave 32 to this in my Pentium with MMX system.
Thanks Clint - The Blerbs keep me going through lockdown.
The burps help me too :}
@@Dennis-ws7tv The Blerbs, the burps... and especially the derps. 🤦♂️
ME TOO I TYPE IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE OF MY BAD EYESIGHT
I loved that movie
I guess the card is voiced to sound good on normal computer speakers. Quite a nice idea, although maybe having a kind of "flat EQ" mode selectable in the INI file would be a good additional feature, in case you wanted to use the card with a more full-range sound system.
Saying that though, I would always prefer bass-heavy to lacking bass. You can always turn the bass down on your stereo system but if it isn't there to begin with, well, it isn't there. :-D
This is an incredible achievement! My sincere kudos to the engineers who put this together! Also, I'm a huge sucker for a glossy finish on soldermask :)
i really like how restrained they were in making this board. i tend to avoid putting modern parts in my vintage equipment, but this would be one of the rare parts i could reconsider if i decide to hook up one of my PCs to my main speakers (to use SPDIF and avoid noise).
A Video about the different Soundblaster Cards maybe interesting, it is totally new to me that some Chipsets Had Bugs, Like hanging Notes ...
Search youtube for Phil Computers Lab, he has nice retro sound card reviews.
BEARDY CLINT IS BACK!
Or as I like to say, the Daniel Bryan Beard returns!
YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!
"This is beard!"
The last time I tampered with an .INI file must've been 1996 and around the time the original cards were gracing the pages of magazines and Roland MT32's were kicking about!
I feel old!
It's great that two guys could build something like this.
Waiting for the next batch, can't wait to get my hands on it and install it into my 486 rig 😁
The yucatan will be configured for general listening, whilst the SC55 is meant for studio work and thus needs a flatter response. I can understand why they sound different, and IMO no one should really be complaining about it. The SC55 was never made to be a computer soundcard.
True that! I really like the way the Yucatan sounds on old computer speakers, even if the balance of certain voices differs.
@@LGRBlerbs The balance is certainly an issue, but hopefully that's just a software (firmware?) issue. The card overall is still super impressive all things considered.
I think it's awesome that the community has built something like this. Really shows the love for the search for the perfect sound card for 1990s machines. Any chance the community might consider doing something similar for VLB graphics cards?
Ah, that Lytro box. They were doing such neat things before the closed.
Nice review but I was really hoping to hear the direct audio feed, rather than room mic recording of it playing through small computer speakers.
Hearing those MIDI examples makes me want to hear two other games with professional MIDI music on it: Wacky Wheels and Transport Tycoon Deluxe.
RMC has just covered this soundcard today. 👍
@Guy Incognito Formerly Known as retro Mann cave
I love those old ISA slits. The first card I ever added was a ISA Sound Blaster 16 Value. I was so nervouse. But turned out great. Miss those days.
I initially thought you were going to put it in the 486SBC.
He still should
@@lucyinchat I agree. I can understand putting it in the Compaq 425, though.
It's a good price-- if my DOS machine weren't already stacked up with audio cards, I'd happily spend the money on this one. I spent 125 for the intelligent mode MIDI controller on its own! If I didn't have that, yeah. I'd definitely pre-order one of these. Pretty awesome project! It's a dream DOS card.
Fun looking in the monitor reflection sometimes 😅
I got one of the first batch of 23 that went out to the public about 2 months ago and I have been more than happy with it, it replaced my SB Pro 2.0 and my PC Midi Card. I'm just using a S2 daughter board since I already have all of the MIDI equipment. The sound on this is beyond clean, none of the normal hum that you get from mid to late 90s systems is present with this card.
Literally just finished watching RMC's video on this very card lol. This looks like an awesome card, fortunately I was able to pick up an AWE64 Gold card for what I thought was a pretty good price earlier in the year, otherwise this would be very tempting.
One thing I find interesting is the ISA edge connector. Usually the contracts are squared off, but these are little round blobs. The PCB edge doesn't look like it's milled down either, or at least not much.
