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Sound Common searches * Active topics --------------------------------------------------------------------- The comprehensive list of all modern reproductions of vintage sound cards Topic actions * Post a reply Pagination * Page 1 Jump to page: [1 ] [Go] * Page 2 * Page 7 First post, by LightStruk Posted on 2019-07-25, 18:26 * Reply with quote * Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 1.0 Generic license * More actions + Reply with quote + CC-BY-ND-1.0 license LightStruk's avatar LightStruk Offline User metadata Posts 211 Joined 2018-12-22, 18:42 Rank Member Rank Member Posts 211 Joined 2018-12-22, 18:42 It's an exciting time for vintage PC gaming enthusiasts, with so many modern reproductions of vintage sound cards coming out. I'm not talking about newly invented vintage sound products with no historic counterpart like the OPL2LPT and OPL3LPT, as interesting as they are. I'm talking about drop-in replacements for old sound hardware that use unmodified old software. It occurred to me that I didn't know of any one place with links to all of them, so here you are: AdLib / YM3812 / OPL2 Reproduction AdLib ISA OPL2 Card The Plaid Bib - an Ad Lib MCA Clone (MicroChannel Architecture) Clone of Amstrad's Adlib clone (different design that includes a gameport) RadLib OPL2 Yamaha YMF262/ YMF289 / OPL3 Resound OPL3 (4 channels) Resound 2 OPL3 (2 channels) Resound 2 OPL3 MCA (MicroChannel Architecture) Internal OPL3 ISA 8 bits (a very small 8-bit ISA card with HDA internal audio connector, specifically targeting the NuXT in a low-profile case) thread Creative Music System / Game Blaster / dual Phillips SAA1099 MUS-1099 SAAYM 8-bit ISA dual Phillips SAA1099 + Yamaha YM2151 Sound Card (includes a Yamaha OPM for playing VGMs from Sharp X1, X68000, and certain arcade games) Creative Labs SoundBlaster Snark Barker (SoundBlaster 1.0 + CMS) Snark Barker MCA (SoundBlaster 1.0 + CMS, but on MicroChannel Architecture) DIY; Twitter dev thread here Resound New Wave MCA (SoundBlaster MCV-compatible + genuine OPL3, derived from the Snark Barker MCA and the Resound 2 OPL3 MCA) BLASTERBOARD (SoundBlaster 2.0) AWE64 Legacy (AWE64 with genuine OPL3, intelligent mode MPU-401, WaveBlaster header, AC'97 front panel, among other improvements) bare PCBs available, no assembled boards yet Gravis Ultrasound / AMD InterWave ARGUS (Gravis Ultrasound PnP clone / AMD InterWave) GUSar lite (Gravis Ultrasound PnP clone / AMD InterWave) SN76489 / Tandy 1000 / PC Jr. 3-voice sound TNDY 3-Voice Soundcard ISA (Includes optional TSR to redirect software to use non-standard IO port on 286 and later machines) Tandy Nano v1.1 ISA (Slimline version of the TNDY, lacks PC Speaker input) Tandy Sound (SN76489) Adapter PCB Covox Speech Thing / Disney Sound Source / Covox Sound Master CVX4 (Covox Speech Thing) Replicas of Covox Speech Thing, FTL Sound Adapter and SiliconSoft SoundJr pcb-covox-amp (tiny sound card based on Covox Speech Thing) Sound Source (Disney Sound Source implementation utilizing an ATtiny microcontroller, as described in the Disney Sound Source replica (well, almost) thread) Covox Sound Master Replica unreleased Silly Sound Bastard (DIY Covox Speech Thing clone, as described in this YouTube video) Simple LPTsnd (Covox Speech Thing) Dual ISA DAC r0 (stereo Covox Speech Thing on an ISA card, saves IRQ resources) Dual ISA DAC r1 (same as above, but uses a GAL for address decoding and supports mono and stereo simultaneously) Innovation Sound Standard SSI-2001 / Commodore SID / MOS 6589 Innovation SSI-2001 replica Renovation SSI-2001 (offers the option of using a STM32 microcontroller instead of a genuine SID) Yamaha YMF71x / OPL3-SAx Tiido's KickAss Yamaha Based Sound Card (T-04YBSC-x) (many improvements on