PicoGUS - A Modern Gravis Ultrasound

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In this video I explore the PicoGUS, a modern recreation of the Gravis Ultrasound ISA sound card from the early 90's. Find out if it's worth picking one up!
PicoGus Site polpo.org/picogus/
00:00 Intro
01:59 Installation
04:55 Setup & first test
10:45 Testing Sound Blaster
12:59 Doom
13:50 Jazz Jackrabbit
14:45 Epic Pinball
15:35 Mod files
16:10 Adlib Tracker
17:12 USB Joystick Testing
21:19 Outro

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@ianpolpo 4 ай бұрын

Great video! I'm glad you like the card. You gave a good walkthrough on setting things up. I'll be releasing Sound Blaster 2.0 emulation for the PicoGUS some time this week. 😁

@joelexplorestech 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for making such an awesome product, really impressed and look forward to trying out the sb 2.0 firmware!

@Smakificator Ай бұрын

Hola Joel! Real GUS owner here. And PicoGUS too... still unboxed. That version of "Carol of the Bells" included in Jazz Jackrabbit Holiday Hare is just so incredibly special. Thanks to PicoGUS, and the energy surrounding it, now everyone with a legacy PC can hear it!

@joelexplorestech Ай бұрын

That’s awesome that you have a real GUS! I never was able to own one, but am so pleased there are good options like PicoGUS to go back and experience this awesome card.

@dougjohnson4266 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for posting ths. My card arrived a week ago, and I need to set it up.

@joelexplorestech Ай бұрын

It’s a great card and adds a lot of capabilities for a single card!

@TomokoAbe_ 4 ай бұрын

I love SoundBlaster--all the way! It was MIDI compatible too.

@joelexplorestech 4 ай бұрын

Yes, my first soundcard in a computer was SoundBlaster Pro in my 386 Packard Bell. I haven't found a Pro for my collection yet, and with I had kept the one from growing up!

@Thrakus 4 ай бұрын

What about Tandy 3 audio emulation in dos , Sapce Quest 3 is the best game for testing audio.

@joelexplorestech 4 ай бұрын

I thought about adding that, video was getting a bit long already, but I believe the sb 2.0 firmware has already been released so I might do a follow up video showing those two and maybe trying out the external midi support.

@Gunstarrhero1 2 ай бұрын

i dont think you can run the sound blaster emulation and the gus emulation at the same time. keeping a sound blaster in the computer is smarter. id like to see the pico gus move to a wavetable card so i can run it on my awe32(original release, non pnp) and use it for digitized music, and sampling; all the while using the awe32 for sound effects or whatever else the SB AWE32 could be doing at that time.

@joelexplorestech Ай бұрын

There are modern wave table boards to attach to sound card headers, I wonder if a pico based one might be cheaper. The Dreamblaster is around $80 I think.

@Gunstarrhero1 Ай бұрын

@@joelexplorestech i know this, i own 2 of them the dream blaster s2 and the dream blaster x2, i want the gravis side of things for dos and mod file playback.