Duke Nukem 3D on the Sound Canvas emulation reminded me of the ultimate soundcard of the day that I had:- The Gravis Ultrasound. 😎 The Ultrasound was an absolutely amazing sounding soundcard. It was such a shame that it did not get the support it deserved.
It's like someone added a compressor to those Yucatan 808 drums. I've always enjoyed a thick low end though so it isn't a big deal for me if not preferable!
Great video and amazing that this card exists! Would have loved to hear ROTT with the midi music (honestly the music in that game is just amazing!)
ROTT? I feel like I should recognize that but I don't... Return of.. The something?
I think it is so cool that people are creating new hardware like this for vintage machines and my hats off to them for such an accomplishment. Yet another thing I would love to own and try out, but at the price of $160 USD I would never be able to justify purchasing it. I realize it must have cost a lot to have something like this created without being a Creative Labs....but man is that pricey for some DOS sound. At least it is to me.
Your Duke voice has gotten to the point where I genuinely thought he'd said "MOUSE PAD" on the game audio. Good work.
That Yucatan FX seems particularly tempting. I'm guessing you can just plug that into the wavetable header on any Sound Blaster that sports one, and it'll work just fine, will it?
Correct!
@@LGRBlerbs Alright, nice. Very handy to know if I end up building a Win98 machine in the future, 'cause I dunno if I'll be going with a motherboard that has ISA slots. (Of course, if there's a PCI version of this Orpheus card in the works, then that would be an absolute no-brainer for me.)
Just keep in mind that the notorious hanging note bug on many SB16, 32 and AWE32 cards also affects the wavetable header. This isn't an issue on any PCI cards, but for DOS games it's highly recommended to stick to ISA for best compatibility.
17:43 shooting a fire extinguisher with a shotgun doesn't apply explosive damage to you. Fixed in modern ports, but still an issue in old DOS versions.
I'm still a proud owner of a Vipermax Ultrasound.
Has Sounblaster/Adlib + Gravis Ultrasound support, the perfect DOS soundcard for me.
Was the first card I bought my self and I'll never give it away.
that Yucatan sounds really good, it's a bit bassier but it sounds kind of awesome in duke3d. I still prefer the brighter sound of the sc-55 but only barely
Thanks to GOG and Steam was able to snag those titles I see in your videos. Especially since the Epic Megagames Compilation CD I scored and few games like Epic Pinball ended up being shareware and not full game. Interesting sound card.
I've been watching this project and I want one a lot. It's a cool $300AUD landed here (with the PCMIDI option) - so it's not a light decision. That said, original intelligent mode cards would cost me anywhere from $500 to $1000, which puts the Orpheus and its mass of features in perspective. It can even run two separate MIDI addresses. From Marmes on VOGONS:
"For example you can have 330 on PC midi and 300 on Crystal MPU ... you can route PCMIDI (330) to WT and Jack connector and for DB15 connector you can use Crystal MPU (300). It's selectable by jumper."
Awesome flexibility.
Wow ... as the guy who's doing the re-issue of the ARGUS your intro is just amazing.
Those are Nichicon Fine Gold caps, the same ones I put in multi-thousand-dollar vintage audio gear.
I will add this to the list of things I'm never going to be able to buy :( It looks amazing! I hope in the future we can have a lot of projects like these to keep the technology of the time alive!
also back in the day ... we didn't know how crisp highs did really sound like .. so nostalgia memory warp is a possible factor. Also the card may be tuned for modern speakers ( in theory )
You should try to attempt to play some Amiga MOD files using DMP 4.00 player. It was notorious for not working with sound cards, so that would be a challenge for this card if it would work, and work correctly.
I'm a simple man. Any LGR video where he uses his Duke voice is a win for me.
If they make a PCI version or PcIe or whatever I'll buy one. For sure. Sounds so good even over YT you can tell the capture is fantastic.
It's unlikely that they will. But if you want a PCI card with OPL3 and excellent MIDI onboard, look for something YMF744 based like the excellent AOpen AW744L II.
