Re: Mockingboard output through IIgs internal speaker?

["Hidehiko Ogata" <hog@aqu.candybar.ne.jp>]

Michael J. Mahon wrote:

> Yes, this looks like a good place to mix in another audio source.

Thanks!  Still trying to overcome the newbie inconfidence, you see ;)

> Since the Mega II speaker output is a 5v peak-to-peak signal, and
> is mixed in with a 470K resistor, and the Mockingboard output is
> about 1v peak-to-peak (and adjustable with "hard" volume controls),
> I'd use a couple of 100K resistors to mix in the two Mockingboard
> channels.  IIRC, they are already capacitively coupled on the
> Mockingboard.

Hmm, wouldn't it be a bit redundant as Mockingboard has pots along the
outputs already, as you noted?

> Although this should work fine, it, of course, mixes the stereo
> Mockinboard down to mono.  And the internal speaker won't
> do justice to the output the Mockingboard is capable of (anymore
> than the internal speaker does justice to the Ensoniq output  ;-),
> but you can always plug in headphones or an external speaker.

Good point... I think it's just me getting older and lazier.  The
plug-it-in-TV-and-go lightheartedness of 8bits appeals to me more and
more these days, so less cables coming out of the box, the merrier ;).

(Hmm, maybe I should rig up two speakers in the IIgs box along with a
stereo decoder/mixer board instead.  Would make a fun project. :)
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