the original; also includes an OPL4 / YMF721) Crystal CS423x Orpheus Soundcard (Crystal CS4237B + true OPL3, with AC'97 front panel header, wavetable header, and optional PCMIDI MPU-401) ISA Audio Interface (Crystal CS4231A + OPTi 82C924 + true OPL3, with IDE and a new open-source custom DOS driver) DIY PC/104 Soundcard (Crystal CS4237B with WaveBlaster header, but with a PC/104 connector instead of ISA) DIY CMI 8330 MK8330 (CMI8330 card featuring audiophile-grade capacitors, wavetable header, SPDIF out, and optional PCMIDI MPU expansion card) unreleased Roland MPU-401 HardMPU ISA MPU Card (Music Quest PC MIDI CARD IH9MQ9 MPU clone, Roland-compatible MPU-401 intelligent and UART mode MIDI interface) WaveBlaster modules TB60XG (enhanced Yamaha DB60XG-based MIDI module with WaveBlaster connector) Yucatan FX (replica Turtle Beach Cancun FX WaveBlaster module, using original 90s GS ROM) CrystalBlaster C1 (Crystal CS9236 on a WaveBlaster module) E-Wave : an ESS based waveblaster card (Compaq Business Wavetable Sound Card / ES692S Synth on a WaveBlaster module) WP32 McCake : MT32 compatible waveblaster board (Raspberry Pi compute module-powered MT32 emulator) DreamBlaster X2GS (includes licensed Roland GS sound bank, sounds nearly identical to a Roland SCB-55 module) Combo cards, hybrids, and amalgamations FMonster (full-length ISA board including PCjr / Tandy 3 voice, CMS, Covox Sound Master, 2x SSI-2001 / DuoSID, 2x OPL2, and OPL3) unreleased BitchinFastAudio 3000 / Audio Loca - The one sound card to rule them all (FPGA reimplementation of SB16, Gravis Ultrasound, MPU-401, Tandy 3-voice, WSS, CMS, and Covox, PLUS WaveBlaster, USB audio, S/PDIF, XT-IDE, Bluetooth audio, and an NE2000-compatible WiFi interface ?!?!) unreleased SAAYM (Creative Game Blaster clone with a Yamaha YM2151 / OPM added) Fortex: Vortex 2 (AU8830B0) + YMF744B-V (Dual-chip PCI solution that combines A3D, XG Wavetable MIDI, and HW OPL3 on a tiny PCB) unreleased Anything important missing from this list? Edit1: fixed ARGUS description, thanks elianda Edit2: added T-04YBSC-A and ISA MPU Card, thanks Kamerat Edit3: added ISA OPL2 Card, thanks BloodyCactus Edit4: added more parallel port replicas and another Covox Sound Master Replica, thanks Benedikt Edit5: added MUS-1099, thanks root42 Edit6: added Orpheus Soundcard Edit7: added Plaid Bib, thanks Benedikt Edit8: added SAAYM, thanks carlostex Edit9: added AWE64 Legacy, thanks hard1k Edit10: added TB60XG and FMonster, thanks hard1k Edit11: added Clone of Amstrad's Adlib clone, thanks Benedikt Edit12: added eeguru / Alan Hightower's "The one sound card to rule them all" presentation Edit13: added spark2k06's Internal OPL3 ISA 8 bits Edit14: added Benedikt's Renovation SSI-2001 Edit15: added yeokm1's pcb-covox-amp Edit16: added Texelec's Resound 2 OPL3 in both its ISA and MCA forms Edit17: Removed the unreleased label from the Orpheus Soundcard, now that you can actually order it Edit18: added Yucatan FX, thanks hard1k Edit19: added Texelec's RadLib OPL2 Edit20: added Snark Barker MCA (at least the Twitter thread showing @TubeTimeUS debugging the prototype) Edit21: revised the CVX4 description (it clones Covox Speech Thing only), and added the "Disney Sound Source replica (well, almost)," thanks digger Edit22: updated the Snark Barker MCA URL to point to its Github repo Edit23: updated the Plaid Bib URL to point to the CPLD version, which the author claims is more compatible than the original release of the card Edit24: Reformatted and reorganized the list Edit25: added GUSar lite, thanks gordon-creAtive.com Edit26: revised the Sound Source description to note that it's not a clone, it's an implementation, thanks, matze79 Edit27: added the WP32 McCake, E-Wave, and CrystalBlaster C1 wavetable boards, thanks, Pierre32 Edit28: