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fenarinarsaFrench Touch | Seminar - The Mockingboard and YM format optimization on Apple II
Something like this, I'd say.
#apple2 #mockingboard
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Blake PattersonHaving some Apple II time tonight.
#AppleII #vintageApple #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #CRT #demo #demoscene #scenedemo #AppleIIe #mockingboard #chiptune #trackermusic #Apple #ByteCellar
Bits&Terminal JeffOne of the things I would have loved to have for my Apple IIe clone when I was a fairly broke teenager was a Mockingboard card.
Really thinking of of getting the ReactiveMicro clone, but I'm wondering if I should wait for a Pico-based re-creation first (something similar to the PicoGUS). Anyone know of if people are working on such a project, because I wouldn't mind sending them money once they have a product.
A fascinating new look at what is basically an Apple II Mockingboard soundcard...for the PC...sold by Mindscape.
"Do you own the rarest PC sound card in the world?" -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eeo4INoGyRY
#AppleII #IBMPC #DOSPC #DOS #soundcard #soundboard #AY38910 #SweetMicroSystems #Mockingboard #Mindscape #chiptune #audio #PCaudio #soundblaster #adlib #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrogaming #computinghistory #vintageapple #deepdive #video #gamers #games #interview #ADSR #nostalgia #tech
Do you own the rarest PC sound card in the world?
"Something is very wrong with the AY-3-8913"
Fascinating article about a very popular soundchip used heavily in the '80s and '90s.
https://www.fenarinarsa.com/?p=3183
#audio #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #hardware #Yamaha #GI #GeneralInstruments #chiptune #FMsynth #retrogaming #demoscene #AppleII #AtariST #MSX #Mockingboard
Something is very wrong with the AY-3-8913 - Coredump
This article was made at the same time than French Touch‘s intro « Digidream 2 ».We wanted to share the issues we ran into when developing this demo, and what we discovered about the General Instruments AY-3-8913 sound chip that is used on most Apple II sound cards. Click here for a free & open hardware patch … Something is very wrong with the AY-3-8913 Lire la suite »
fenarinarsa 
So finally I checked why the #Mockingboard by ReactiveMicro outputs a crappy sound while the Mockingboard 4C (for Apple IIc/IIc+ only) by Ian Kim outputs a perfect sound.
Looks like the RM one uses LM386N-1 to amplify the sound for (4Ω?) speakers while the one by Ian Kim has a dual output: 1 for speakers w/volume control + 1 AUX output with line level audio.
I don't get why the one by ReactiveMicro is so 1980... now I need to figure out how to make it spit an AUX level audio output with my crap electronic skills 😑
Ian Scott 
🐙I'm thinking about designing a #Mockingboard clone board for the #AppleII that can take either an AY-3-8913 or AY-3-8910. The reason is that the 8910 can be literally 1/10th the price of the 8913 that Mockingboards normally use. I really want to run more #demoscene productions on my Apple IIe 😁
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