SOUND BOARDS: MEDIAVISION
ProAudio series, Jazz, & Pro 3D
- Phone:
- 800-845-5870, 510-770-8600
- Fax:
- 510-770-8648
- BBS:
- ??
- e-mail:
- ??
- Web:
-
http://www.mediavis.com/mainmenu.htm
Jazz
- Type:
- FM synthesis
- Chipset:
- MediaVision Jazz 16 (I assume)
- CD-ROM:
- ??
- Street price:
- ??
- OS/2 Drivers:
- Available, but possibly unreliable
- Drivers from:
- OS/2 box
- Comments:
- OS/2 drivers are available with OS/2; however, I've seen some reports that
these drivers may be difficult to get working correctly, especially
with DOS/Windows support. One person reports that volume control
doesn't work and that "some hardware configurations fail." Other
reports indicate no such problems. MediaVision has announced that it
will no longer be developing or updating its OS/2 drivers (the drivers
that come with OS/2 were apparently written by MediaVision).
ProAudio Spectrum/ProAudio Studio
- Type:
- FM synthesis
- Chipset:
- ??
- CD-ROM:
- Variable; depends on specific board.
- Street price:
- Discontinued, but may still be available from
HSC, 1-800-4-HALTED, for $30.
- OS/2 Drivers:
- Available
- Drivers from:
- OS/2 box
- Comments:
- Discontinued. Allows simultaneous use of sound from OS/2 and
Windows programs, if you can get this feature working (it's frustrated
a lot of people). The PROMIX/2 program is reputed to help get this
card working correctly. Loading the DOS driver for the card in OS/2's
CONFIG.SYS is also reported to help. There's also a file called
PASSETUP.DOC available from various sources (it's listed on my March,
1995 Hobbes CD-ROM, but not on the latest index files I have from
ftp-os2.nmsu.edu or ftp-os2.cdrom.com).
Pro 3-D
- Type:
- Wavetable
- Chipset:
- MediaVision MVD1216, Korg wavetable,
Yamaha OPL3
- CD-ROM:
- SCSI
- Street price:
- ??
- OS/2 Drivers:
- Unavailable, but may work with Jazz drivers
- Drivers from:
- --
- Comments:
- Obviously, I know very little about this board, but it's from
a Big Name, so I thought I should mention it. ;-) I have heard that
MediaVision has formally announced that they are NOT working on OS/2
drivers. The board reportedly works ("barely") with the Jazz drivers
included with OS/2.
Copyright © 1996, Rod Smith, rodsmith@rodsbooks.com
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