noted that Tiido's KickAss Yamaha Based Sound Card also includes an OPL4 Edit29: added necroware AKA scorp's Silly Sound Bastard Edit30: updated the AWE64 Legacy's status - it's now available for pre-order Edit31: added the ISA Audio Interface by ALEKS, and organized it under the same heading as the Orpheus Edit32: initial batch of ARGUS is complete, so no longer unreleased Edit33: Added DreamBlaster X2GS, which is effectively a Roland SCB-55 workalike Edit34: The E-Wave has been released, and bare PCBs of the AWE64 Legacy are available now too Edit35: added SAAYM, thanks BeastOfSoda Edit36: brought up-to-date on all Retroianer sound cards, thanks matze79 Edit37: added Texelec's Resound New Wave MCA Edit38: added rasteri's PC/104 Soundcard Edit39: The WP32 McCake is now available for purchase Edit40: added hard1k's Fortex: Vortex 2 (AU8830B0) + YMF744B-V, still in development Edit41: added keropi's MK8330 prototype Last edited by LightStruk on 2022-05-10, 17:06. 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Reply 1 of 131, by Kamerat Posted on 2019-07-25, 18:59 * Reply with quote * Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 1.0 Generic license * More actions + Reply with quote + CC-BY-ND-1.0 license Kamerat's avatar Kamerat Offline User metadata Posts 1084 Joined 2014-03-14, 19:09 Location Oslo, Norway Rank Oldbie Rank Oldbie Posts 1084 Joined 2014-03-14, 19:09 Location Oslo, Norway A couple more: T-04YBSC-A, new YMF71x based sound card Music Quest MPU clone card DOS Sound Blaster compatibility: PCI sound cards vs. PCI chipsets YouTube channel Reply 2 of 131, by elianda Posted on 2019-07-25, 21:58 * Reply with quote * Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 1.0 Generic license * More actions + Reply with quote + CC-BY-ND-1.0 license elianda's avatar elianda Offline User metadata Posts 2494 Joined 2006-04-21, 16:56 Location Halle / Germany Rank l33t Rank l33t Posts 2494 Joined 2006-04-21, 16:56 Location Halle / Germany please correct: ARGUS is a Gravis Ultrasound PnP clone (AMD Interwave), a Gravis Ultrasound is GF1. Retronn.de - Vintage Hardware Gallery, Drivers, Guides, Videos. Now with file search Youtube Channel FTP Server - Driver Archive and more DVI2PCIe alignment and 2D image quality measurement tool Reply 3 of 131, by LightStruk Posted on 2019-07-26, 17:53 * Reply with quote * Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 1.0 Generic license * More actions + Reply with quote + CC-BY-ND-1.0 license LightStruk's avatar LightStruk Offline User metadata Posts 211 Joined 2018-12-22, 18:42 Rank Member Rank Member Posts 211 Joined 2018-12-22, 18:42 Updated the list. Thanks Kamerat and elianda! Reply 4 of 131, by root42 Posted on 2019-07-26, 21:24 * Reply with quote * Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 1.0 Generic license * More actions + Reply with quote + CC-BY-ND-1.0 license root42's avatar root42 Offline User metadata Posts 1976 Joined 2018-01-27, 13:23 Rank Oldbie Rank Oldbie Posts 1976 Joined 2018-01-27, 13:23 There is also the MUS-1099: https://github.com/gemedetpaps/MUS-1099 Gameblaster/Creative Music System compatible. Vogons thread: MUS-1099 GameBlaster Sound Card YouTube and Bonus 80486DX@33 MHz, 16 MiB RAM, Tseng ET4000 1 MiB, SnarkBarker & GUSar Lite, PC MIDI Card+X2+SC55+MT32, OSSC Reply 5 of 131, by Benedikt Posted on 2019-07-29, 10:09 * Reply with quote * Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 1.0 Generic license * More actions + Reply with quote + CC-BY-ND-1.0 license Benedikt Offline User metadata Posts 545 Joined 2019-02-14, 15:28 Location Germany Rank Oldbie Rank Oldbie Posts 545 Joined 2019-02-14, 15:28 Location Germany LightStruk wrote: Anything important missing from this list? Do my parallel port audio adapters qualify? Replicas of Covox