I think theres ISA to USB adapters. No idea if they're any good or not tho. Should be something LGR should test!
I appreciate the look of this thing. Looks legit.
Fancy white/black PCB's look very modern and are neat too but this is a 90s soundcard and 90s soundcards were green.
Honestly the reflection made it feel like a normal LGR video, I dig it haha. Thanks for the vids dude!
WSS would have been good to try in Tyrian2k!
I did but cut that section out of the video since it didn't work. Turns out I needed to adjust some settings :)
This is a really cool board - except for one thing: It’s not a Sound Blaster. I really wish I could be content with clones, but I find myself scouting eBay for CRTs, big box games on 5.25” disks, Matsushita 2x CD-ROM drives, WD Caviar IDE HDDs, and authentic period sound cards.
This is better in pretty much every way. So is a Gotek, and an SD card, and a Mister. But it just isn’t the same.
Being a PnP card kinda changes the calculus. This card looks super attractive, but since I already have PnP Soundblaster cards, I don't think I could justify the expense of a new card, even if I kinda want the card. Still really admire what they've done here.
You get the same CRUNCHY / CRACKLING sound after playing Hocus Pocus on DosBox after a while when you set the music and sfx to Sound Blaster. I believe it's solved if you set the music to Gravis. On my gameplay recordings (on which I prefered SB) I recorded the game music seperately and edited it in in post.
It's so shiny! Can't wait for batch 3.
Great minds clearly think alike with you and RMC Neil covering this card at the same time!
More that we both received review units from the same folks, but yes :)
The back story behind the GS chip is that Dream made unlicensed chips with samples recorded from the SC55. Roland realized what was going on and the two companies made a deal, from then on Dream could legally make those ROM chips. It won't give you full SC55 compatibility (for one because the effects section of a real sound canvas isn't present) but the samples should sound more or less the same.
Am I the only one who wants to watch a video of Clint playing through the whole of Duke, complete with commentary?
I've played through all four episodes on my old LGR Plays series!
@@LGRBlerbs awwwwww heeeelllllsssss yeahhh! I know what I'm doing tomorrow! Thanks Clint, you're the best!
this would be the best sound card to play DooM and DooM II as it came from The Hell(enic Republic)
Hecklands heck yeah
😎
Rockin that quarantine-beard, I dig it.
Only see a gaul person, probably from the village where Asterix lives.
I like how Clint has to stop himself from playing Sim city. Was almost in the zone there.
Saw this on RMC earlier today
I didn't because I don't watch Retro Man Cave, or "RMC - The Cave" which he changed his name to... for some reason.
@@RWL2012 the first comments there were about LGR so there are many people who watch both
Many Soundblaster and AWE32 ISA cards had a S/PDIF out, but it was on a pair of pins on the board, meaning You had to make a lead terminating at a phono or EBU/XLR socket. The output mirrored the analogue outs.
That has got to be the shiniest ISA card I've ever seen.
I'm not personally into retro-hardware but, after watching your unboxing, I want one!
I wonder how many times in Clint's life has he loaded up Duke Nukem 3d? Lol
He seems to boot it up every time he makes a build lol
Get some
The muffled sound effects kinda remind me of just really low bitrate samples, but we know that’s not the case. Overall I do like this card because of its versatility but quality over quantity should be the focus of these cards. It is nice to see new cards coming out for these machines though.
Sounds like sample truncation. That can be caused by mismatched sample rate, or simply a driver bug where the sample length is wrong. Maybe the buffer size is configured wrong. Basically, a sound is abruptly ended early, which can make some samples 'pop', leading to that crunchy sound.
Two videos on the same day about the same thing. Neat!
never heard about Xargon .. but triggers some fine dune/blackthorne memories... i'll definitely check it out
that muffled sound is the butters worth software low pass filter taking in place for Sound Blaster PCM.
