Quoted from Pinwizkid:

Are there any plans to emulate the YM2151 sound chip on older games rather than rely on sample playback for everything? I ask because of the incalculable amount of "on the fly" dynamic programming tricks the sound designers used in these games is simply impossible to recreate faithfully through samples. For example, on Rollergames, they actually wrote into the code what chord was playing during each measure of music and almost all of the sound effects play "in key" with that chord (meaning if you were to hit the same target twice during two different measures of music with different chords, the sound you hear is slightly different to match the underlying music track).
YM2151 emulation has been pretty perfectly achieved in PinMAME, so I'm curious if this emulation would be ever be ported over to Pinsound for more faithful recreation of the original sound packages. I realize Pinsound's primary goal is to replace the old audio with custom audio, but for those that prefer the original, emulation really is the optimal way to go with the older games that use the YM2151.

Quoted from Pinwizkid:

Are there any plans to emulate the YM2151 sound chip on older games rather than rely on sample playback for everything? I ask because of the incalculable amount of "on the fly" dynamic programming tricks the sound designers used in these games is simply impossible to recreate faithfully through samples. For example, on Rollergames, they actually wrote into the code what chord was playing during each measure of music and almost all of the sound effects play "in key" with that chord (meaning if you were to hit the same target twice during two different measures of music with different chords, the sound you hear is slightly different to match the underlying music track).
YM2151 emulation has been pretty perfectly achieved in PinMAME, so I'm curious if this emulation would be ever be ported over to Pinsound for more faithful recreation of the original sound packages. I realize Pinsound's primary goal is to replace the old audio with custom audio, but for those that prefer the original, emulation really is the optimal way to go with the older games that use the YM2151.

Quoted from Rdoyle1978:

It seems a big stretch to be able to emulate the synthesiser chips - at that point, why use PinSound at all? It would be prohibitively time consuming to somehow re-map all the sounds to higher-quality synth patches, and I don’t know if it would ever be possible to get every combination of sound and settings

Quoted from Pinwizkid:

I was talking more about the original YM2151 audio rather than any upgraded audio. YM2151 emulation has existed for over a decade and I feel as though if it could be implemented, it would save a TON of time on Pinsound's end due to not having to sample every sound effect and music track from the games that use this chip. This would also turn Pinsound into a plug and play repro sound board for pretty much every system 11 game, early WPC game, and even a few Gottlieb and Data East titles (not to mention you'd get 100% accuracy in all the dynamic programmed based sound alterations that simply cannot be accurately sampled).

Quoted from Doctor6:

I want to bump this for anyone that has one. If I put this on a doctor who, what ELSE must I buy besides the board? Do I HAVE to make this stereo? Do I need the 40 dollar wpc"reset board" thing from their website? How easy/hard is this to install? Does it use the same connections that the old board uses?

Quoted from whitey:

About to order my first kit, speakers
Shaker etc for Fish Tales
Pinside what can I expect?
Thanks!!!

Quoted from whitey:

About to order my first kit, speakers
Shaker etc for Fish Tales
Pinside what can I expect?
Thanks!!!

Quoted from DJY2J:

I have recently purchased a Pinsound+ to put in my Star Wars Data East. The initial board was faulty and I had to send it back and pay a repair fee, as well as shipping to France. Aside, from that frustration and despite them sending me a brand new product to replace the bad one, I still have pretty muddy sounding audio. I have tried 2 different soundtracks and both don't really sound much different in terms of quality. I have Pyle aftermarket speakers and subs that have been installed about a year ago and they sound fine with the factory soundcard setup. I have everything hooked up properly but im just not getting good sound. It's loud but not in a good way. More of just eardrum piercing noise on some of the effects like R2D2 sfx.
Not sure if anyone has any suggestions or have had any issues or if this is the best thread to post about it on. I'm leaning towards pulling it back out and trying to sell it and recoup any of the over $400 i have into it.

Quoted from DJY2J:

I have recently purchased a Pinsound+ to put in my Star Wars Data East. The initial board was faulty and I had to send it back and pay a repair fee, as well as shipping to France. Aside, from that frustration and despite them sending me a brand new product to replace the bad one, I still have pretty muddy sounding audio. I have tried 2 different soundtracks and both don't really sound much different in terms of quality. I have Pyle aftermarket speakers and subs that have been installed about a year ago and they sound fine with the factory soundcard setup. I have everything hooked up properly but im just not getting good sound. It's loud but not in a good way. More of just eardrum piercing noise on some of the effects like R2D2 sfx.
Not sure if anyone has any suggestions or have had any issues or if this is the best thread to post about it on. I'm leaning towards pulling it back out and trying to sell it and recoup any of the over $400 i have into it.

Quoted from DJY2J:

I had also purchased the power booster harness. Shipping from France isn't cheap either. As far as "misuse" that was stated in a following post, that's funny. The board wasn't working properly out of the box and had presented that evidence. I could have mounted it to the top of the back box and it would have worked the same. Pinsound was very nice and prompt as sending me a replacement board to which it worked much better and didn't have any issues other than the sound still wasn't all that great.
I'm done messing with it. I've tried every calibration combination. Just doesn't work well in that specific machine. I installed the original sound board and am back to what i started with and for whatever reason the sound quality is much better albeit just with the boring factory SFX.
If you want to purchase this exact card. I have it posted on Pinside marketplace and will be taking a loss on it as a whole. I just didn't have the "great" experience other people have had with Pinsound products. Too bad.

Quoted from DJY2J:

Both. Ill subscribe to NJPW streaming for a few months out of the year. Mainly in the summer months and then January for Wrestle Kingdom. Went to an AEW show a few weeks ago. Kenny Omega, the Bucks, G.O.D., Marty are my all time favs. Not a huge Jay White fan but I can appreciate that he's a great heel.

Quoted from Junglist:

Any recommendations on USB devices for a Pinsound1? No point getting USB3.1 etc I assume?

Quoted from Junglist:

Also I've seen some comments on volume level issues between music and effects and various mixes have been updated (LOTR) for Pinsound+. Since I have a Pinsound1 is there any difference or are the mixes interchangeable? (Should I be using older mixes instead?)