Orpheus II: The Best Retro PC Sound Card in 2023? Perhaps!

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From PCMIDI.EU comes the Orpheus 2 – a new 16-bit ISA sound card! Could this be the best one for vintage computers right now? An argument can be made for that I think. On-board Gravis Ultrasound PnP compatibility, plus all the Orpheus 1 features like Sound Blaster Pro compatibility, Yamaha OPL3, and an intelligent mode MPU-401. As far as modern replica sound cards go, this thing is a step above the rest at the moment!

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● Links to things mentioned in the video:
Official Orpheus II website (huge thanks to Leo for the card!)
http://pcmidi.eu/orpheus2.html

The Orpheus II Vogons thread
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=88957

David Larsson's GUS PnP clone
https://www.tindie.com/products/kdehl/gravis-ultrasound-gus-pnp-replica/

Those 3D printed card stands I’m using:
https://github.com/AkBKukU/PCCardStand

● All background music licensed from:
http://www.epidemicsound.com

00:00 Is this the best retro sound card?
00:41 Introducing the Orpheus II
02:49 Gravis Ultrasound bits
03:50 Sound Blaster compatibility & more
05:29 Adding RAM to the GUS
05:59 Installation and testing
07:46 One Must Fall 2097
08:27 Impulse Tracker music
09:10 More GUS PnP tests
10:01 Sound Blaster Pro support
11:49 A fountain of MIDI riches
13:21 The advantages, they add up!

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