This, to me, looks like a modern production version of the Turtle Beach Malibu Surround 64. I had one (and a RAP-10 and an SW-60XG) in the late 90s, it had the same CS4237B chipset, though no real OPL3 chip, and a 4MB (compressed into 2MB) Kurzweil MIDI ROM onboard. It was awesome for DOS gaming. This card looks like a very good option.
I kinda enjoy to see this lovely compact PC (no pun there) being paired with this sound card.
Have seen Nostalgia Nerd's review this morning (greetings from Central Europe) and really enjoyed what I have heard especially in Duke and SC2000.
I didn't understand 95% of what you said, but I enjoyed hearing the various beeps and boops 😊
Clint, give this the review it deserves on LGR
It's a really cool project and kudos to the creators for making this in 2020. Personally, I've always avoided any card with a crystal chip on it. I'm more a fan of ESS or Aztech when it comes to SB clones.
I'm wondering if you could reduce glare from sunlight by applying some self-adhesive polarising film to your windows. Not sure if you'd need a linear polarising lens filter on the camera, or if it works with a circular polarising filter though.
Anyway, the card is pretty awesome! Definitely useful for someone who doesn't have access to a SB card for a reasonable price. Although I'm pretty sure what they're charging even for the base card, you could easily find a SB card for less with an eBay saved search and a little patience. That being said, I know how difficult it can be to source chips that have been out of production since the 90s or early 2000s, so the price isn't that unreasonable.
Ordered one for me, the next batch will be available in early/mid 2021 (hopefully, fingers crossed)
Yeah, it's not cheap, but I paid 120 eur for PC MIDI standalone, so 180 eur for a combo card doesn't sound so bad. This Crystal chip has its own OPL implementation, but it sounds different from the real thing, so the fact that it also has a real Yamaha chip makes the Crystal+YMF+MPU combo a pretty good purchase imo. But yeah, the price is still a bit high for an average enthusiast.
LOL. "Reptiles Paradise" on that wavetable card. Hilarious.
I had a Turtle Beach Maui sound card back in the day. Man did it sound good. You could add RAM to it and get some *amazing* samples in the wavetable. *HUGE* samples that sounded like CD quality. It was amazing.
Great Scott! The Orpheus is from the FUTURE! The year - 2021!
I rather enjoyed being able to watch you speak in the reflection - was very engaging.
Just saw RMC do this. It looks like it work getting a few of these for any retro hardware collectors.
With the return of the beard I feel Clint is just 2 decades, 2 letters, and 2 octaves away from being Clive.
It's kind of weird but I really like those stamps! The "Hellas Flamingo" stamp is weirdly appealing!
The card looks great and with intelligent MPU worth it! However as you stated the crystal chips are not my favourite.
Would be a nice upgrade over my Vibra 16.
I fear the caps are going because im starting to hear heavy static.
Capacitors are pretty easy to replace if you know what you're doing, or you could get someone to do it for you for probably not too much money (certainly cheaper than buying one of these anyway lol).
That you could Tan on Duke Nukem 3D sounded like it had a large room effect added on to it, like I could notice the echo. But even with your mic recording it it sounded crisp
I'm so happy to see the S/PDIF is coaxial not optical. :)
After using an awe64g I never looked back on FM sounds so best be using that wavetable for those way better sound font/banks.
These were all soldered by Leo .You can't even tell if it is done by a machine or by hand .
I saw Greek postal stamps and I was like ...
So someone in my country builds those?
Oh yeah
Yeap me too. I didn't expect someone around here to be so hardcore about retro pcs
Maybe he will make his fellow Greek a discount ?
@@Wok_Agenda you can send Santa a letter
@@JustForFun-dn1gi I tried many times but I haven't heard from him the last 25 years
The graphics on that 486 are so life like!
(Its a reflection)
Very powerfull sound card!, the Yucatan wavetable synthesis is awesome almost identical to the Sound Canvas!
The AWE64 Gold had SPDIF out on a bracket that connects to the sound card. Got that card myself and only paid $50 for it (CIB) back in 2019.
Pretty interesting, I think I'll keep an eye on it to see if some of the issues are fixed.