SB Waveblaster II - daughter card (2 MB) - any good ?

[bestemor]

As the subject says.

Probably rubbish, right ?
Any comments at all ?

Any point in acquireing it if already having Roland/Yamaha variants ?

[mace]

If you already have a roland or yamaha, the only good it will be is for collection purposes.

The samples on the thing are downright awful.

[Rhizome]

The Waveblaster II is the same wavetable on the AWE32 if I'm not mistaken.

[Great Hierophant]

The Waveblaster II is the same wavetable on the AWE32 if I'm not mistaken.

Not exactly.  The AWE32 has a 1MB ROM patch, the Waveblaster II has a 2MB ROM patch.  Creative 2MB RAM patch probably sounds very like the WB II.

[bestemor]

Oh well then, I guess I'll pass on this one... 

If anyone of you TRUE collectors out there wants it, check out number 250226791883, you know where...
BUT, you will have to ask that person nicely to ship to your place - to open the auction that is.
(he IS willing, but you have to ask for it - currently limited to Germany/Switzerland)
 
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[BlueMax]

WB1 stank....  WB-II stank less.  But it's no Yamaha or Roland unit by any stretch...  don't bother.

[5u3]

@ bestemor: Thanks for the auction # !

Someone interested in it? I'd take it, but I don't want to bid against you guys... 

[Amigaz]

@ bestemor: Thanks for the auction # !

Someone interested in it? I'd take it, but I don't want to bid against you guys... 

So you grabbed it, the seller was unwilling to sell to foreign bidders

must be the first austrian guy on Ebay so far I know of that doesn't want to sell to foreigners

[5u3]

So you grabbed it, the seller was unwilling to sell to foreign bidders

Well, according to the description the seller would have accepted bids from EU countries on demand.
Did you intend to bid on it?

must be the first austrian guy on Ebay so far I know of that doesn't want to sell to foreigners

Did I already tell the story of my Roland SCC-1?
I got it for €  1.-- because the seller refused to send it anywhere, you had to come personally and fetch the card!
Fortunately he lived within walking distance from my flat.

[Amigaz]

So you grabbed it, the seller was unwilling to sell to foreign bidders

Well, according to the description the seller would have accepted bids from EU countries on demand.
Did you intend to bid on it?

must be the first austrian guy on Ebay so far I know of that doesn't want to sell to foreigners

Did I already tell the story of my Roland SCC-1?
I got it for €  1.-- because the seller refused to send it anywhere, you had to come personally and fetch the card!
Fortunately he lived within walking distance from my flat.

I tried to snipe it at the end but foreign bids were blocked

Man, it seems like all vintage hardware is tied down to Germany and surrounding countries...same with the Amiga hardware I'm searching for

Ebay.de will soon be my start page in my web browser 

[5u3]

Hmmm, if you are really interested in the DB, I'm ready to relay it to you. Shipping costs to Sweden shouldn't be very expensive.

[BlueMax]

Man, it seems like all vintage hardware is tied down to Germany and surrounding countries...same with the Amiga hardware I'm searching for

Want an Amiga 2000, DOS card, monitor, printer and some software?  We got it up here in my mother-in-law's!    Still works, too!

[Amigaz]

Hmmm, if you are really interested in the DB, I'm ready to relay it to you. Shipping costs to Sweden shouldn't be very expensive.

That would be cool and very kind of yoy 

[Amigaz]

Man, it seems like all vintage hardware is tied down to Germany and surrounding countries...same with the Amiga hardware I'm searching for

Want an Amiga 2000, DOS card, monitor, printer and some software?  We got it up here in my mother-in-law's!    Still works, too!

ohh....that sounds yummy

I'd be interested in the A2000 unit + software

[BlueMax]

Sent you a private message!

[5u3]

The WB II board arrived today. Sounds very similar to an AWE32 indeed, but it is less heavy on the chorus&reverb effects, and the samples seem a bit clearer.

@ Amigaz: You got a PM!

[Rhizome]

Does the WB II have the GS soundfont that comes with the AWE32, or is that what the extra 1MB is for?

I know on my AWE32 I can select a "GS" mode and then it fills the 512KB RAM that's spare.

[TheMAN]

The WB II board arrived today. Sounds very similar to an AWE32 indeed, but it is less heavy on the chorus&reverb effects, and the samples seem a bit clearer.

@ Amigaz: You got a PM!

I have the utils floppy disk to let you change sample and playback modes if you want it... yes, I was one of those idiots that bought a WBII new back in the days

I do want a WBI now just for "collection purposes" though... I've seen one on ebay a long time ago, it was almost $100, and also saw one on yahoo japan last year... also expensive

[Amigaz]

The WB II board arrived today. Sounds very similar to an AWE32 indeed, but it is less heavy on the chorus&reverb effects, and the samples seem a bit clearer.

@ Amigaz: You got a PM!

I have the utils floppy disk to let you change sample and playback modes if you want it... yes, I was one of those idiots that bought a WBII new back in the days

I do want a WBI now just for "collection purposes" though... I've seen one on ebay a long time ago, it was almost $100, and also saw one on yahoo japan last year... also expensive

I'm highly interested in those utils, please 

[aleksej]

Have boxed new WBII with all disks too. Can upload disk images to my ftp or somewhere else.

Done.
__ftp://82.148.25.21/iso/waveblaster_ii_install[ima].zip__
__ftp://82.148.25.21/iso/waveblaster_ii_cakewalk[ima].zip__