hr@spica.astro.uiuc.edu (Harold Ravlin) (06/04/91)
I just received a Perfect Sound digitizer I'd like to hang off my 1000. However, the manual says I can't use a standard gender changer but must use theirs. Any idea why? What would I have to do to convert a standard gender changer to work with the Perfect Sound? My guess is that at most I'd have to hack off some leads that carry voltage on the 1000 but not on the later models. Did any of the other pinout assignments change? Also, SunRize is advertising a program that they compare to AudioMaster III. Does anyone have experience with it yet? Thanks, hr -- Harold Ravlin, hr@spica.astro.uiuc.edu U. of Illinois, Dept of Astronomy
tony@ais.org (Tony Poole) (06/04/91)
hr@spica.astro.uiuc.edu (Harold Ravlin) writes: >I just received a Perfect Sound digitizer I'd like to hang off my 1000. >However, the manual says I can't use a standard gender changer but must >use theirs. Any idea why? >What would I have to do to convert a standard gender changer to work with >the Perfect Sound? My guess is that at most I'd have to hack off some leads >that carry voltage on the 1000 but not on the later models. Did any of >the other pinout assignments change? Heh. I have a Perfect Sound digitizer, and I use a standard gender changer, and have no problems. However, mine is a somewhat older model, bought about two years ago...maybe they have changed since then? I currently use the AudioMaster program with my Perfect Sound, and I feel it is much nicer to use, and produces better sounding samples. However, here too, I don't have the updated PSound program, so it may be better now. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony Poole Traverse City, MI USA EMail:tony@irie.ais.org ____________________________________________________________________________
billsey@agora.UUCP (Bill Seymour) (06/06/91)
In article <1991Jun3.194221.17605@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, Harold Ravlin writes: > I just received a Perfect Sound digitizer I'd like to hang off my 1000. > However, the manual says I can't use a standard gender changer but must > use theirs. Any idea why? Probably because they want to make *sure* you're not getting the wiring differences between the 1000 and 500/2000 parallel ports wrong. > What would I have to do to convert a standard gender changer to work with > the Perfect Sound? My guess is that at most I'd have to hack off some leads > that carry voltage on the 1000 but not on the later models. Did any of > the other pinout assignments change? If that is the case, you will need to swap 14,15,16 with 23,24,25. In that order. That gives you as close of an exact match to the 500/2000 as you can get. > Thanks, > -- > Harold Ravlin, hr@spica.astro.uiuc.edu > U. of Illinois, Dept of Astronomy -Bill Seymour nesbbx!billsey@agora.uucp or nesbbx!billsey@agora.rain.com ***** American People/Link Amiga Zone Hardware Specialist NES*BILL ***** Bejed, Inc. NES, Inc. NAG BBS NES BBX BBS Home Sometimes (503)281-8153 (503)246-9311 (503)656-7393 (503)640-9337 (503) 640-0842
aaron@stat.tamu.edu (Aaron Hightower) (06/07/91)
In article <tony.675996479@ais.org> tony@ais.org (Tony Poole) writes: >hr@spica.astro.uiuc.edu (Harold Ravlin) writes: > >>I just received a Perfect Sound digitizer I'd like to hang off my 1000. >>However, the manual says I can't use a standard gender changer but must >>use theirs. Any idea why? > >>What would I have to do to convert a standard gender changer to work with >>the Perfect Sound? My guess is that at most I'd have to hack off some leads >>that carry voltage on the 1000 but not on the later models. Did any of >>the other pinout assignments change? > >Heh. I have a Perfect Sound digitizer, and I use a standard gender changer, >and have no problems. However, mine is a somewhat older model, bought >about two years ago...maybe they have changed since then? Maybe you didn't look at his words. He wants to use it on an Amiga 1000! I doubt you are using a standard gender changer with a 1000 - this could really foul things up since the power is relocated from the 1000 to the 2000. What Harold is talking about is a "converter" not a (simple) gender changer. Sure a gender changer will work if you are using some type of extension cable or something like a multiplexer (switchbox) and you just need to change genders on an Amiga 2000/3000. The only way anyone should ever use a perfect sound on an Amiga 1000 is with the proper converter. Changing gender is only the obvious function, but there are others. To make a converter: Output/Amiga Input/Perfect Sound ----------------------------------- (1 thru 13) -> (1 thru 13) /* No change - normal */ (14) -> (Do not connect) (15) -> (15) /* Normal */ (16) -> (Do not connect) (17 thru 22) -> (17 thru 22) /* Normal */ (23) -> (14) /* This remaps power supply */ (24) -> (24) /* Normal */ (25) -> (Do not connect) Check RKM Manual Page 297 for details of what this is doing. The source for the above pin assignments are per my Perfect Sound 3.0 hardware. I will note assume any responsibilities for hardware frying or the like .. :-) >I currently use the AudioMaster program with my Perfect Sound, and I >feel it is much nicer to use, and produces better sounding samples. >However, here too, I don't have the updated PSound program, so it may >be better now. Updated perfect sound is not worth the update. I wish had never updated. I can't use AudioMaster III on my Amiga 3000 with Perfect Sound V3.0 hardware, so I don't even use my digitizer any more. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Tony Poole Traverse City, MI USA EMail:tony@irie.ais.org >____________________________________________________________________________ // // Check out "yatc.lzh" on ab20.larc.nasa.gov - /amiga/games or /incoming/amiga // It's a self-playing 3D-look tetris game that plays itself with lotsa extras // like giving you "hints" of where to put a piece! :-) Have fun!