Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Hello friends,
Today I showcase another budget soundcard that you can grab for small money on the 2nd hand market. But is it worth a try?
This card has pros and cons:
We have genuine OPL3 clone hide in the LS245 IC (LS262 isn't populated, but follow the traces to the LS245) and
compatibility is very good.
On the other hand, line volume is very low, and to get a usable volume you have to raise volume level in unisound to 95 out of 100 using the unisound /V95 /VF95 command. But with volume noise gets amplified and noticeable, and it's still not loud enough so I normalize volume in Audacity to -0,5. Especially in Doom2 M3 you can hear it . In other titles it is much less noticeable.
Conclusion: Acceptable result for a low-cost card, but if you can, grab the ALS007 or ALS100 non-plus. Both offering better signal-to noise-ratio in my experience.
Recording Setup:
QDI Legend (Intel BX) with Pentium II 400 Mhz. Soundcard installed on the outer ISA-Slot. Initialized with unisound 0.81. Default unisound mixer-settings.
Analogue-record with Terratec DMX 6fire USB Audio interface unsing Audacity, 48khz 32 bit float. Comressed to 256kbit MP3 using lame-enc.
The music in this video is generated by the cards FM-Synthesizer.
It is played for demonstration purposes only.
Playlist:
00:00 Doom II Track No 3
01:57 Doom II Track 33 (readme)
06:46 The Whale's Voyage - Music from the Planet Nedax
09:59 Descent II Setup / Credits Music
12:21 Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo - Chun-Li's Theme
Please share your thoughts In the comment section down below, like/dislike to support my channel.
Ernie,
PC-SOUND-LEGACY
Hello friends,
Today I showcase another budget soundcard that you can grab for small money on the 2nd hand market. But is it worth a try?
This card has pros and cons:
We have genuine OPL3 clone hide in the LS245 IC (LS262 isn't populated, but follow the traces to the LS245) and
compatibility is very good.
On the other hand, line volume is very low, and to get a usable volume you have to raise volume level in unisound to 95 out of 100 using the unisound /V95 /VF95 command. But with volume noise gets amplified and noticeable, and it's still not loud enough so I normalize volume in Audacity to -0,5. Especially in Doom2 M3 you can hear it . In other titles it is much less noticeable.
Conclusion: Acceptable result for a low-cost card, but if you can, grab the ALS007 or ALS100 non-plus. Both offering better signal-to noise-ratio in my experience.
Recording Setup:
QDI Legend (Intel BX) with Pentium II 400 Mhz. Soundcard installed on the outer ISA-Slot. Initialized with unisound 0.81. Default unisound mixer-settings.
Analogue-record with Terratec DMX 6fire USB Audio interface unsing Audacity, 48khz 32 bit float. Comressed to 256kbit MP3 using lame-enc.
The music in this video is generated by the cards FM-Synthesizer.
It is played for demonstration purposes only.
Playlist:
00:00 Doom II Track No 3
01:57 Doom II Track 33 (readme)
06:46 The Whale's Voyage - Music from the Planet Nedax
09:59 Descent II Setup / Credits Music
12:21 Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo - Chun-Li's Theme
Please share your thoughts In the comment section down below, like/dislike to support my channel.
Ernie,
PC-SOUND-LEGACY