Speech Thing, FTL Sound Adapter and SiliconSoft SoundJr Reply 6 of 131, by BloodyCactus Posted on 2019-07-29, 11:56 * Reply with quote * Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 1.0 Generic license * More actions + Reply with quote + CC-BY-ND-1.0 license BloodyCactus's avatar BloodyCactus Offline User metadata Posts 1300 Joined 2016-02-03, 13:34 Location Lexington VA Rank Oldbie Rank Oldbie Posts 1300 Joined 2016-02-03, 13:34 Location Lexington VA sergeys adlib http://www.malinov.com/Home/sergeys-projects/ isa-opl2-card --/\-[ Stu : Bloody Cactus :: http://kraketaer.com :: http:// mega-tokyo.com ]-/\-- Reply 7 of 131, by oeuvre Posted on 2019-07-29, 13:26 * Reply with quote * Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 1.0 Generic license * More actions + Reply with quote + CC-BY-ND-1.0 license oeuvre's avatar oeuvre Offline User metadata Posts 3234 Joined 2015-03-31, 13:31 Location USA Rank l33t Rank l33t Posts 3234 Joined 2015-03-31, 13:31 Location USA SOUNDCHECK HP Z420 Workstation Intel Xeon E5-1620, 32GB, RADEON HD7850 2GB, SSD + HD, XP/7 ws90Ts2.gif Reply 8 of 131, by Benedikt Posted on 2019-07-29, 13:50 * Reply with quote * Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 1.0 Generic license * More actions + Reply with quote + CC-BY-ND-1.0 license Benedikt Offline User metadata Posts 545 Joined 2019-02-14, 15:28 Location Germany Rank Oldbie Rank Oldbie Posts 545 Joined 2019-02-14, 15:28 Location Germany There's also this: Covox Sound Master Reverse Engineering / Replica Reply 9 of 131, by LightStruk Posted on 2019-07-30, 14:47 * Reply with quote * Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 1.0 Generic license * More actions + Reply with quote + CC-BY-ND-1.0 license LightStruk's avatar LightStruk Offline User metadata Posts 211 Joined 2018-12-22, 18:42 Rank Member Rank Member Posts 211 Joined 2018-12-22, 18:42 Benedikt wrote: Do my parallel port audio adapters qualify? Yes, they qualify! I've added them to the list. Reply 10 of 131, by Benedikt Posted on 2019-08-03, 16:24 * Reply with quote * Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 1.0 Generic license * More actions + Reply with quote + CC-BY-ND-1.0 license Benedikt Offline User metadata Posts 545 Joined 2019-02-14, 15:28 Location Germany Rank Oldbie Rank Oldbie Posts 545 Joined 2019-02-14, 15:28 Location Germany The thread Reversing the Disney Sound Source, while not exactly about a Disney Sound Source reproduction, contains a lot of information on how to build compatible hardware, including schematics and PCB layouts for such compatible hardware. Reply 11 of 131, by LightStruk Posted on 2019-12-09, 15:18 * Reply with quote * Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 1.0 Generic license * More actions + Reply with quote + CC-BY-ND-1.0 license LightStruk's avatar LightStruk Offline User metadata Posts 211 Joined 2018-12-22, 18:42 Rank Member Rank Member Posts 211 Joined 2018-12-22, 18:42 Added the Orpheus Soundcard, which uses an original Crystal CS4237B and Yamaha OPL3 on a new PCB, including an AC'97 header for better integration in modern ATX cases. Reply 12 of 131, by Benedikt Posted on 2019-12-16, 17:24 * Reply with quote * Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 1.0 Generic license * More actions + Reply with quote + CC-BY-ND-1.0 license Benedikt Offline User metadata Posts 545 Joined 2019-02-14, 15:28 Location Germany Rank Oldbie Rank Oldbie Posts 545 Joined 2019-02-14, 15:28 Location Germany I guess it's time to add TubeTimeUS's MCA Adlib card, the "Plaid Bib". (thread, git repo) Reply 13 of 131, by LightStruk Posted on 2019-12-16, 19:32 * Reply with quote * Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 1.0 Generic license * More actions + Reply with quote + CC-BY-ND-1.0 license LightStruk's