Poster wrote:
Michael J. Mahon wrote:Tempest wrote:I finally got some speakers for my Mockingboard (GSE repro) and I've noticed a slight problem. When normal 'non-Mockingboard' music is playing everything seems to have too much bass. I'm not sure if this is normal for a mockingboard or if it's the speakers that are the problem. I'm using a cheapo pair of Creative powered speakers I got at CompUSA, and they don't seem to have a bass/trebel adjustment. Is there something I can adjust on the Mockingboard?No. -michael Music synthesis for 8-bit Apple II's! Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it is seriously underused."I'm almost 99% sure that it's the speakers. I recently got some Creative speakers and they are too boomy. Almost all of the non-audiophile computer speakers are made this way, and it has to do with the type of woofer design. I turned my woofer to face the wall instead of outward and that helps.
Almost all Apple II sound production is just a mix of squarewaves, with the standard frequency distribution. Any balancing of "tone" is left to the amplifier. Because of the ubiquity of quite small speakers, the usual problem is tinniness, not too much bass. Inexpensive computer speakers often attempt to compensate for this by boosting the bass significantly. Some such speakers have tone controls, others have a "bass boost" switch either on the front on the back. Some have neither. -michael Music synthesis for 8-bit Apple II's! Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it is seriously underused."