LGR - Resound OPL3: 4-channel Adlib Sound Card!
Added 2018-02-22 15:48:16 +0000 UTCAdlib-compatible sound card with surround sound capability? Well that's different. Let's see what it can do!
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How do you tell the front speaker input from the back speaker input? There doesn't seem to be a label on those ports.
Will Herrmann
2018-03-12 03:01:39 +0000 UTCI just love that Space Quest III theme. Always have.
Gary Leigh
2018-03-06 01:26:23 +0000 UTCThanks so much, I am glad you're enjoying!
LGR
2018-02-25 21:32:23 +0000 UTCReally cool thing that you got there Clint. Grew up within the late DOS area. Born 93 and my first computer ran dos 6.X dont really remember. But damn that computer was awesome. And your channel really makes for great content. Glad that i found your channel and glad that i can support your work. From Sweden with love!
2018-02-25 21:23:02 +0000 UTCI'm sure you'll see more homebrew PC stuff in the future then :)
LGR
2018-02-24 19:27:18 +0000 UTCThat's one of the earlier games I got boxed when I started collecting games! Been meaning to cover it forever, ha
LGR
2018-02-24 19:27:00 +0000 UTC;)
LGR
2018-02-24 19:26:28 +0000 UTCNice, it'd fit in well with those machines indeed! Been working on restoring my own Mega PC lately.
LGR
2018-02-24 19:26:20 +0000 UTCYay, the Unisys is back :D I just got mine onto a retro PC cart with my X68000, C64C, Amstrad Mega PC, and Mac LC III
2018-02-24 04:28:12 +0000 UTCWow. That's really neat that they added surround sound! o_O
Evan B
2018-02-24 01:17:05 +0000 UTC"...put the hardware out there and then hope that somebody in the homebrew scene does something with it..." In my mind that sounded "Let's hope David implements this in the new Planet X" :P
LJFox
2018-02-23 21:23:41 +0000 UTCIf love to see you cover Mega Race some day, as that game had some AMAZING AdLib music!
Tktagmedia
2018-02-23 11:22:09 +0000 UTCDude!! If you have more newvou "retro" tech, I'd love to see some videos on them. Thanks to you, I've been recreating the system I had when I went to college (with a few upgrades of course) just so I can relive a lot of the titles and games I've seen you play and test with.
Carey Brown
2018-02-23 06:28:20 +0000 UTCAll we need is new Sierra SCI drivers to take advantage of this thing :)
Jason Wellband
2018-02-23 03:06:43 +0000 UTCNow that'd be awesome. I'd be all over a modern implementation of something like the Roland LAPC-I.
LGR
2018-02-22 21:33:42 +0000 UTCYep, they seem like a good idea, especially combined with the decoupling capacitors. Might be interested in this video from Kevin, the guy who made this board: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImevKs--BFs" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImevKs--BFs</a>
LGR
2018-02-22 21:31:55 +0000 UTCTotally stealing the WIMA cap idea. I had a good hard thought about it, and it's a really good idea. Plus, as a film capacitor, as they heat up, they have this ramp up as they discharge which can give audio a really warm sound. It's the same principle that audiophiles use those dangerously old paper resistors for.
avfusion
2018-02-22 21:27:19 +0000 UTCIf your DAW or similar sees it as a 4-channel output it should be pretty straight forward routing.
2018-02-22 18:32:43 +0000 UTCLooking forward to a MT32 card.
Ryan Yoder
2018-02-22 17:45:14 +0000 UTCWhoa nice! I really want to buy one, because I really don't have an Ad Lib card anyway.
ReeseRiverson
2018-02-22 17:11:26 +0000 UTCI have been getting into playing with MIDI things over the past couple of years but I haven't done anything with retro PC hardware (only modern PC and modern/old keyboards/synths) - I wonder what's involved in arranging music specifically for this card? Hmm.... *scratches chin thoughtfully*
Peter Metzger
2018-02-22 17:03:00 +0000 UTCThis is really cool. I would love to see coverage of more homebrew type equipment. I like to purchase newer equipment for my older machines so I don't have to deal with dead caps or other crazyness (I remember getting hardware to work pre-internet).
Matt Standish
2018-02-22 17:01:13 +0000 UTC#Notsponsored :P
LGR
2018-02-22 16:49:19 +0000 UTCLikewise! I'm seeing more and more homebrew hardware for retro PCs every year and it's awesome.
LGR
2018-02-22 16:49:11 +0000 UTCIt pleases me to no end that new retro tech like this is still being developed and actually seems to be a growing market? :)
Nicholas Wilson
2018-02-22 16:45:08 +0000 UTCEvery time I see those "Roland" speakers I feel like someone stamped a watermark on the video.
Pablo Rodriguez
2018-02-22 16:39:49 +0000 UTCReally cool! One use-case I immediately thought of would be to combine it with an AWE64 with CQM disabled :)
2018-02-22 16:16:26 +0000 UTCOne can hope!
LGR
2018-02-22 16:04:23 +0000 UTCYep, this is described in the video. The feature is already present on the original OPL3 chip and it just hadn't been taken advantage of in this way, hence the card!
LGR
2018-02-22 16:04:11 +0000 UTCI understand the OPL2 and OPL3 chips put out 4-channel audio anyway, the difference is that this one doesn't mix it down to stereo like most sound cards. Nice!
2018-02-22 16:02:25 +0000 UTCHopefully 8-bit Guy knows about it! Planet X3 surround support anyone?
Christopher Bassett
2018-02-22 16:02:10 +0000 UTCYeah I seem to be neck-deep in Adlib lately ;)
LGR
2018-02-22 15:58:38 +0000 UTCSure is! Nothing quite like an original OPL3 chip.
LGR
2018-02-22 15:57:15 +0000 UTCTotes did not know there were so many neat Adlib repros :D
avfusion
2018-02-22 15:53:52 +0000 UTCThat thing is just... amazing to hear.
Beegotron
2018-02-22 15:53:13 +0000 UTC