avatar LightStruk Offline User metadata Posts 211 Joined 2018-12-22, 18:42 Rank Member Rank Member Posts 211 Joined 2018-12-22, 18:42 Added the Plaid Bib! Thanks, Benedikt. Reply 14 of 131, by carlostex Posted on 2019-12-17, 18:04 * Reply with quote * Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 1.0 Generic license * More actions + Reply with quote + CC-BY-ND-1.0 license carlostex's avatar carlostex Offline User metadata Posts 2338 Joined 2010-04-03, 21:39 Location Portugal Rank l33t Rank l33t Posts 2338 Joined 2010-04-03, 21:39 Location Portugal There's one from Texelec, the SAAYM. 2 x SAA + YM2151. https://youtu.be/5V5KXoxNPow Reply 15 of 131, by LightStruk Posted on 2019-12-17, 18:38 * Reply with quote * Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 1.0 Generic license * More actions + Reply with quote + CC-BY-ND-1.0 license LightStruk's avatar LightStruk Offline User metadata Posts 211 Joined 2018-12-22, 18:42 Rank Member Rank Member Posts 211 Joined 2018-12-22, 18:42 Added the SAAYM, although the YM2151 almost disqualified it from appearing in this list. It's not a reproduction or clone if it has synthesis capability that never existed on PC before! I put it in anyway because of the Game Blaster compatibility. Thanks, carlostex. Reply 16 of 131, by hard1k Posted on 2019-12-23, 17:39 * Reply with quote * Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 1.0 Generic license * More actions + Reply with quote + CC-BY-ND-1.0 license hard1k's avatar hard1k Offline User metadata Posts 885 Joined 2014-04-22, 11:28 Location Buenos Aires, Argentina / Moscow, Russia Rank Oldbie Rank Oldbie Posts 885 Joined 2014-04-22, 11:28 Location Buenos Aires, Argentina / Moscow, Russia Include our project too, please it's in my signature. Thanks! Fortex, the A3D & XG/OPL3 accelerator (Vortex 2 + YMF744 combo sound card) AWE64 Legacy Please have a look at my wishlist (hosted on Amibay) Reply 17 of 131, by LightStruk Posted on 2019-12-24, 02:36 * Reply with quote * Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 1.0 Generic license * More actions + Reply with quote + CC-BY-ND-1.0 license LightStruk's avatar LightStruk Offline User metadata Posts 211 Joined 2018-12-22, 18:42 Rank Member Rank Member Posts 211 Joined 2018-12-22, 18:42 Added the AWE64 Legacy, thank you hard1k! Reply 18 of 131, by kolderman Posted on 2019-12-24, 02:43 * Reply with quote * Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 1.0 Generic license * More actions + Reply with quote + CC-BY-ND-1.0 license kolderman Online User metadata Posts 2149 Joined 2019-05-12, 04:22 Rank l33t Rank l33t Posts 2149 Joined 2019-05-12, 04:22 Would be nice to indicate which ones have been "released", as quite a few are still prototypes I think. Reply 19 of 131, by hard1k Posted on 2019-12-24, 09:30 * Reply with quote * Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 1.0 Generic license * More actions + Reply with quote + CC-BY-ND-1.0 license hard1k's avatar hard1k Offline User metadata Posts 885 Joined 2014-04-22, 11:28 Location Buenos Aires, Argentina / Moscow, Russia Rank Oldbie Rank Oldbie Posts 885 Joined 2014-04-22, 11:28 Location Buenos Aires, Argentina / Moscow, Russia Other two are missing: TB60XG, enhanced Yamaha DB60XG based MIDI module FMonster, the monster of sound synth Fortex, the A3D & XG/OPL3 accelerator (Vortex 2 + YMF744 combo sound card) AWE64 Legacy Please have a look at my wishlist (hosted on Amibay) Go to top of page Go to top of page * Page 1 Jump to page: [1 ] [Go] * Page 2 * Page 7 Back to Sound --------------------------------------------------------------------- VOGONS site design is distributed under a CC BY-NC license. User-generated content is distributed under our open content policy. 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